Around 1,000 Somali refugees arrive each day at the Hiloweyn camp, in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia, just a few kilometres from the Somali border. It’s a race against time to install water tanks and tap stands so people can access water as the camp swells in size.
With the current food crisis unfolding in East Africa, Oxfam is declaring Oct 15-22 as GROW Week - and we're inviting you to host your own event to raise awareness and much-needed funds. Our volunteer Larissa explains...
Chee Chee Leung visited Dadaab, expecting the world’s largest refugee camp to be a site brimming over with sadness, sickness and despair. Instead she was surprised to find plenty of smiles.
More than 5 million Indonesian women work in factories. Their wages are very low and they receive 30% less than their male counterparts. But many are actively trying to change this situation...
Oxfam has joined with other NGOs from our Asia Pacific region in a joint statement on the Australian Government's announcement that it intends to subvert the recent ruling by the High Court on the treatment of asylum seekers.
Oxfam Media Officer Tariq Malik traveled to Pakistan, where heavy rains continue to flood the south, and met a woman who had to evacuate her home only four days after giving birth. This is her story.
Oxfam volunteer Ben Campbell reports on the opening of our new climate change exhibition Land is Life in Kew, Victoria.
Oxfam were very kindly invited by one of our newest Rockingham Group member, Minister Gary Gray, to a meeting with Minister Simon Crean on climate change and the carbon tax.
Since Indian organisation SAKAV started helping them, Indigenous couple Suman and Ambaji have made major progress, cultivating enough veges that they can feed themselves and sell the rest for profit.
Workers’ rights advocate Anis Hidayah has received the Human Rights Watch Alison Des Forges Award for her tireless efforts to ensure justice and human rights for Indonesian migrant workers.
