Press Releases

Oxfam in Laos and SDC Announce Launch of Gender Inclusive Water Governance Project

On October 4, 2019, Oxfam in Laos celebrated the official launch of the Mekong River Water Governance (MRWGP) project, a collaboration between Oxfam and the Swiss Agency for Development and…

Oxfam’s Partnership for Citizen Engagement (PACE) receives MOU approval

A new project to improve good governance at the Lao People’s Provincial Assembly Monday, July 8, 2019Vientiane, Lao PDR - Oxfam and the National Assembly (NA) have signed a Memorandum of…

Billionaire fortunes grew by $2.5 billion a day last year as poorest saw their wealth fall – new Oxfam report

Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year – or $2.5 billion a day - while the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity saw their wealth decline by 11 percent, reveals…

Sanamxay Flood Update: Support from Oxfam Continues

On 9-12 August, 2018 Oxfam in Laos organized a distribution of hygiene kits at Pindong and Tamoryot evacuation centers to those who had been affected by the dam collapse in Sanamxay. It included 320…

Oxfam responding to dam collapse disaster in Southern Laos

Oxfam is preparing an emergency response after a dam collapse in Sanamxay district, Attapeu, Southern Laos caused a major flash flood.More than 11,000 people are affected, with 3,060 people displaced…

Driving Small and Medium Enterprises and Smallholder Farmers in Building Climate Resilience project/Oxfam

Laos still heavily reliant on Agriculture

Laos remains heavily dependent on agriculture which has traditionally been dominated by smallholder and subsistence farming with related micro and medium enterprises. This fact was highlighted during…