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Oxfam News December 2007
Oxfam News – December 2007
This issue we feature how Oxfam is helping communities in Malawi prepare for disasters. We travel to a mountain community in Laos where a new school is making a positive difference to children's lives. And in Vietnam, we discover how poor communities are taking action to hold governments and corporations to account.
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- Executive Director
- Cover story: Preparing for a drought
- Malawi is a country that fluctuates between drought and floods, which cripple poor farming communities and leave many rural families without enough food to eat. Editor Maureen Bathgate looks at how Oxfam is helping these communities become more resilient to disaster.
- Can't beat a good book
- Children in a small mountain community in Laos finally have chance of a good education, thanks to a new school, improved resources and better quality teachers.
- Reality television Vietnamese style
- Discover how poor communities are taking action to hold governments, corporations and non-government organisations to account.
- Changing the world in a week
- Dorothy Griffiths transports us into the eight days of Kaleidoscope 2007, where 300 young people from around the world began their journey of active and positive change.
- Rebuilding for a better future
- Three years after a massive tsunami destroyed coastal communities throughout the Indian Ocean, we take a look at some of the highlights and challenges of Oxfam's response.
- A battle of mines
- A Filipino farming community fights a proposed gold mine.
- A push for change
- Sex workers in Indonesia are learning how to gain control over thier health.
- A confronting moment
- A young Indigenous woman gains an insight into her own culture.
- The reality of being a refugee
- A unique project giving Australians a tase of life as a refugee.
Editor Maureen Bathgate Editorial assistants Chris Robinson, Melanie Scaife Photo Editor Robert McKechnie Design Paoli Smith Proofreaders Chris Robinson Print coordinator Kim Hayes Oxfam News is published quarterly by Oxfam Australia, 132 Leicester Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Australia ABN 18 055 208 636/CC29173 ISSN 1446-0521 The publisher does not necessarily endorse views expressed by contributors to Oxfam News. Available free to donors and supporters.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers should be aware that this publication may contain images or names of people who have since passed away.