Trailer for “The Impossible” tsunami movie: powerful, but off base
On OxfamBuzzList we mostly review books, blogs, and movies that we want to recommend to our supporters. But every once in a while, we’ll sound the alarm when we think someone’s got it wrong. A good...
View Article5 more women who changed the world in 2012
This post was co-authored by Victoria Marzilli and Anna Kramer. By now we’ve probably all heard 2012 being called a new “year of the woman.” From a record number of females elected into the US...
View ArticleLand rush brings changing times to Cambodia
Dam Chanthy (left) with Seive Thaougn, the chief of the ethnic Jerai village Padol. Padol is in the process of applying for a Communal Land Title. The area the village is claiming includes parts of the...
View ArticleTyphoon Haiyan slams most impoverished regions of Philippines
A man walks past a tree uprooted by strong winds brought by super Typhoon Haiyan, the strongest typhoon in the world this year and possibly the most powerful ever to hit land. The storm battered the...
View ArticleOxfam reporting typhoon devastation in Philippines
A man stands atop debris as residents salvage belongings from the ruins of their houses after Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines. Photo by Erik de Castro / Reuters. We are...
View ArticleOxfam typhoon response to reach 500,000 people
Children stand in the rubble of houses in Hernani, eastern Samar province in the Philippines. Photo by EPA/Dennis M. Sabangan. Oxfam has deployed rapid assessment teams to Samar, Leyte and northern...
View ArticleOxfam team tweets updates from the Philippines
No matter what you think of Twitter, you have to admit that it’s become an important way to report on what’s happening in the world. For many of us, tweets—a widely accessible, simple, personal, and...
View ArticleWhen is a “looter” really just a survivor?
Typhoon survivors in Tacloban city, on the island of Leyte, Philippines. Photo by Erik de Castro/Reuters Whenever there is a major disaster we are always confronted in the media by stories about...
View ArticleWater and other aid delivery moving forward in Philippines
Oxfam distributed water purification chemicals and containers for storing clean water to more than 700 families in northern Cebu last Saturday. Photo by Jane Beesley/Oxfam Some positive news from...
View Article“We will find a way to get through this”
Emelia Tiongzon and her son. Photo by Jane Beesely/Oxfam Oxfam’s Jane Beesley has been visiting areas affected by typhoon Haiyan, talking with survivors to find out how they are coping. She visited...
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