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Oxfam - America

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Mission

Oxfam America is an international relief and development organization that creates lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and injustice. Together with individuals and local groups in more than 90 countries, Oxfam saves lives, helps people overcome poverty, and fights for social justice. We are one of the 15 affiliates in the international confederation, Oxfam.

The organization has no registered commitments.

allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

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Hazards

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Publication

22 June 2022

Far from recovery: Puerto Rico six months after Hurricane Maria

This report provides an overview of conditions on the ground of recovery from the 2017 Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, as of March 2018, reviews the underlying vulnerability, and offers recommendations for a way forward to a more equitable recovery.

Publication

25 February 2022

Caring in a changing climate: Centering care work in climate action

The aim of this report is to fill a knowledge gap by examining the points of interaction between climate change impacts and the amount, distribution, and conditions of unpaid care work.

News

12 January 2022

Women tackle the drought emergency in El Salvador—with drones

In the Dry Corridor of Central America, persistent drought—interrupted by violent storms that do further damage to crops—is driving farmers from land they’ve cultivated for generations.

Publication

12 April 2021

Funding the frontline: How an Oxfam Emergency Response Fund facilitated local humanitarian action

This research examines the viability of the Emergency Response Fund (ERF) in enabling more direct funding to local actors so they can better prepare and shape their own response actions when disasters caused by natural hazards strike

Publication

18 September 2018

The weight of water on women: the long wake of Hurricane María in Puerto Rico

This research study documents the gendered impacts of Hurricane Maria on practices around water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) in rural Puerto Rico.

Publication

27 August 2018

R4 – Rural resilience initiative

The core objective of the project is to build the resilience of food-insecure smallholders through an integrated risk management approach which includes weather index insurance, assets creation, credit and savings interventions, and climate servic

Publication

6 October 2017

Hurricane Harvey and equitable recovery: Mapping social vulnerability and intensity of wind and flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Texas

This publication presents data on the impact of Hurricane Harvey in Texas, particularly Harris County, in the form of illustrated maps.

Meetings and conferences

In person

28 September 2016 - 29 September 2016

Lima

l Feria de Innovación Tecnológica para respuesta a emergencia en materia de Agua, Saneamiento e Higiene (ASH) 2016

Los desastres no solo afectan varios aspectos de la vida a través de las emergencias inmediatas, sino que también obstaculizan el desarrollo sostenible y el aumento del bienestar humano en general.