Sineth’s family struggle
Sineth and Khvan's livelihood depends on their ability to farm rice in the fields every day. When we spoke to Sineth they had just experienced a very tough time.
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The life-giving effects of clean water
Thanks to supporters just like you, Sineth now has the opportunity of planting and maintaining her own vegetable garden. This means fresh, healthy food for her and her children.
Papua New Guinea floods reach crisis point
Houses are sinking into the mud, crops are underwater and serious diseases are taking hold as floods continue to devastate East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea.
6 reasons why Twitter is a teacher’s BFF
Twitter. It was the last thing I wanted to spend my time on. I already used Facebook so why would I need another social media platform to eat up my spare time and contribute to my procrastination regime? If you are an educator interested in active citizenship, global perspectives, development education, English, Geography, SOSE, HSIE, […]
K-Mart, Target, tell us where your Bangladeshi factories are
Oxfam Australia is urging some of Australia’s biggest retailers to immediately release the locations of their factories in Bangladesh, as the death toll from last week’s collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka climbs to more than 400. It is imperative that Big W, Cotton On, K-Mart, Target and Pacific Brands release details of […]
Time to fulfil promises to millions of Syrians in need of assistance
There are promises and promises, but we get nothing, Fatima, a refugee from Syria, told one of my colleagues in Lebanon last week. Her counterparts in Jordan where I was visiting tell a very similar story.
How to avoid another clothing factory collapse
The recent news of a factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh is a shocking reminder of the unsafe conditions facing millions of workers across Asia. Unfortunately, hazardous and sometimes deadly conditions remain commonplace in the garment industry, alongside very low wages and long working hours. This tragedy highlights that companies sourcing from Bangladesh are not doing […]
How your campaigning is helping end land grabs
With your help, Oxfam has been campaigning since September on land grabs, as part of our GROW campaign to for food justice. We wanted the World Bank to take some urgently needed action to help end land grabs in many developing countries, which help keep one in eight people on our planet hungry. In the […]
Improving transboundary water governance in the Mekong
On 29 and 30 April 2013, Oxfam Australia hosted a roundtable dialogue on water and resource governance in the Mekong region in Canberra. Around 40 stakeholders from Australia and the Mekong came together to discuss developments in the region that have implications for water, food and energy security. The roundtable provided information and stimulated discussions […]
World’s biggest chocolate companies melt under consumer pressure
More sweet news today for chocolate lovers: the biggest chocolate maker in the world, Mondelez International who owns brands like Cadbury, Toblerone and Oreo, has agreed to take steps to address inequality facing women in their cocoa supply chains—thanks to pressure from customers like you. More than 100,000 people around the world joined Oxfam’s campaign, […]
