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In a tiny high walled courtyard at the back of the Oxfam building in Perth is a new green oasis – a garden to honour the life of one of Oxfam’s finest volunteers – Maggie Davis. Put together with the hard work and contribution of many people, it was officially opened on January 17.
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Non-government organisations (NGOs) are uniquely placed to provide teachers with active citizenship and social justice perspectives – and PLAN International have done just that with their latest classroom resource.
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Oxfam Canada’s policy coordinator Mark Fried urges the international community to heed the warning signs, and respond to the growing food crisis in West Africa now rather when it’s too late.
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Meet Peter Abwell, former pastoralist and fisherman, who now runs a bustling shop in Turkana and is something of a local celebrity. “Now I want to support others and help them learn,” he says. As Alejandro Chaskielberg discovers, Peter’s doing just that.
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In the midst of Hollywood award season, comes a different kind of accolade: the news that Oxfam has been named number three in The Global Journal’s Top 100 Best NGOs. Here’s what Oxfam Canada’s ED Robert Fox has to say about it.
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African football stars like Seydou Keita and Charles Kabore have joined forces with Oxfam to fight the impending food crisis in West Africa before it gets out of hand. The result? A new campaign called ‘Let’s Tackle Hunger’.
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Six months after famine was declared in Somalia, we bring you two things: a video thanking supporters for their generous support of our East Africa Food Crisis Appeal, and news of a report revealing the East African food crisis was exacerbated by a slow international response.
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Recently going back to Australia for Christmas was a culture shock and a half; moving from the ‘developing’ to the ‘developed’ world, there is a ‘world’ of difference.
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