Agathe Nougaret has been living and working in Haiti since December 2010. She reflects on her experiences before and since she joined Oxfam as an Urban Coordinator in August 2012. ...

Francis Abuhan, 25, construction worker. Photo: Caroline Gluck/Oxfam Construction worker, Francis Abuhan, his family and some neighbours were sitting on bamboo mats in the road.  Their precious belongings lay around them: a television set, video recorder, rice and some cooking equipment, clothes and other personal possessions.  Their damaged homes stood in a muddy flooded field next to them. One man lay prostrate, his...

International agency Oxfam today (16th October) called on the International Community for support to help the people affected by the tropical storm that hit the remote islands on the southeast coast of Bangladesh on 11th October 2012. The sudden storm has reportedly claimed the lives of at least 30 people, left 57 missing and affected 106,585 as of 14th October. The tropical storm that lashed several sub-districts of Noakhali,...

A new survey of people across 40 regions of Somalia by international agency Oxfam has found that water and food shortages are at critical levels and likely to deteriorate in parts of the country over the coming months, risking a prolonged humanitarian crisis well into next year. While results show a return to famine is unlikely, the situation in the south of Somalia - particularly in Gedo, Lower Juba and Bakool regions - remains critical...

International aid agency Oxfam has started an emergency response to get aid to those affected by flooding in the Sindh, Punjab and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. This is the third consecutive year of flooding in Pakistan and many of those affected had not fully recovered from last years' mega-floods. Oxfam plans to support up to 25,000 households (175,000 people) with clean water, access to sanitation, hygiene kits,...

Oxfam loves the movies. We've got more than 500 videos on our channel and together people like you have watched them nearly 4 million times! For this week's chart, prepare to make it 4 million and ten - turn up the volume, ready your finger over that "share" button, and check out some of our favourite Oxfam videos. 1. Breakdancing pregnant women With more than 1.3m...

Friday 24 August 2012 at 3.07pm: strong winds and intermittent rains accompanying the tropical storm are battering the south coast of the country. In Port-au-Prince the light breeze is considered with apprehension, with people fearing that it will be replaced by violent winds in the next few hours. ...

In a world where there is enough food for everyone it is wrong that in Chad a mother has to dig up an anthill to look for grain so that she can cook a meal for her children. It is wrong that one in seven people globally go to bed hungry; and it is wrong that 19 million people in the Sahel region of west and central Africa don't know where their next decent meal is coming from. Governments are meeting in Brussels today to discuss...

There was an excellent opinion piece and slideshow on CNN's site last week. It's written by Pauline Ballaman, who leads our emergency response in the Jamam refugee camp, in South Sudan. "Jamam refugee camp is in a desperate situation," she says. "All day Oxfam trucks water from the very few working boreholes in or near the camp to tanks close to the road. Women wait in the heat for up to four hours twice a...

A friend once asked me what makes Haiti so different from other Caribbean countries. My response was "the struggle." ...