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notes: 10/22/10: A cholera outbreak in the Artibonite department of Haiti, north of the earthquake-ravaged capital, has left 138 people dead and sickened more than 1,500, according to the country’s Ministry of Public Health. Oxfam has mobilized a team of five emergency specialists to set up water, sanitation, and hygiene programs for about 100,000 people and will send additional support in the coming days. “This outbreak of cholera is moving very quickly. We are very concerned about the virulence of it,” said Cedric Perus, humanitarian program manager for Oxfam in Haiti. “Our response must be immediate to contain the spread of this disease.” Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by consuming food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Severe cases of the disease can kill within hours if left untreated. With prompt administration of oral rehydration salts, many people can be successfully treated. Those who become severely dehydrated require intravenous fluids. The cause of the outbreak in Artibonite is not yet known. But like much of Haiti, the region suffers from lack of access to clean water and decent sanitation services—leaving people vulnerable. “Our goal will be to provide clean water, toilets, and perhaps most importantly, educate people about good hygiene practices,” said Perus. The organization has enough supplies on hand to provide 5,000 people with clean water within the next two days and is determining what resources are required to meet the needs of others in the zone. “Basic good hygiene is what will stop the spread of this outbreak,” added Perus. Oxfam is working in close coordination with other public health, water, and sanitation agencies as well as with the government to respond to the outbreak and try to prevent its spread to camps in Port-au-Prince for people displaced by the January 12 earthquake. Oxfam is continuing its extensive public health education programs in many of those camps and is providing clean water and sanitation services for more than 450,000 earthquake victims. ----------------------------------------- CAMP CLUSTER GOOGLE GROUP WEBSITE: http://groups.google.com/group/cccmhaiti ----------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE 1/24/10: Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti. More than 10 tons of water plus emergency equipment have been flown in, including clean water, buckets, water treatment kits, shelters and sanitation tools. We're flying in 50 tons more, allowing us to reach more and more people each day. Oxfam is working across seven sites supplying clean water, safe sanitation and temporary shelter to 92,000 people, focusing on preventing the spread of waterborne disease. ------------------------------------------ 1/19/10 News http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2010-01-19/haiti-earthquake-one-toughest-weeks-ever-oxfam-staff ------------------------------------------- Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives. We focus our efforts in these areas: Development We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice. Emergencies We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters. Campaigning We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world. Advocacy We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice. Policy research We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries. -> 12/1/10 WASH Cluster Update for OXFAM: -Oxfam community mobilisers are working with camp food vendors in the communes of Corail, Port au Prince, Croix des Bouquets and Carrefour in Port au Prince in safe food handling. The vendors, mostly women, have formed Vendors’ Clubs with the support of Oxfam. -Oxfam has 200 trained Community mobilisers carrying out door to door hygiene campaigns in Carrefour Feuille. Specific focus is on chlorination, ORS preparation and handling of soiled/contaminated articles. Target population is 64,000 people. ----------------------------- 10/22/10: A cholera outbreak in the Artibonite department of Haiti, north of the earthquake-ravaged capital, has left 138 people dead and sickened more than 1,500, according to the country’s Ministry of Public Health. Oxfam has mobilized a team of five emergency specialists to set up water, sanitation, and hygiene programs for about 100,000 people and will send additional support in the coming days. “This outbreak of cholera is moving very quickly. We are very concerned about the virulence of it,” said Cedric Perus, humanitarian program manager for Oxfam in Haiti. “Our response must be immediate to contain the spread of this disease.” Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by consuming food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Severe cases of the disease can kill within hours if left untreated. With prompt administration of oral rehydration salts, many people can be successfully treated. Those who become severely dehydrated require intravenous fluids. The cause of the outbreak in Artibonite is not yet known. But like much of Haiti, the region suffers from lack of access to clean water and decent sanitation services—leaving people vulnerable. “Our goal will be to provide clean water, toilets, and perhaps most importantly, educate people about good hygiene practices,” said Perus. The organization has enough supplies on hand to provide 5,000 people with clean water within the next two days and is determining what resources are required to meet the needs of others in the zone. “Basic good hygiene is what will stop the spread of this outbreak,” added Perus. Oxfam is working in close coordination with other public health, water, and sanitation agencies as well as with the government to respond to the outbreak and try to prevent its spread to camps in Port-au-Prince for people displaced by the January 12 earthquake. Oxfam is continuing its extensive public health education programs in many of those camps and is providing clean water and sanitation services for more than 450,000 earthquake victims. ----------------------------------------- CAMP CLUSTER GOOGLE GROUP WEBSITE: http://groups.google.com/group/cccmhaiti ----------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE 1/24/10: Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti. More than 10 tons of water plus emergency equipment have been flown in, including clean water, buckets, water treatment kits, shelters and sanitation tools. We're flying in 50 tons more, allowing us to reach more and more people each day. Oxfam is working across seven sites supplying clean water, safe sanitation and temporary shelter to 92,000 people, focusing on preventing the spread of waterborne disease. ------------------------------------------ 1/19/10 News http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2010-01-19/haiti-earthquake-one-toughest-weeks-ever-oxfam-staff ------------------------------------------- Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives. We focus our efforts in these areas: Development We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice. Emergencies We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters. Campaigning We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world. Advocacy We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice. Policy research We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries.

name: Oxfam International - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SHELTER SITES / DIST: SHELTER SUPPLIES:/WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS) -> Oxfam International - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SHELTER SITES)
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name: Oxfam International (WASH/SHELTER/CAMP CLUSTERS) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SHELTER SITES / DIST: SHELTER SUPPLIES:/WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS) -> Oxfam International - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SHELTER SITES / DIST: SHELTER SUPPLIES:/WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS)

notes: CAMP CLUSTER GOOGLE GROUP WEBSITE: http://groups.google.com/group/cccmhaiti ----------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE 1/24/10: Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti. More than 10 tons of water plus emergency equipment have been flown in, including clean water, buckets, water treatment kits, shelters and sanitation tools. We're flying in 50 tons more, allowing us to reach more and more people each day. Oxfam is working across seven sites supplying clean water, safe sanitation and temporary shelter to 92,000 people, focusing on preventing the spread of waterborne disease. ------------------------------------------ 1/19/10 News http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2010-01-19/haiti-earthquake-one-toughest-weeks-ever-oxfam-staff ------------------------------------------- Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives. We focus our efforts in these areas: Development We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice. Emergencies We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters. Campaigning We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world. Advocacy We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice. Policy research We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries. -> 10/22/10: A cholera outbreak in the Artibonite department of Haiti, north of the earthquake-ravaged capital, has left 138 people dead and sickened more than 1,500, according to the country’s Ministry of Public Health. Oxfam has mobilized a team of five emergency specialists to set up water, sanitation, and hygiene programs for about 100,000 people and will send additional support in the coming days. “This outbreak of cholera is moving very quickly. We are very concerned about the virulence of it,” said Cedric Perus, humanitarian program manager for Oxfam in Haiti. “Our response must be immediate to contain the spread of this disease.” Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by consuming food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Severe cases of the disease can kill within hours if left untreated. With prompt administration of oral rehydration salts, many people can be successfully treated. Those who become severely dehydrated require intravenous fluids. The cause of the outbreak in Artibonite is not yet known. But like much of Haiti, the region suffers from lack of access to clean water and decent sanitation services—leaving people vulnerable. “Our goal will be to provide clean water, toilets, and perhaps most importantly, educate people about good hygiene practices,” said Perus. The organization has enough supplies on hand to provide 5,000 people with clean water within the next two days and is determining what resources are required to meet the needs of others in the zone. “Basic good hygiene is what will stop the spread of this outbreak,” added Perus. Oxfam is working in close coordination with other public health, water, and sanitation agencies as well as with the government to respond to the outbreak and try to prevent its spread to camps in Port-au-Prince for people displaced by the January 12 earthquake. Oxfam is continuing its extensive public health education programs in many of those camps and is providing clean water and sanitation services for more than 450,000 earthquake victims. ----------------------------------------- CAMP CLUSTER GOOGLE GROUP WEBSITE: http://groups.google.com/group/cccmhaiti ----------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE 1/24/10: Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti. More than 10 tons of water plus emergency equipment have been flown in, including clean water, buckets, water treatment kits, shelters and sanitation tools. We're flying in 50 tons more, allowing us to reach more and more people each day. Oxfam is working across seven sites supplying clean water, safe sanitation and temporary shelter to 92,000 people, focusing on preventing the spread of waterborne disease. ------------------------------------------ 1/19/10 News http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2010-01-19/haiti-earthquake-one-toughest-weeks-ever-oxfam-staff ------------------------------------------- Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives. We focus our efforts in these areas: Development We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice. Emergencies We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters. Campaigning We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world. Advocacy We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice. Policy research We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries.

name: Oxfam International (WASH/SHELTER Cluster) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SHELTER SITES / DIST: SHELTER SUPPLIES:/WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS) -> Oxfam International (WASH/SHELTER/CAMP CLUSTERS) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SHELTER SITES / DIST: SHELTER SUPPLIES:/WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS)
notes: FROM THE WEBSITE 1/24/10: Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti. More than 10 tons of water plus emergency equipment have been flown in, including clean water, buckets, water treatment kits, shelters and sanitation tools. We're flying in 50 tons more, allowing us to reach more and more people each day. Oxfam is working across seven sites supplying clean water, safe sanitation and temporary shelter to 92,000 people, focusing on preventing the spread of waterborne disease. ------------------------------------------ 1/19/10 News http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2010-01-19/haiti-earthquake-one-toughest-weeks-ever-oxfam-staff ------------------------------------------- Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives. We focus our efforts in these areas: Development We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice. Emergencies We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters. Campaigning We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world. Advocacy We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice. Policy research We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries. -> CAMP CLUSTER GOOGLE GROUP WEBSITE: http://groups.google.com/group/cccmhaiti ----------------------------------------- FROM THE WEBSITE 1/24/10: Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti. More than 10 tons of water plus emergency equipment have been flown in, including clean water, buckets, water treatment kits, shelters and sanitation tools. We're flying in 50 tons more, allowing us to reach more and more people each day. Oxfam is working across seven sites supplying clean water, safe sanitation and temporary shelter to 92,000 people, focusing on preventing the spread of waterborne disease. ------------------------------------------ 1/19/10 News http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2010-01-19/haiti-earthquake-one-toughest-weeks-ever-oxfam-staff ------------------------------------------- Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives. We focus our efforts in these areas: Development We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice. Emergencies We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters. Campaigning We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world. Advocacy We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice. Policy research We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries.
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name: Oxfam International (WASH Cluster) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SHELTER SITES / DIST: SHELTER SUPPLIES:/WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS) -> Oxfam International (WASH/SHELTER Cluster) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SHELTER SITES / DIST: SHELTER SUPPLIES:/WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS)
address: MAIL ADDR: 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2206, United States -> MAIL ADDR: 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 2114-2206, United States Haiti
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name: Oxfam International - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SHELTER SITES / DIST: SHELTER SUPPLIES:/WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS) -> Oxfam International (WASH Cluster) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SHELTER SITES / DIST: SHELTER SUPPLIES:/WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS)

town: -> Various
address: 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2206 United States -> MAIL ADDR: 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2206, United States

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name: Oxfam International - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SITES - SHELTER/SUPPLIES: WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS) -> Oxfam International - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SHELTER SITES / DIST: SHELTER SUPPLIES:/WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS)
other_contacts changed.

name: Oxfam International - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (SUPPLIES: WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS/SHELTER SUPPLIES) -> Oxfam International - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (7 SITES - SHELTER/SUPPLIES: WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS)
notes: 1/19/10 News http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2010-01-19/haiti-earthquake-one-toughest-weeks-ever-oxfam-staff =========== Oxfam aware of situation following large earthquake in Haiti and poised to respond Statement from Jane Cocking, humanitarian director of Oxfam on Haiti earthquake: “At this stage it is too early to tell the severity of the earthquake in Haiti, but the early signs are not good with communications down across the country. “Oxfam has its emergency response team for Latin America based in Haiti so we are well prepared, with a public health, water and sanitation team in Port-au-Prince ready to respond. We also have emergency supplies in Panama that we are preparing to send in as soon as possible.” Kristie van de Wetering, a former Oxfam employee still based in Port-au-Prince described the situation as “very chaotic with houses in rubbles everywhere. There is a blanket of dust rising from the valley south of the capital. We can hear people calling for help from every corner. The aftershocks are ongoing and making people very nervous.” Cocking said: “We hope to know more in the coming hours. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere where 85% of people already live in poverty, given the desperate needs that people face on a day to day basis, this earthquake is grim news for the poor people of Haiti.” Donate Please consider helping fund our Haiti Earthquake Response Fund: ------------------------------------------ Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives. We focus our efforts in these areas: Development We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice. Emergencies We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters. Campaigning We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world. Advocacy We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice. Policy research We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries. -> FROM THE WEBSITE 1/24/10: Oxfam is responding to the biggest earthquake for 200 years in Haiti. More than 10 tons of water plus emergency equipment have been flown in, including clean water, buckets, water treatment kits, shelters and sanitation tools. We're flying in 50 tons more, allowing us to reach more and more people each day. Oxfam is working across seven sites supplying clean water, safe sanitation and temporary shelter to 92,000 people, focusing on preventing the spread of waterborne disease. ------------------------------------------ 1/19/10 News http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2010-01-19/haiti-earthquake-one-toughest-weeks-ever-oxfam-staff ------------------------------------------- Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives. We focus our efforts in these areas: Development We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice. Emergencies We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters. Campaigning We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world. Advocacy We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice. Policy research We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries.
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name: Oxfam International (2010 Haiti Earthquake Response) -> Oxfam International - 2010 Haiti Earthquake Response (SUPPLIES: WATER SANITATION/WATER/BUCKETS/SHELTER SUPPLIES)

notes: Oxfam aware of situation following large earthquake in Haiti and poised to respond Statement from Jane Cocking, humanitarian director of Oxfam on Haiti earthquake: “At this stage it is too early to tell the severity of the earthquake in Haiti, but the early signs are not good with communications down across the country. “Oxfam has its emergency response team for Latin America based in Haiti so we are well prepared, with a public health, water and sanitation team in Port-au-Prince ready to respond. We also have emergency supplies in Panama that we are preparing to send in as soon as possible.” Kristie van de Wetering, a former Oxfam employee still based in Port-au-Prince described the situation as “very chaotic with houses in rubbles everywhere. There is a blanket of dust rising from the valley south of the capital. We can hear people calling for help from every corner. The aftershocks are ongoing and making people very nervous.” Cocking said: “We hope to know more in the coming hours. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere where 85% of people already live in poverty, given the desperate needs that people face on a day to day basis, this earthquake is grim news for the poor people of Haiti.” Donate Please consider helping fund our Haiti Earthquake Response Fund: ------------------------------------------ Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives. We focus our efforts in these areas: Development We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice. Emergencies We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters. Campaigning We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world. Advocacy We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice. Policy research We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries. -> 1/19/10 News http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressrelease/2010-01-19/haiti-earthquake-one-toughest-weeks-ever-oxfam-staff =========== Oxfam aware of situation following large earthquake in Haiti and poised to respond Statement from Jane Cocking, humanitarian director of Oxfam on Haiti earthquake: “At this stage it is too early to tell the severity of the earthquake in Haiti, but the early signs are not good with communications down across the country. “Oxfam has its emergency response team for Latin America based in Haiti so we are well prepared, with a public health, water and sanitation team in Port-au-Prince ready to respond. We also have emergency supplies in Panama that we are preparing to send in as soon as possible.” Kristie van de Wetering, a former Oxfam employee still based in Port-au-Prince described the situation as “very chaotic with houses in rubbles everywhere. There is a blanket of dust rising from the valley south of the capital. We can hear people calling for help from every corner. The aftershocks are ongoing and making people very nervous.” Cocking said: “We hope to know more in the coming hours. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere where 85% of people already live in poverty, given the desperate needs that people face on a day to day basis, this earthquake is grim news for the poor people of Haiti.” Donate Please consider helping fund our Haiti Earthquake Response Fund: ------------------------------------------ Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives. We focus our efforts in these areas: Development We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice. Emergencies We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters. Campaigning We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world. Advocacy We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice. Policy research We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries.

region: Carribean -> Haiti, Caribbean

state: -> HT
main_phone: -> 1 617 482 1211 (Toll-free 1-800-77-OXFAM)
address: -> 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2206 United States
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region: -> Carribean
organization: -> Non-Profit Humanitarian Aid
website: -> http://www.oxfam.org/

status: Unknown -> Open
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mission: Oxfam International is an international group of independent non-governmental organizations dedicated to fighting poverty and related injustice around the world. The Oxfams work together internationally to achieve greater impact by their collective efforts. Oxfam believes that: Poverty and powerlessness are avoidable and can be eliminated by human action and political will. Basic human needs and rights can be met. These include the rights to a sustainable livelihood, and the rights and capacities to participate in societies and make positive changes to people's lives. Inequalities can be significantly reduced both between rich and poor nations and within nations. Peace and substantial arms reduction are essential conditions for development. Oxfam understands that: Poverty is a state of powerlessness in which people are unable to exercise their basic human rights or control virtually any aspect of their lives. Poverty manifests itself in the inadequacy of material goods and lack of access to basic services and opportunities leading to a condition of insecurity. All poverty is almost always rooted in human action or inaction. It can be made worse by natural calamities, and human violence, oppression and environmental destruction. It is maintained by entrenched inequalities and institutional and economic mechanisms. The Oxfam approach is that: Our programs will: address the structural causes of poverty and related injustice work primarily through local accountable organizations, seeking to strengthen their empowerment help people directly where local capacity is insufficient or inappropriate for Oxfam's purposes assist the development of structures which directly benefit people facing the realities of poverty and injustice and which are accountable to them. In all our actions our ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives. For people to be able to exercise their rights: opportunities must be created so people can participate in governing all aspects of their lives, and they must have the genuine capacity to organize and take advantage of those opportunities. Gender inequalities and other diversity issues will be addressed in our actions and programs. In the economic arena, we will seek: to enable people to meet their needs by creating opportunities within markets, while protecting themselves against the excesses of unregulated market forces to strengthen institutions intervening in the market in the interests of the poor. Preventing and reversing damage to the environment is essential to achieving sustainable livelihoods. Action against violence must include: coming to the aid of victims strengthening people's capacity to peacefully resolve conflicts demanding a determined response from the international community where the situation warrants it. In working together the Oxfams believe that: Oxfam International offers a unique potential to achieve greater impact on the causes of poverty and powerlessness by combining the diverse experiences of Oxfams and their partners. The name "Oxfam" will stand for a clear and consistent approach. We can achieve this through closer co-operation in our communications, advocacy, education and public campaigns; fund-raising; emergency, development programs and fair trading. Oxfam International's purpose is to: Further the Oxfams' common goals Promote, assist and co-ordinate collaboration among the Oxfams where this will result in a greater impact of the sum total of their joint efforts Protect the Oxfam name and enhance its standing. -> Oxfam International is an international group of independent non-governmental organizations dedicated to fighting poverty and related injustice around the world. The Oxfams work together internationally to achieve greater impact by their collective efforts. Oxfam believes that: Poverty and powerlessness are avoidable and can be eliminated by human action and political will. Basic human needs and rights can be met. These include the rights to a sustainable livelihood, and the rights and capacities to participate in societies and make positive changes to people's lives. Inequalities can be significantly reduced both between rich and poor nations and within nations. Peace and substantial arms reduction are essential conditions for development. Oxfam understands that: Poverty is a state of powerlessness in which people are unable to exercise their basic human rights or control virtually any aspect of their lives. Poverty manifests itself in the inadequacy of material goods and lack of access to basic services and opportunities leading to a condition of insecurity. All poverty is almost always rooted in human action or inaction. It can be made worse by natural calamities, and human violence, oppression and environmental destruction. It is maintained by entrenched inequalities and institutional and economic mechanisms. The Oxfam approach is that: Our programs will: address the structural causes of poverty and related injustice work primarily through local accountable organizations, seeking to strengthen their empowerment help people directly where local capacity is insufficient or inappropriate for Oxfam's purposes assist the development of structures which directly benefit people facing the realities of poverty and injustice and which are accountable to them. In all our actions our ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives. For people to be able to exercise their rights: opportunities must be created so people can participate in governing all aspects of their lives, and they must have the genuine capacity to organize and take advantage of those opportunities. Gender inequalities and other diversity issues will be addressed in our actions and programs. In the economic arena, we will seek: to enable people to meet their needs by creating opportunities within markets, while protecting themselves against the excesses of unregulated market forces to strengthen institutions intervening in the market in the interests of the poor. Preventing and reversing damage to the environment is essential to achieving sustainable livelihoods. Action against violence must include: coming to the aid of victims strengthening people's capacity to peacefully resolve conflicts demanding a determined response from the international community where the situation warrants it. In working together the Oxfams believe that: Oxfam International offers a unique potential to achieve greater impact on the causes of poverty and powerlessness by combining the diverse experiences of Oxfams and their partners. The name "Oxfam" will stand for a clear and consistent approach. We can achieve this through closer co-operation in our communications, advocacy, education and public campaigns; fund-raising; emergency, development programs and fair trading. Oxfam International's purpose is to: Further the Oxfams' common goals Promote, assist and co-ordinate collaboration among the Oxfams where this will result in a greater impact of the sum total of their joint efforts Protect the Oxfam name and enhance its standing.

notes: Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives. We focus our efforts in these areas: Development We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice. Emergencies We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters. Campaigning We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world. Advocacy We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice. Policy research We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries. -> Oxfam aware of situation following large earthquake in Haiti and poised to respond Statement from Jane Cocking, humanitarian director of Oxfam on Haiti earthquake: “At this stage it is too early to tell the severity of the earthquake in Haiti, but the early signs are not good with communications down across the country. “Oxfam has its emergency response team for Latin America based in Haiti so we are well prepared, with a public health, water and sanitation team in Port-au-Prince ready to respond. We also have emergency supplies in Panama that we are preparing to send in as soon as possible.” Kristie van de Wetering, a former Oxfam employee still based in Port-au-Prince described the situation as “very chaotic with houses in rubbles everywhere. There is a blanket of dust rising from the valley south of the capital. We can hear people calling for help from every corner. The aftershocks are ongoing and making people very nervous.” Cocking said: “We hope to know more in the coming hours. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere where 85% of people already live in poverty, given the desperate needs that people face on a day to day basis, this earthquake is grim news for the poor people of Haiti.” Donate Please consider helping fund our Haiti Earthquake Response Fund: ------------------------------------------ Oxfam International is a confederation of 14 like-minded organizations working together and with partners and allies around the world to bring about lasting change. We work directly with communities and we seek to influence the powerful to ensure that poor people can improve their lives and livelihoods and have a say in decisions that affect them. Working with more than 3,000 local partner organizations, we work with people living in poverty striving to exercise their human rights, assert their dignity as full citizens and take control of their lives. We focus our efforts in these areas: Development We work with and through partners and communities on long-term programs to eradicate poverty and combat injustice. Emergencies We deliver immediate life-saving assistance to people affected by natural disasters or conflict, and help to build their resilience to future disasters. Campaigning We are part of a global movement for change. We raise public awareness of the causes of poverty and encourage ordinary people to take action for a fairer world. Advocacy We press decision-makers to change policies and practices that reinforce poverty and injustice. Policy research We can speak with authority as a result of thorough research and analysis, and the real experience of our partners in developing countries.
mission: Oxfam International is an international group of independent non-governmental organizations dedicated to fighting poverty and related injustice around the world. The Oxfams work together internationally to achieve greater impact by their collective efforts. Oxfam believes that: Poverty and powerlessness are avoidable and can be eliminated by human action and political will. Basic human needs and rights can be met. These include the rights to a sustainable livelihood, and the rights and capacities to participate in societies and make positive changes to people's lives. Inequalities can be significantly reduced both between rich and poor nations and within nations. Peace and substantial arms reduction are essential conditions for development. Oxfam understands that: Poverty is a state of powerlessness in which people are unable to exercise their basic human rights or control virtually any aspect of their lives. Poverty manifests itself in the inadequacy of material goods and lack of access to basic services and opportunities leading to a condition of insecurity. All poverty is almost always rooted in human action or inaction. It can be made worse by natural calamities, and human violence, oppression and environmental destruction. It is maintained by entrenched inequalities and institutional and economic mechanisms. The Oxfam approach is that: Our programs will: address the structural causes of poverty and related injustice work primarily through local accountable organizations, seeking to strengthen their empowerment help people directly where local capacity is insufficient or inappropriate for Oxfam's purposes assist the development of structures which directly benefit people facing the realities of poverty and injustice and which are accountable to them. In all our actions our ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives. For people to be able to exercise their rights: opportunities must be created so people can participate in governing all aspects of their lives, and they must have the genuine capacity to organize and take advantage of those opportunities. Gender inequalities and other diversity issues will be addressed in our actions and programs. In the economic arena, we will seek: to enable people to meet their needs by creating opportunities within markets, while protecting themselves against the excesses of unregulated market forces to strengthen institutions intervening in the market in the interests of the poor. Preventing and reversing damage to the environment is essential to achieving sustainable livelihoods. Action against violence must include: coming to the aid of victims strengthening people's capacity to peacefully resolve conflicts demanding a determined response from the international community where the situation warrants it. In working together the Oxfams believe that: Oxfam International offers a unique potential to achieve greater impact on the causes of poverty and powerlessness by combining the diverse experiences of Oxfams and their partners. The name "Oxfam" will stand for a clear and consistent approach. We can achieve this through closer co-operation in our communications, advocacy, education and public campaigns; fund-raising; emergency, development programs and fair trading. Oxfam International's purpose is to: Further the Oxfams' common goals Promote, assist and co-ordinate collaboration among the Oxfams where this will result in a greater impact of the sum total of their joint efforts Protect the Oxfam name and enhance its standing. -> Oxfam International is an international group of independent non-governmental organizations dedicated to fighting poverty and related injustice around the world. The Oxfams work together internationally to achieve greater impact by their collective efforts. Oxfam believes that: Poverty and powerlessness are avoidable and can be eliminated by human action and political will. Basic human needs and rights can be met. These include the rights to a sustainable livelihood, and the rights and capacities to participate in societies and make positive changes to people's lives. Inequalities can be significantly reduced both between rich and poor nations and within nations. Peace and substantial arms reduction are essential conditions for development. Oxfam understands that: Poverty is a state of powerlessness in which people are unable to exercise their basic human rights or control virtually any aspect of their lives. Poverty manifests itself in the inadequacy of material goods and lack of access to basic services and opportunities leading to a condition of insecurity. All poverty is almost always rooted in human action or inaction. It can be made worse by natural calamities, and human violence, oppression and environmental destruction. It is maintained by entrenched inequalities and institutional and economic mechanisms. The Oxfam approach is that: Our programs will: address the structural causes of poverty and related injustice work primarily through local accountable organizations, seeking to strengthen their empowerment help people directly where local capacity is insufficient or inappropriate for Oxfam's purposes assist the development of structures which directly benefit people facing the realities of poverty and injustice and which are accountable to them. In all our actions our ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives. For people to be able to exercise their rights: opportunities must be created so people can participate in governing all aspects of their lives, and they must have the genuine capacity to organize and take advantage of those opportunities. Gender inequalities and other diversity issues will be addressed in our actions and programs. In the economic arena, we will seek: to enable people to meet their needs by creating opportunities within markets, while protecting themselves against the excesses of unregulated market forces to strengthen institutions intervening in the market in the interests of the poor. Preventing and reversing damage to the environment is essential to achieving sustainable livelihoods. Action against violence must include: coming to the aid of victims strengthening people's capacity to peacefully resolve conflicts demanding a determined response from the international community where the situation warrants it. In working together the Oxfams believe that: Oxfam International offers a unique potential to achieve greater impact on the causes of poverty and powerlessness by combining the diverse experiences of Oxfams and their partners. The name "Oxfam" will stand for a clear and consistent approach. We can achieve this through closer co-operation in our communications, advocacy, education and public campaigns; fund-raising; emergency, development programs and fair trading. Oxfam International's purpose is to: Further the Oxfams' common goals Promote, assist and co-ordinate collaboration among the Oxfams where this will result in a greater impact of the sum total of their joint efforts Protect the Oxfam name and enhance its standing.