Humanitarian Response and DRR

Oxfam India saves lives by building the resilience of communities to disasters and conflict

Humanitarian Response and DRR

Oxfam India provides urgent assistance to communities at risk in times of natural disasters and conflict. We ensure that they realise their right to clean water, food, sanitation and other fundamental needs. In particular, we reach out to women, adolescent girls, children, persons with disability and elderly people among these communities.

 

An equally important aspect of our work is disaster risk reduction, or resilience of communities to natural disasters and conflicts. We do this by enhancing the preparedness of our partners on the ground, networks of humanitarian support providers, and of the communities themselves, to cope with sudden natural disasters and conflict. 

Stories of Change

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Humanitarian Response and DRR

18 Apr, 2019

Kerala

Oxfam India in Kerala: Voices from the Ground

In 2018, Kerala was hit by the worst floods in a century. More than 400 people lost their lives and lakhs of people lost their homes and livelihoods.
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Humanitarian Response and DRR

27 Jun, 2019

Odisha

Lakshmi Returns Home After Fani

Grief and anxiety were writ large on Lakshmi Bhoi’s face.
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Humanitarian Response and DRR

30 Jan, 2020

Kerala

Rebuilding lives of flood-affected families in Kerala

The 2018 floods in Kerala ravaged the state and had a devastating impact on lives and livelihoods of everyone affected – from women and girls to men and boys, and from differently abled t...
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Humanitarian Response and DRR

03 Mar, 2020

Maharashtra

Taking to the Streets for Public Health Promotion

As part of the disaster risk reduction (DRR) programme, earlier this year Oxfam India flagged off a 20-day Video Van campaign on ‘WASH in Emergency’ in Sangli district in Maharashtra. ...
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Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA)

26 Aug, 2020

पलिया कलां, लखीमपुर खेरी, उत्तर प्रदेश

ग्राम विकास कार्यों हेतु ग्राम जल प्रबंधन समिति के प्रयास एवं सफलता

ग्राम - श्रीनगर; ग्राम पंचायत - अतरिया; तहसील - पलिया
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Humanitarian Response and DRR

11 Feb, 2021

Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh

Making Toilets Sustainable

On February 2, 2021, Oxfam India handed over a Tiger Worm Toilet (TWT) complex to the Naurangiya panchayat in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district.
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Mobilising Forest Dwelling Communities to Claim Individual and Community Forest Rights

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