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G20: Cake for the rich but crumbs for the poor

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:01:52 +0100

G20: Cake for the rich but crumbs for the poor:

Money to help poor countries adapt to climate change, once again, postponed. But Oxfam’s Jon Slater reports some progress in last week’s G20 summit in Pittsburg.

If a week is a long time in…

How do you teach your children to cope with hunger?

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:24:50 +0100

How do you teach your children to cope with hunger?:

Over 20 million people across East Africa are facing critical shortages of food and water. Jane Beesley talks to mothers in Kenya who are struggling to feed their children. Oxfam is there, but we…

Your money or your life?

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:16:22 +0100

Your money or your life?:

World leaders meet at the UN General Assembly today for a high-level event on health. They have a golden opportunity to make free healthcare a reality for millions of people. Elvis Sukali reports.

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Bangladesh: “Now there are no rules to nature”

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:16:22 +0100

Bangladesh: “Now there are no rules to nature”:

In a small island village in Bangladesh, Oxfam’s Shumon Alam gets a lesson on flood preparation.

“How many of you know the story of Prophet Noah?” Howa (35) asks the women gathered around her in…

Climate change campaign in NY tells world leaders to wake up

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:27:34 +0100

Climate change campaign in NY tells world leaders to wake up:

More than 1,200 people turned out for today’s creative action in Central Park to tell world leaders to ‘Wake Up’ to climate change. Alison Woodhead was there following the action.

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Somalia: Conflict and drought leaves Mogadishu hungry

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:15:26 +0100

Somalia: Conflict and drought leaves Mogadishu hungry:

Somalia is experiencing its worst drought in over a decade. With little food to break her fast, a hardworking mother tells Alun McDonald her story of Ramadan in the Mogadishu slums.

The city of…

Dear PM: Provide maternal health care in the developing world

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:53:39 +0100

Dear PM: Provide maternal health care in the developing world:

Following our recent health care action targeting Gordon Brown, Gilly Longton talks about being heavily pregnant and taking people’s messages to Downing Street.

Pregnant women…

Give the Prime Minister a “Wake up Call” on climate change

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:34:27 +0100

Give the Prime Minister a “Wake up Call” on climate change:

We need to give the PM a Wake up Call and tell him to work towards the climate change deal now, says Ian Sullivan.

Global Wake Up Call

Ever since Alexander Graham-Bell picked up the…

Brazil: How to get a roof over your head

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:13:46 +0100

Brazil: How to get a roof over your head:

Athayde Motta, Programme Manager at Oxfam in Recife (Brazil) reports on an exciting movement in Brazilian cities turning abandoned buildings into homes.

Can you remember the joy of finally…

Oxfam news digest

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:34:38 +0100

Oxfam news digest:

Why Europe’s climate offer won’t work. Your money or your life? She Changes Lives. And Kenya’s urban timebomb. Time for your round-up of Oxfam news from the past week.

Europe’s climate offer…

Fantastic festivals 2009

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:38:44 +0100

Fantastic festivals 2009:

Hundreds of volunteers steward and campaign for Oxfam at all the UK’s biggest, brightest festivals each year. As festival season draws to a close this weekend with Bestival, Matt Kurton rounds up…

Game on (finally) in climate change talks

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:28:19 +0100

Game on (finally) in climate change talks:

As climate change talks between our world’s leaders gear up toward the world-changing Copenhagen Climate Change Conference this December, Duncan Green rounds up the latest media commentary.

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Our ship is sinking: We must act now

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:56:38 +0100

Our ship is sinking: We must act now:

The cause of our weather shifts does not matter. The millions who will be affected are the priority, reports Alex Renton.

What is climate change doing to humans now? Apart that is, from causing…

BBC visits Cyclone Aila-affected communities

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:56:01 +0100

BBC visits Cyclone Aila-affected communities:

It’s been three months since Cyclone Aila hit Bangladesh and eastern India. As we continue our emergency response, the BBC visits affected communities, reports Ben Beaumont.

A very quick blog…

How G20 could deliver $280bn bailout for poor without costing taxpayers

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:32:35 +0100

How G20 could deliver $280bn bailout for poor without costing taxpayers:

As the G20 finance ministers get set to meet in London this weekend, Duncan Green shows how the $280bn bailout for poor need not cost ordinary taxpayers a penny.

This weekend the finance ministers…

Lebanon: The forgotten Palestinians

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:16:54 +0100

Lebanon: The forgotten Palestinians:

Displaced by the 1948 Arab–Israeli conflict, thousands of Palestinians sought refugee in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Today Lebanon is home to around 400,000 of them. David Synder finds fresh shoots…

Out of prison: Gaza to Oxford

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:55:40 +0100

Out of prison: Gaza to Oxford:

Oxfam’s Mohammed Ali reflects on his first weeks living in the UK after working under fire in his homeland for the past 2 years.

The moment I left Gaza I felt like I’d been let out of prison….

Fish, chips and climate change

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:56:10 +0100

Fish, chips and climate change:

With 100 days to go until the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, Ian Sullivan is at the Sea Life Aquarium in London reporting on an unusual event organised by Oxfam.

Oxfam climate…

Albania: Hope grows with the olives

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:58:19 +0100

Albania: Hope grows with the olives:

Despite a shocking lack of government investment, the hardworking farmers of Albania are beginning to make a living, reports Marie Cacace.

The road or rather track to the village of Blinisht, in…

Bangladesh: Up to our knees in climate change

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:12:01 +0100

Bangladesh: Up to our knees in climate change:

Every centimetre of sea level rise has huge human consequences, Oxfam’s Head of Research Duncan Green discovers.

Wading through tidal salt water pouring across a rapidly eroding road (in…