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Nyajany Gatwech is one of the refugees who was displaced from the South Sudan conflict and now lives in Gambella Refugee camp in Ethiopia. Photo credit: Petterik Wiggers/ Oxfam

Surviving the odds - Nyajany hopes for a future where everyone thrives

In Tierkidi refugee camp, in Gambella, Western Ethiopia, 29-year-old Nyajany Gatwech prepares her routine trip to go to the market and buy vegetables that she sells to refugees from South Sudan. The…

Nyathak Chuol, refugee mother of six and a self-trained engineer at Pinyudo Camp in Gambella, Western Ethiopia oversees an EU and Oxfam-funded solar-powered water point, a lifeline for thousands of refugees Photo credit: Petterik Wiggers/Oxfam

One refugee’s commitment to ensuring water access for fellow refugees in Gambella

At Pinyudo, a refugee camp in Gambella, Western Ethiopia next to a solar-powered water tank , Nyathak is busy assembling a generator. As she fidgets with the intricate machinery , she manoeuvres some…

Nyalok, single mother of two and living as a refugee with a disability from a past accident, fled the turmoil of South Sudan in 2014. In Gambella, she is now making improvements to the small hut which she and her family calls home. Photo credit: Petterik Wiggers/ Oxfam

Strength under the sun - A refugee's story of Hope

Under the 38 °C hot sun, Nyalok Alo, 27 is hard at work. With purpose etched on her face, she mixes sand and water to cement the front of her makeshift home at Kule refugee camp in Gambella, Western…

49 year-old Gebrezgabiher Habtu stares at his crops after they all failed due to the ongoing drought in Tigray. CREDIT: Zerubabel Tore/Oxfam

Survival hangs in the balance for farmers in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Gebrezgabiher Habtu, is busy clearing his land in preparation for yet another attempt at farming. With only a handful of onion, tomato, and sorghum seeds he has left, Gebrezgabiher remains hopeful…

Mustafe Ahmed, Livelihoods and Economic Growth Coordinator of Oxfam Somali Program shows the scale of the greenhouse. The capital investment including the materials use for constructing one greenhouse is $7000. Each greenhouse has been planted with 1,000 units of tomatoes. Photo credit: Ahmed Osman/ Oxfam

Beyond marathon responses, we need sustainable & integrated solutions

Janice Ian Manlutac & Mustafa Ahmed

Faced with drought and conflicts, Somali communities and Oxfam are testing new approaches to restore community infrastructures such as social water and community managed greenhouses to prepare,…

Tadelech Gebrihet has lived for 60 of her 70 years in the mountains of Tigray. Photo credit: Zerubabel Tore/Oxfam

Strength amid the turmoil in Tigray: one woman’s struggle to survive conflict, lack of food in northern Ethiopia

In the mountains of Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, Tadelech Gebrihet has lived for 60 of her 70 years in Kola Tembien, about 100 kilometers west of the region’s capital Mekele. “I enjoyed a…

50 year old Hareyat Gebrelibanos and a mother of four from Tigray in Northern Ethiopia cleaning mitad* traditional griddle used for cooking bread at Meles IDP camp. Photo Credit: Zerubabel Tore/Oxfam

Tigray in crisis as hundreds succumb to starvation two-years after the conflict

Within a confined space of a single classroom, Hareyat Gebrelibanos, a 50-year-old mother of four girls is reorganising and cleaning her space at the far right of the class, attempting to make it…

From Grassroots to Sky: Women at the Forefront of Local Climate Movements

From Grassroots to Sky: Women at the Forefront of Local Climate Movements

Sylvia Chikalipo and Khwimani Mwasinga

Alice Kachere is a Lilongwe based rural woman farmer and chairperson of Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) Malawi Chapter. In 2015, Alice was among three Malawian rural women farmers that summited the 3002…

El Nino floods have severely affected parts of Somalia. Photo credit: Ahmed Osman/ Oxfam

Standing for Climate Justice: Urgent Support Needed for Baidoa's Resilient Community

Juliet Moriku Balikowa

I cannot find words strong enough to express the emotions I felt during my recent visit to Baidoa. Together with a mission team led by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia,…

Fadumo in Somali, Degahabur District, in Jarar Zone. photo Credit: Liban Hailu/ Oxfam

Rebuilding Lives Amidst Drought

In the arid expanse of Degahabur in Ethiopia's Somali region, a community once ravaged by an unforgiving drought is now witnessing a glimmer of hope. Fadumo Sagal Yusuf, a 40-year-old mother of…