Disaster without memory: Oxfam's drought programme in Zambia

Author(s)
Pushpanath, K
Editor(s)
Eade, Deborah
Publication date
1994-05-01
Subject
Aid
Approach and methodology
Keywords
Advocacy
Campaigning
Development methods
Country
Zambia

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130153
DOI
10.1080/096145249100077611
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
In Southern Africa, a major drought during 1992-93 threatened devastating consequences for poor rural populations in the region. The article describes the unconventional approach to disaster mitigation undertaken by Oxfam (UK and Ireland) in Zambia. This enabled people at the local level, with little prior organisational experience, to establish effective dialogue with government officials in the country; it also laid the foundations for longer-term development activities. The role of local-level lobbying, as well as campaigning on an international level, was crucial.
Pages
11
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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