West Africa food crisis: a powerful bond
Oxfam America’s Elizabeth Stevens and Holly Pickett noticed a powerful force at work in this emergency when they were in Senegal recently: the bond between mothers and children.
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Cabinet rallies to Make Poverty History while PM discusses new UN leadership role
Last night, prior to the Perth Community Cabinet, four Government Ministers, the Attorney General and a Parliamentary Secretary joined forces with local Fremantle MP to support the Make Poverty History campaign. Fremantle MP, Melissa Parke, together with Attorney General, Nicola Roxon; Minister for Employment, Kate Ellis; Minister for Health, Tanya Plibersek; Minister for Broadband, and […]
Eat Local Feed Global with us this World Food Day
What’s for dinner tonight? Tidak ada, nada, niente, Không có, nothing! Well, maybe not literally nothing, but certainly very little and probably not that nutritious. That’s what 1 in 7 people around the world can expect each day – very little. So they go to bed hungry. In anyone’s language that’s not right! Join us […]
Extreme weather, extreme food prices
With greenhouse gas emissions at an all time high, and the world lurching towards a third food price spike in four years following the worst US drought since the 1950s, there is an alarming gap in our knowledge – how will an increase in extreme weather caused by climate change affect future food prices? To date, research on food […]
Everything you wanted to know about the Bangkok climate talks but were afraid to ask
Negotiators are in Bangkok for another round of UN climate talks (30 Aug – 5 Sep). This is an “intersessional” – a less formal round and lower profile event than the annual Conference of the Parties (COP). It is the second intersessional since COP17 in Durban (with one having been held in Bonn in May) […]
Reflections from Burkina Faso
Oxfam Australia's ED Andrew Hewett reflects on his experiences in Burkina Faso: the scenes he'll never forget, the people he met, and their need for our solidarity during these extremely trying times.
The house that Alysia built
Women’s savings groups not only help their members achieve levels of financial security that might otherwise be beyond their reach, but also provide an invaluable source of moral support and friendship. Just ask Alysia, a 47-year-old mother of six from Timor-Leste.
Jamie Briggs MP shows his support for Make Poverty History
On a very cold and wet evening, members of the Mt Barker community braved the wintery conditions to participate in the Road to 2015 launch. Mr Jamie Briggs MP, the Federal member for Mayo, generously took time out of his busy schedule to open the exhibition that will be running at the Mt Barker Community […]
Rock for Recognition
A new series of concerts called Rock for Recognition have been initiated in order to raise awareness and promote the need for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution. The inaugural Rock for Recognition headlined by Dan Sultan will tour to Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Fremantle and features a varied […]
Big letters against world poverty
On Friday the 10th of August I found myself on King Square in Fremantle. A city I hadn’t even heard of before, in my life. My name is Ruben and I’m a student from Germany. By chance I came into contact with Oxfam and signed up for two months of volunteering in Australia. The first […]
