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Six ways to fix up a well and get clean water 20 Aug 2013 | 06:39 pm
Rebecca Blackwell/Oxfam America I’m working on a short piece for our annual report about Oxfam’s work in eastern/southern Senegal last year, when we helped a few communities fix up their wells and le...
On World Humanitarian Day, celebrating the unsung heroes 19 Aug 2013 | 09:16 pm
Oxfam engineer Farah Al-Basha stands in a partially constructed shower block that is currently being built at Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan. Photo: Anastasia Taylor-Lind/Oxfam When you hear the word ”...
Gael Garcia Bernal on the need for peace in Syria 14 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
Gael Garcia Bernal visits an extended Syrian family who have received cash and hygiene vouchers from Oxfam. The family of 15 people is living in a four-room apartment. Photo: Salah Malkawi/Oxfam On t...
You won’t believe a high school student made this video 13 Aug 2013 | 10:38 pm
How would a high school student produce a meaningful video about the conflict in Syria? That’s the question I was asking myself a few months ago, when I heard that three Boston-area students were comi...
Good Old War set killer climate facts to music 12 Aug 2013 | 06:09 pm
Maybe tomorrow, the storm will blow over The river won’t overflow Nobody knows what tomorrow will bring, That’s why we rely on hope Oh, we’ll pray for some better weather. A few months ago, Phila...
Women build a new market in eastern Senegal 8 Aug 2013 | 06:54 pm
Saving for Change group meeting in Bandafassi, Senegal. Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/Oxfam America. Just getting some interesting (and encouraging) news out of Bandafassi, in eastern Senegal: My col...
How solar power is helping refugees 31 Jul 2013 | 08:17 pm
Photo:Karl Schembri/Oxfam Look closely at the photo above. Notice anything different about those lampposts? In fact, the lights in the background of the photo—which was taken in Jordan’s Zaatari refu...
The art of peace in the month of Ramadan 26 Jul 2013 | 05:38 pm
Um Ashraf’s extended family unites to break their fast inside their tent on a farm in Jordan. Photo by: Karl Schembri/Oxfam The New York Times reported earlier this week that Qatar is buying up art b...
Beyond Malala: Five stories of girls’ education in Pakistan 25 Jul 2013 | 06:22 pm
Like me, you’ve probably been following the remarkable story of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student targeted by the Taliban because of her efforts to promote girls’ education. On her sixteenth bir...
An anniversary you’ve never heard of (and why it matters) 19 Jul 2013 | 08:35 pm
By Meril Cullinan (@merilrc), new media specialist at Oxfam America. Do you remember the first time you heard about GROW, Oxfam’s global campaign to build a better food system? If so, I’m really impr...
