Hi I am Kathy, a volunteer with the Dandenong Ranges Oxfam group. On Australia Day we ran a Close the Gap stall at the Belgrave Survival Day Festival, a local community celebration of Aboriginal culture, with Aboriginal music, dance and stalls. We have done so for six years. We started with an umbrella and some […]
How much food does your household go through in a week? What are your go-to family meals? And how much do you spend on food? You can get a glimpse of how others answered these questions in Oxfam’s new photo series, which depicts people from around the globe with one week’s food supply for their […]
Australia Day is upon us, and it’s a great opportunity to celebrate living in the lucky country, and the values that Australia stands for. One of those values – the idea of barracking for the underdog – is considered a quintessentially Australian trait. If this is true, then Australia’s overseas aid program is the embodiment […]
Are you a creative type looking to use your skills for good and not just hilarious internet cat memes? Whether you’re a designer or communicator, or just a doodler, dreamer or mad keen Photoshopper, there’s a way you can turn your unique way of looking at the world into something awesome that could actually change […]
When was your last adventure? Was it challenging? Did you achieve something important? Well Oxfam, Amnesty International, Make Poverty History, Fairtrade, Results, the Global Poverty Project and the Greatest Need have come together to bring you the Race to Save the World – an adventure that gives you one day to complete six challenges; challenges […]
Are you under the age of 26, in Melbourne and interested in covering aid and development issues on radio? SYN Media is hosting free radio training workshop for young people interested in International Aid and Development issues culminating in weekly program on SYN Radio. Apply now Applications close 5pm Wednesday 6 February 2013 You will […]
Three years on from the disaster earthquake that rocked Haiti, Oxfam’s Agathe Nougaret reflects on how the anniversary is commemorated each year. I can’t believe it’s been 3 years already since the earthquake hit in January 2010. I wasn’t in Haiti for “le 12” (“the 12th” a local term to refer to the earthquake), I […]
Live bands, scary rides and good vibes – these are just 3 of the many things we love about Big Day Out. We’re hitting Australia’s longest running festival again this year to talk all things food, and to ask music lovers what 3things they’re going to do to change the world in 2013. Oh and […]
I love being a campaigner at Oxfam Australia and one of the main reasons is that my job gives me the opportunity to meet some truly amazing people. Last year I had the pleasure of working with the inspirational couple Wendy and Matt Napier, who reflecting on their lives saw that comparatively they had more […]
Overseas aid works. Since 1990 global poverty has been halved. We need to continue this important work and not allow the government to use sneaky accounting to cut back our support to some of the world’s poorest communities. It’s just not in the spirit of Christmas. Ask Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, not to divert Australia’s […]
