3things 4 Africa and humanity
Our 3things youth project looks at the East Africa crisis and Sydney University's Humanitarian Week. Plus some clothes-swapping for a good cause! What 3 things can you do to change the world?
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Cleaning to a new beat
A whole lot of shaking going on: in her latest dispatch from East Africa, Oxfam Australia's Chee Chee Leung describes the unique method refugees in Dadaab use to keep their jerry cans clean...
The highs and lows of aid work
I was recently on a trip with Barbara Stocking, the CEO of Oxfam Great Britain, who visited to see what was happening with Oxfam’s work in Cambodia. Travelling into the Northern provinces, we witnessed some highs and lows of development.
Closing the Gap with SWAMS, part 3: Hayley
Meet Hayley, the third Aboriginal health worker in our SWAMS interview series. Here, she describes how she puts clients at ease and talks about some of the health issues she encounters in her work.
Praying for paradise
Heralding the end of Ramadan, the Eid Al Fitr holiday is usually a time of celebration for Muslims. For those in the Dadaab refugee complex, however, it's just another day spent praying for survival. Oxfam Australia's Chee Chee Leung reports.
Climate change is on the cards in WA
Oxfam supporters gathered recently around Fremantle MHR Melissa Parke to show their support for a price on carbon, handing over 1845 post cards signed by the community calling for greater action on climate change.
3things on handmade happiness, the environment and dads
What has the 3things project been up to lately, you ask? Plenty! They chatted to crafter Kelly White about making, meding, and doing. They looked at the treatment of dolphins, and this big blue planet we share with them. And they gave you some tips for Father's Day shopping -- it's Sunday!
Our woman in East Africa
Chee Chee Leung, Oxfam’s media coordinator for international projects and emergencies, is currently in East Africa, visiting the Dadaab refugee camps. She took these photos yesterday.
Harvesting a brighter future: Tanaabai and Tukaram
With four adult children to support and seasonal farm work their only source of income, Tanaabai and Tukaram were doing it tough, until they learned about the Forest Rights Act ...
What do our students know about the famine in the Horn of Africa?
Ideas to motivate your students to better understand the famine in the Horn of Africa and how they can contribute to a world without hunger.
