This year a huge coalition of UK-based organisations, including Oxfam, launched the 'IF' campaign to help end global hunger.
In Georgia many people are struggling to afford to put enough food on the table, and poor communities are spending up to 70% of their income on food. Communication Officers, Caroline Berger and Nino Gvianishvili, report from Samegrelo in Western Georgia on one rural family and how they are trying to cope.
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"At night you can hear the jackals howling, and sometimes the bears attack my cattle," says 53 year old Otar as he sits smoking in his armchair.
Here in the remote mountainous region of Adjara in Western Georgia, all the villagers tell a similar story. But it's not the bears that people are afraid of here. It's the snow.
"I'm afraid of the winter," Otar says, looking up at the mountains, which...
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This year marks 100 years of independence in Albania. Over the past 20 years, Oxfam has supported farmers to form cooperatives and become sustainable. We have transformed our programme in Albania into a national social enterprise Quodev, which will continue to create thriving local agri-businesses amongst poor farming communities.
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The Friends of Yemen conference taking place today offers a critical opportunity to make a difference in the lives of millions of ordinary Yemenis. Yemen is facing a severe humanitarian crisis with 10 million people - 44 percent of the population - without enough food to eat. Millions of people are unable to afford to feed their families, and are being driven deeper in poverty. Photographer Wolfgang Gressmann recently visited Yemen to find out...
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