StoryCommunities hit by climate change on the coast of Senegal
Partners working with Oxfam are helping seaside towns adapt, survive, and advocate for more support to overcome losses.
Natural resources and rights
While natural resources can generate wealth, countries that depend on this wealth often suffer greater corruption, social unrest, and human rights violations. We believe people have a right to participate in decisions that affect their lives.
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StoryThe seven-headed monster
Around the world, mining interests are robbing rural communities of their health, well-being, and rights; in a town in Guatemala, they robbed a teenage activist of her life.
StoryA movement for social accountability
Copper campaign in Zambia ensures mining revenues are invested in the communities where copper is being extracted.
StoryReclaiming their ecosystem
A decade-long effort to preserve biodiversity along the lower Mekong River succeeds in curbing illegal fishing and forest cutting, and in enabling people to exercise their rights.