African football stars like Seydou Keita and Charles Kabore have joined forces with Oxfam to fight the impending food crisis in West Africa before it gets out of hand. The result? A new campaign called ‘Let’s Tackle Hunger’.

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Six months after famine was declared in Somalia, we bring you two things: a video thanking supporters for their generous support of our East Africa Food Crisis Appeal, and news of a report revealing the East African food crisis was exacerbated by a slow international response.

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Recently going back to Australia for Christmas was a culture shock and a half; moving from the ‘developing’ to the ‘developed’ world, there is a ‘world’ of difference.

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In one of Port-au-Prince’s most earthquake-damaged districts, Oxfam is helping find land for residents to grow their own vegetables. As this slide show indicates, the project is already paying off in many ways.

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Two years ago, Caroline Gluck was one of the first of Oxfam’s emergency team to fly to Haiti, arriving three days after it was hit by a devastating earthquake, which killed more than 220,000 people and left over a million homeless. Now she returns to see what progress has been made.

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We visit Haiti, where an Oxfam livelihoods programme has provided grants, loans and training to small businesses, to help an econmy devastated by the earthquake of January 2010.

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Flood-affected men and women in the Philippines had something to smile about thanks to Oxfam when they received malongs, an amazing traditional Muslim blanket that doubles as a wrap-around, water container and water purifier.

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Many of the families who lost their homes to storm Sendong (international name: Washi) have since stayed in cramped evacuation centers, their personal space often defined by the size of the sleeping mat they own.

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