Category: In the field

International Day for Disaster Reduction is an opportunity to celebrate how communities are reducing their risk to disasters, and to raise awareness about the importance of being prepared. Read more »

When the manager of Oxfam Shop’s Fremantle store went to Cambodia recently, she visited the producers of our popular ‘Doves of peace’ bombshell jewellery range, Rajana. This is their amazing story. Read more »

In the second part of her interview, Indonesian lawyer-turned-farmer Maria Loretha talks about sorghum’s many benefits and its potential as a solution to food insecurity. Read more »

“Because they called me crazy, I wanted to prove their words were wrong.” In part one of a two-part interview, Maria Loretha talks about the challenges of going from being a big-city lawyer in Java to a small-scale sorghum farmer in Flores. Read more »

Women’s savings groups not only help their members achieve levels of financial security that might otherwise be beyond their reach, but also provide an invaluable source of moral support and friendship. Just ask Alysia, a 47-year-old mother of six from Timor-Leste. Read more »

Two years after devastating floods caused widespread damage across Pakistan, we bring you this good-news story a tiny village finding its way back from disaster. Read more »

Collecting other people’s rubbish and selling it for recycling is a way of life for many women in the Indian city of Pune. Rekha’s story reveals the immense challenges Pune’s waste pickers face on a daily basis – and how they’re fighting to improve their lives. Read more »

Win a prize from Oxfam’s fair trade gift range, simply by choosing one of the recipes from our online cookbook and sending us a photo of you hard at work cooking it OR a photo of the finished product. Read more »

Fancy yourself a bit of a foodie? Know how to bring out the best in humble garden vegetables? Well, now’s your chance to flaunt your culinary prowess! Submit your most inventive, original recipe for possible inclusion in our new cookbook… Read more »

The theme of this year’s National Reconciliation Week is ‘Let’s Talk Recognition’ – and with nearly 300 events registered, there’ll be plenty of opportunity to do just that. Read more »