Hygiene Promotion Coordinator, Krissy Nicholson, talks about Oxfam's distribution of bucket hygiene kits, in the East Sepik region of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The kits are a simple and inexpensive solution that are helping to save lives, in the face of a cholera outbreak in the region.
Around the world, people are fighting climate change in extraordinary ways. Watch this animation to learn how rice farming communities are adapting in Thailand.
In the third day of the Cancun climate talks, tension lingers in the air. Everyone is talking about the Kyoto Protocol, with the media in particular making a lot about an announcement by Japan against the continuation of Kyoto protocol. However, it is not as bad as it seems.
Supporting labour rights is— fundamentally—about supporting an end to global poverty. The Global Rights at Work project shows how education and skills building can help women and men in developing countries to secure better working conditions...and better lives.
93% of Australians support more investment in renewable energy at home and abroad - but can this translate into real action before it's too late?
Why don't we as citizens do more and demand action on climate change from our political leaders? Now, more than ever we must ensure that our government understands the importance of real action to save our climate.
Rising sea levels and more frequent king tides on the small Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu are causing coastal erosion and salinating the groundwater, making it hard for Islanders like Nui Loane to grow their traditional foods.
In the past ten months, a country that initially faced extreme poverty has dealt with a devastating earthquake, heavy rains and storms, and now a fast-spreading cholera epidemic. For outsiders, Haiti’s recovery seems frustratingly slow. For organizations working here, the question is where to start?
Our Climate Tracker Phil reports from the first day of the 2010 UN Climate Summit in Cancun, Mexico, with a sense of both optimism and frustration.
Since 2007 we've been working with the European Union and partners to help Palestinian olive farming co-operatives gain Fair Trade certification and maximise the economic potential of their crops.
