Tag: food

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu outlines why he is supporting Oxfam’s GROW campaign, and what all have to aim for in order to fix our global food system. Read more »

Meet 15-year-old Alberto Atanasio Malhaieie from Mabawane in Gaza Province, who received a goat and training to care for the goat from our local partner organisation. Oxfam News editor Maureen Bathgate visited Alberto to learn more. Read more »

This week we meet Maria Mahamade Sirangue, from Mabawane in Gaza Province. Oxfam News editor Maureen Bathgate visited Maria to hear more about the gardening techniques she’s been learning from our local partner, and the difference it’s made for her family. Read more »

Justino Simon is a project coordinator with one of our partner organisations, the Christian Council of Mozambique Inhambane. We travelled to Mozambique to learn more about how Justino is helping communities in Inhambane province increase crop yields, improve nutrition and work toward a brighter future. Read more »

Oxfam’s new food justice campaign launches at the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne at 11am on 1 June, 2011. Tune in online to take part in the conversation! Read more »

Last week we introduced you to Ecerina, a grandmother from Mozambique looking after two of her own children and six of her orphaned grandchildren. At the time, Ecerina had just harvested her first crop using techniques in drought-resistant farming that she learned from our local partner Mahahle.This week we give you an update on how Ecerina is doing a year later. Read more »

Ecerina Adolfo Nhamtumbo is from Inhambane Province, Mozambique. She lives in Quene village, where she looks after two of her children and six of her orphaned grandchildren. But feeding eight mouths is no easy feat when your garden soil has turned to sand. Read more »

Around the world, people are fighting climate change in extraordinary ways. Watch this animation to learn how rice farming communities are adapting in Thailand. Read more »