November 2011
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October 2011
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East Africa Appeal
More than 13 million people in East Africa are facing chronic food shortages following the worst drought in 60 years in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Oxfam is already reaching families across the region with the food, water and basic sanitation they desperately need to stay alive. Click here to view East Africa images from Oxfam and find out more.
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September 2011
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WatchOxfam releases spoof video based on Glengarry Glen Ross highlighting land grabs in poor nations
From Uganda to Honduras and South Sudan, irresponsible investors are acquiring land that’s classed as ‘unused’ or ‘underdeveloped’, but which is actually being used by small-scale farmers to grow food or support their community in some way. Farming communities are often...
July 2011
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April 2011
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WatchLatest report on the continuing Ivory Coast crisis
March 2011
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January 2011
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October 2010
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WatchREBLOG from Climate Change on Viddler
Animation that highlights the effects of climate change on the planet.
Climate change is first and foremost a human story. The poorest people in the world are already being hit hard by climate change. Failed harvests. Unprecedented floods. Dried-up water supplies. As a result of climate change, critical weather patterns that used to be reliable are now...
August 2010
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WatchPakistan Floods Appeal
Watch the video - please do what you can to help.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/pakistan-floods/index.php
WatchThis video shows the extent of the worst floods to hit Pakistan in 35 years and how they are continuing to cause havoc, misery and suffering.
Commenting on the disaster
This flood is of an overwhelming size and its impact is only slowly emerging. The water has swept away everything. Families are desperate about the loss of their loved ones, their belongings and their livelihoods. Water...
July 2010
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Answers to your questions — Haiti →
Nearly six months have passed since the earthquake. Why are there still more than a million people living in camps? There are several reasons people are still in camps: lack of land available to people who have no homes to return to; rubble preventing returns and blocking new construction; and a lack of incentive for people to leave the camps, where they have access to services like water and...
Hot meals in Haiti →
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Since the devastating earthquake that hit Haiti six months ago, Oxfam and its partners have been running community canteens, an innovative project to provide food while reviving livelihoods.…
“Have they no grandchildren?”
– Conspiracy theorists claim to believe that climate change and global warming is a carefully constructed hoax driven by scientists desperate for … what? Being needled by nonscientific newspaper reports, by blogs and by right-wing politicians and think tanks? I have a much simpler but plausible...
Oxfam i love you
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As this week i found two mulberry leather belts for £1.25 each i thought i would would just say how much i love charity shops, There eco-friendly and a jumper that costs you 50p would cost you atleast £30 at any vintage shop.
Sometimes you have to have a really good rummage to find anything decent but the prospect of finding a £5 pair of original raybans like i did a few...
International Climate Change Policy Adviser... →
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To find out more about this role and to apply, visit www.oxfam.org.uk/jobs and quote ref: C&P535. Closing date: 3 August 2010. Interview date: 16 August 2010. […]
Don't you dare use c**t and oxfam in the same...
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I think Oxfam is awesome.
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I love the way that they invented the “On our own we are human, but together we are humankind”. It’s cool because it works both ways doesn’t it? i mean like Humankind as in we are the species of humans! (rararararararar) but then like it also goes on about when we work together we are able to do really nice things for others. :) thus being human, and kind.
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A cool way to green-up your coffee habit: Oxfam... →
My latest blog post for Oxfam’s A Climate for Change
My name is Lyrian and I’m a caffeineaholic. I love it in my morning coffee. I look forward to it in my afternoon chocolate snack. I even confess *gasp* to seeking it out in the form of chemical-laden Coke Zero from time to time.
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Global warming could do more than just melt polar... →
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