Samoa

Cyclone Evan: Oxfam assessing critical needs

December 17, 2012

Andy Thomson, Oxfam’s Water and Sanitation Advisor, has been in Samoa throughout the cyclone. He is part of a team of assessors, including the Samoan National Disaster Management Office, surveying the damage and determining people’s most urgent needs.

Cyclone Evan sweeps through Pacific

December 16, 2012

The storm is leaving widespread destruction in its wake.

Pacific Islands Forum: Will leaders face the challenges?

August 27, 2012

After a year of New Zealand’s role as Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, the Cook Islands is about to pick up the baton for the next year. The region faces formidable challenges ahead and the Pacific’s regional institutions even more so. The forthcoming Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting will be a crucial test of whether regionalism, government leadership and the Pacific institutions can step up to meet these challenges.

Standing proud on Samoan soil

August 21, 2012

No-one should starve in Samoa. That is the truth of it. The soil is rich and fertile. But if you need to pay the power or water bill or send your kids to school, then you need a cash income. And that’s a different story altogether.

The young dream has given hope

August 20, 2012

Despite leaving school early, Iopu is determined to build his parents a home. Oxfam’s partner is turning this dream into reality.

Prize-winning organics in Samoa

June 11, 2012

The gloves were off at Samoa’s Savaii Agricultural Show and the competition, as always, was fierce. Yet the organic farmers working with Oxfam’s partner, Women in Business Development Incorporated (WIBDI), hauled an impressive 33 of the major prizes ranging from the prize for overall best organic farm to the best coffee, best vanilla, best cocoa and many more.