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Hopes–sky high–for Afghanistan
Oxfam launched this message for ministers meeting in The Hague. Photo by Ton Vrijenhoek When dozens of ministers from countries around the world met in The Hague yesterday to talk about the future of...
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Obama, a son of Africa, speaks in Ghana
Pounding fufu (boiled cassava, a staple food) in a small village in central Ghana. Most of the people in this area grow cocoa and make a decent living, but in other parts of the country a large...
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Since writing about President Obama’s speech in Ghana I have continued to see many fascinating comments about it rolling around the internet. The AfricaFocus web site has organized several reactions...
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Getting to a safer Afghanistan
Raima's family has been displaced many times during the years of conflict in Afghanistan. Soon after they returned to Kabul in 2003, her husband was killed in a suicide attack. Photo by Ashley...
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El Salvador: journey to safety
In Fenadesal Sur, El Salvador, disaster preparedness is incorporated into a game of hopscotch. Photo by Claudia Barrientos “Flooding…houses collapsed…community committee activated….evacuation…meeting...
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Re-envisioning Haiti: create jobs and build on what’s there
Andy Charles Etienne and his daughter Christina at a camp for displaced people in Haiti. Photo by Liz Lucas/Oxfam America This post is by Porter McConnell, an Oxfam policy advisor who focuses on aid...
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Oxfam speaks truth to power; power listens.
Kristina Field is Oxfam’s press officer for Aid Effectiveness. Changing US policy is long-term work that can sometimes require years before we see any real impact in the lives of people living in...
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Back in school, she’s ‘free again’
Meena Amirir says all human beings have the right to go to school. Photo by Louise Hancock/Oxfam I can only begin to imagine what my life would be like if I didn’t know how to read, if books and a...
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Photo of the week: Spotlighting Malawi’s fighter for rural health
Photo: Brett Eloff/Oxfam America Note: This post kicks off a new blog series for 2013 on the transformative power of photography. Each week we will highlight one outstanding Oxfam photo and share more...
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Coming to a billboard near you: A very different portrayal of aid
Who are the real drivers of progress in the developing world? I can tell you one thing—it’s not us. But most international development organizations will not tell you that. Some will portray those...
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The Landscape of Maternal Mortality
Traveling with her new baby under her burka, this 25-year-old woman is escorted by her father along the rough roads of Badakshan on her way to a health post two hours away to seek help for the bleeding...
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Fixing Our Mistakes
Family members share a meal in a house where village residents are hosting refugees from the Casamance, in the village of Janack in the Gambia. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell / Oxfam America There are a lot...
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