Goats for 3,000 families in Malawi
Kate Pattison meets Annie Nangwirir, an orphan who is able to take care of her brother and sister in part thanks to the goat they received from Oxfam.
View ArticlePasta: The world's favourite food
Pasta has been named the world's favourite food, narrowly beating meat or rice dishes and pizza, in a new global survey by Oxfam into the way the world eats today.
View Article2,200 households better off in South Sudan
With failed rains, conflict and poor infrastructure, many communities in South Sudan struggle to get enough to eat. Abdullah Ampilan reports from Warrap State on an Oxfam project to improve their...
View ArticleIn Haiti: Farmers keep fighting
Despite tremendous challenges, agriculture can play an essential role in the earthquake recovery.
View ArticleFrom 'pay as you go' to 'share and grow'— can mobile phones help small farmers?
Small farmers produce 80% of the food consumed in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, but struggle to feed themselves. Can mobile phone technology help?
View ArticleSahel Crisis: A crucial conference
On Monday 18 June a high level meeting on the Sahel food crisis is being held in Brussels. This is a crucial opportunity for governments to show they are giving their fair share towards the food...
View ArticleLand campaigning building to a BOOM
It's been a fantastic first week of land campaigning with stunts, action and a social sonic boom.
View ArticleIt's time for the World Bank to be a land leader
Over the last few years, Oxfam has uncovered more and more about the extent and impact of land grabbing in the countries where we work. When the speed and scale of this phenomenon became clear, we...
View ArticleSenegal Shwop trip - see the sorts of projects supported by Shwopping
This week, Fee Gilfeather, Head of Marketing for Oxfam's Trading Division has gone to Senegal with Marks & Spencer and Shwopping ambassador Joanna Lumley to see the sort of projects that Oxfam has...
View ArticleBrazil: Sugar rush destroys indigenous communities’ way of life
Today, Blog Action Day, bloggers around the world are highlighting the issue of human rights. Land grabs are leaving some of the world's poorest people hungry and homeless and we want your favourite...
View ArticleWorld’s biggest sugar buyer, Coca-Cola, agrees zero tolerance to land grabs
In a landmark agreement, today Coca-Cola announced that they'd listened to the 225,000 people who asked them to make sure the sugar they buy isn't produced on land grabbed from some of the world's...
View ArticleThe Gift of Sight in Yemen
In Yemen, families who have been affected by the humanitarian and economic crisis have been receiving livestock to help them improve their income and rebuild their lives. For Suad, the donation of...
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