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Oxfam International Secretariat

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Non Governmental Organizations

Mission

Oxfam International is a confederation of 15 organizations working together in over 90 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and related injustice around the world. Each organization (Affiliate) works together internationally to achieve a greater impact through collective efforts. In all Oxfam’s actions, the ultimate goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives.

DRR activities
Websites

http://www.oxfam.org/

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Documents and publications
29 March 2010
Haiti: a once-in-a-century chance for change

Beyond reconstruction: re-envisioning Haiti with equity, fairness, and opportunity:

This paper addresses the decisions already being implemented in Haiti on relief, reconstruction and recovery, and calls for a 'build back better' approach. It sets out

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Beyond reconstruction: re-envisioning Haiti with equity, fairness, and opportunity:
Documents and publications
9 March 2010
Reconstructing Haiti

This briefing note advocates for a sustained international reconstruction effort which will effectively translate into a new start for Haiti, and which would meet the country’s long-term development needs. It particularly calls to integrate disaster risk

Oxfam International Secretariat
This briefing note advocates for a sustained international reconstruction effort which will effectively translate into a new start for Haiti, and which would meet the country’s long-term development needs.
Documents and publications
4 May 2009
After the cyclone: lessons from a disaster

Oxfam briefing note:

This note calls on the Government of Bangladesh and the international community to scale up recovery and rehabilitation efforts to meet the cyclone survivors’ urgent need for housing and livelihoods, further to cyclone Sidr.

Based

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Oxfam briefing note:
Documents and publications
4 April 2009
A mountain to climb

This report details what needs to be done to prevent further deaths following the Pakistan earthquake and to enable survivors to rebuild their lives and livelihoods.

Oxfam International Secretariat
This report details what needs to be done to prevent further deaths following the Pakistan earthquake and to enable survivors to rebuild their lives and livelihoods.
Documents and publications
7 July 2008
The Asian tsunami: the challenge after the Jakarta summit, Oxfam briefing note

This brief summarizes the clear priorities for governments and others as an outcome of the emergency summit meeting held on 6 January 2005 in Jakarta. The meeting represented world governments’ unprecedented response to the tsunami that struck the

Oxfam International Secretariat
This brief summarizes the clear priorities for governments and others as an outcome of the emergency summit meeting held on 6 January 2005 in Jakarta.
Documents and publications
3 June 2008
Cuba, weathering the storm: lessons in risk reduction from Cuba

This report hopes to present a comprehensive overview of the Cuban model of risk reduction in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery and explore what may be adapted from this model in other countries. This report focuses on specific

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This report hopes to present a comprehensive overview of the Cuban model of risk reduction in disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery and explore what may be adapted from this model in other countries.

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Voluntary Commitments

The organization has no registered commitments.

The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.

Contact information

http://www.oxfam.org/en/
[email protected]
+44 1865339100
Fax:
+44 1865339101

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