Oxfam America & OAAF Action Alerts

Tell Congress: Stop playing with our food

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:53:36 +0000

Right now, more than 50 percent of the aid money the government spends on basic food grains is wasted. Speak up now: Tell Congress to fix food aid and use more of our tax dollars to fight hunger and poverty.

Support effective, efficient aid programs – they save lives.

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:23:24 +0000

Right now, forty percent of the world’s population – more than 2.5 billion people – live in poverty, struggling to survive on less than $2 per day. The persistence of global poverty poses a challenge to the security, prosperity and values of the United States. Cuts to the world's most vulnerable communities have real impacts. Tell Congress we won't stand by while they make cuts that will cost lives.

Tell Big Oil Companies: It's Time To Come Clean

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:54:01 +0000

More than 1.5 billion people live in countries rich with natural resources like oil and natural gas, but are forced to survive on less than $2 a day. For these people, living near oil and mining companies doesn't mean a share of the wealth – it means environmental damage, loss of land and human rights abuses. Tell oil companies to stop fighting transparency rules – sign the petition today.

Help Peruvians - Hold Doe Run accountable!

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:24:04 +0000

Since Doe Run Peru took over the lead smelter in the city of La Oroya, public health has suffered. Tell Congress: stand with the people of Peru – not Doe Run – and hold the company accountable for cleaning up La Oroya and protecting public health.

Suspend the Marlin Mine in Guatemala

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:24:22 +0000

It has been more than ten months since the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights ordered the temporary suspension of the Marlin Mine in Guatemala. Right now, Congress is circulating a letter asking the Guatemalan President to suspend operations at the mine. Please ask your legislator to sign onto this important letter.

Fight hunger: Invest in women farmers!

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:51:38 +0000

The people who grow the world’s food are going hungry. Women grow the majority of food in developing countries, but due to unequal access to resources like land and credit, they can’t feed their families. Today, almost one in every six people worldwide suffer from hunger, a problem expected to worsen as climate change disrupts weather and farming cycles.

Vulnerability and Climate Change in the US Southeast

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:24:51 +0000

An interactive Web experience highlighting the intersection of climate hazards such as drought, hurricane winds, sea-level rise, and floods with socially vulnerable communities in thirteen southeastern states.

Learn more about what Oxfam is advocating in foreign aid reform

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:01:27 +0000

Read "Ownership in practice: The key to smart development"

Learn how aid works

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:38:03 +0000

Read "Foreign Aid 101," Oxfam America's primer on aid.

Host an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet® event

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:01:18 +0000

Raise awareness and help fund Oxfam's work by hosting a Hunger Banquet® in your community! Few experiences bring to life the inequalities in our world more powerfully than an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet® event. Organizers and participants alike can experience firsthand how our decisions affect others in the world.

Join the Aid Reform campaign mailing list

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:15:00 +0000