Somawathi Gunapala, from Pillanduwa village, in central Sri Lanka picks ripe snake beans from the vegetable garden she has established with four other community members, with Oxfam Australia’s support. Environmentally friendly home gardens are helping poor families in Sri Lanka grow more food to eat and earn an income. Quintos Andesinghe walks in from the […]
Oxfam staff member Jane Beesley is currently traveling throughout Pakistan, surveying the extent of the flood's damage and assessing the impact of Oxfam's emergency response. In this blog post -- the first of a series -- Jane visits Shikarpur District in the southern Sindh Province.
Duncan Green, Head of Research for Oxfam GB and author of 'From Poverty to Power' comments on the differences between the climate change campaign and Make Poverty History.
Disasters are happening everywhere, wreaking havoc across the globe. This week, I talked with San At about the impact of Oxfam’s disaster management program in Takeo province.
This Wednesday night I'm excited that I will get to meet the star of this story - Ursula Rakova from the Carteret Islands (a small Pacific Islands location), who faces the huge challenge of facing rising sea levels claiming their homelands, forcing them to relocate.
Future Shots is a short film competition for young Victorians focusing on sustainability. Budding directors need to make a film using themes of Water-Smart Cities, Waste-Free Victoria or Smart Energy use.
SBS podcast with Oxfam representative in Pakistan, Rebecca Barber, who says many are now under threat from diseases including malaria, dengue fever and acute diarrhoea. She told James Nunez there has been a sharp drop in donations for the recovery effort, and that much more international aid is needed.
I recently attended a friend’s wedding ceremony. The couple come from different ethnic backgrounds, which made this ceremony quite unique. The bride and groom had to change into four different outfits to pay their respects to each of the parents. They wore Sundanese dress (orange), Javanese dress (green), Lampung and Sumatra dress. In this photo the couple wears an Arabic costume and they are reading prayers from al-Qur’ān.
Oxfam staff member Mubashar Hasan recently spent two weeks in Pakistan doing emergency field work. Shortly before leaving he visited a temporary camp in Nowshera district — a camp that many Pakistani children now call home. This is the account of his visit.
Last week world champion boxer Amir Khan visited Pakistan with Oxfam, and saw first-hand what life is like for people who have lost everything in the floods.
