Oxfam Summer heats up at Big Day Out
Our Oxfam Summer team was out an about at the Melbourne Big Day out this year, despite the 38 degree heat.
BLOGS
Whose aid is it anyway?
Today Oxfam published a report that looks at a worrying trend we’re seeing in international assistance: the militarization and politicisation of aid. The report entitled “Whose aid is it anyway?” looks at how key donors are now going down the route of allocating aid dollars heavily based on their military, security and geopolitical interests. It also looks at how donors are too often spending aid on security-driven projects that have proved expensive, ineffective and sometimes dangerous for their intended beneficiaries.
Dengue Fever
Before I fell ill, I hadn’t been feeling well enough to work for two or three days. But I still went to work because I wouldn’t be able to get sick leave without a certificate from the factory clinic.
Are we facing a major global food price crisis?
New figures show that world prices are at their highest level since the organisation started measuring them in 1990 – topping prices seen in June 2008 at the height of the last global food crisis. Why is it happening and what can we do about it?
Crisis of poor quality medicines being used as an excuse to push up prices for poor
A new report from Oxfam, "Eye on the ball" discusses how poor-quality medicines pose a serious threat to patients and public health in developing countries. The World Health Organisation estimates nearly one-third of all countries lack adequate drug-regulatory capacity to monitor medicines safety.
Pakistan 6 months on: The knitters of Aman Kot
Besides rural villages the floods devastated the lives and livelihoods of people living in urban areas like Aman Kot near Mingora, Swat. Here Oxfam together with local partner Lasoona are the only non-governmental organisations working with people who have lost everything.
Pakistan flood crisis far from over
Oxfam spokesman in Pakistan, Amil Khan spoke recently with Santilla Chingaipe from SBS, warning that the crisis in flood-affected Pakistan is far from over. In a new report, Oxfam says the situation could deteriorate if more aid is not provided, and that despite a massive aid effort, tens of thousands of people are still in […]
Thanks to prevention, fear of cholera is dissipating in Haiti
Since the first cases of cholera appeared in Haiti in October 2010, Oxfam has taken action to prevent it's spread. We've reached more than 700,000 people with sanitation and hygiene promotion programs since. Sophie Martin Simpson, Oxfam’s Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in Haiti, explains what we and local communities have achieved.
Climate change documentaries nominated for Oscars
The Academy Awards may be over a month away still, but the Oscar nominations have just been announced and two green-themed documentaries have been nominated!
Dyeing rivers: Environmental concerns for China’s garment sector
Investigations by environmental NGO Greenpeace East Asia have uncovered serious environmental degradation, including high concentrations of heavy metals, in Chinese manufacturing centres Xintang and Gurao.
