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Cholera outbreak in Haiti: This disease can’t beat us
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In central Haiti, the Artibonite province is awash in water. As we drive through the cholera-stricken region on Sunday, day three of our emergency cholera response, I see water everywhere – rice paddies, irrigation canals, small rivers, cesspools and puddles. Read more »
Cholera outbreak in Haiti: Oxfam responds
Still recovering from a devastating 7.0 earthquake in January, impoverished Haiti is now dealing with an outbreak of the deadly, water-borne disease cholera. The fast-moving bacterial disease has killed 208 people so far and infected another 2,649 – mostly in rural areas of the Artibonite region, north of Port-au-Prince. Read more »
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Being prepared: saving lives in Haiti
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Today is International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 13), and while most people know we help communities deal with the aftermath of disasters (like the Pakistan floods), you might not know we also do a lot of work helping communities prepare for future disasters. We take you to Haiti to show you how. Read more »
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Pakistan floods: Your donations at work
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Oxfam staff member Jane Beesley reports from the field about our hygeine kit program in Pakistan, and why one of the first things we distribute in an emergency is the simple, incredibly effective bar of soap. Read more »
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Pakistan floods: Shazed and Zeenat
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It’s been more than two months since the onset of flooding in Pakistan, and the world is still only beginning to grasp the scale of this disaster. Numbers, maps, comparisons to the geographical area of various familiar places – all of these things have helped us to understand the enormity of the crisis. But sometimes the big picture isn’t enough. Sometimes, when the losses are so great and the need is so urgent, the most powerful picture is a very small one. Here are two. Read more »
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Pakistan floods: Unbearable loss, unexpected hospitality
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Oxfam staff member Jane Beesley is currently traveling throughout Pakistan, surveying the extent of the flood’s damage and assessing the impact of Oxfam’s emergency response. In this blog post — the first of a series — Jane visits Shikarpur District in the southern Sindh Province. Read more »
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Pakistan flood aid dwindles
SBS podcast with Oxfam representative in Pakistan, Rebecca Barber, who says many are now under threat from diseases including malaria, dengue fever and acute diarrhoea. She told James Nunez there has been a sharp drop in donations for the recovery effort, and that much more international aid is needed. Read more »
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Pakistan floods: Children of the floods
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Oxfam staff member Mubashar Hasan recently spent two weeks in Pakistan doing emergency field work. Shortly before leaving he visited a temporary camp in Nowshera district — a camp that many Pakistani children now call home. This is the account of his visit. Read more »
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Pakistan floods: Surviving against the odds
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Last week world champion boxer Amir Khan visited Pakistan with Oxfam, and saw first-hand what life is like for people who have lost everything in the floods. Read more »
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Pakistan floods: Freeze debt, increase aid
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At a UN conference in Melbourne this week, Oxfam together with World Vision and Fred Hollows Foundation called for the freezing of Pakistan’s debt – and an increase in aid from the international community to help the flood-stricken nation. Read more »