She survived the floods and stayed strong when her husband left her. She got her land back after her father-in-law mortgaged it, and now she provides for her family by growing SRI rice and breeding chickens. Little wonder that Sundaradevi feels “both strong and confident” these days. Interview by Marion Reid Can you describe your […]
We’re thrilled to announce our latest Oxfam Ambassador, Baaba Maal. The singer, who was recently in Australia for WOMADelaide, is urging the world to respond to the food crisis in West and Central Africa before it’s too late.
A global campaign to end the immigration detention of children was recently launched by the International Detention Coalition. This month, Australia comes under their spotlight — with good reason.
National Volunteer Week is in full swing, and we're still celebrating! This time, some of Oxfam Australia's key people share their thoughts about our wonderful vollies...
And we have a winner! We're pleased to announce the winner of our GROW design challenge, run in conjunction with our partners at RedBubble. Read on...
Ongoing conflict in Sudan and South Sudan continues to cause great suffering among refugees who've been forced to flee their homes and seek shelter in over-crowded, ill-equipped refugee camps. Jamam is one such camp, as Oxfam's Pauline Ballaman describes.
This week, we introduce you to Alagaiah Sundaradevi, a single mother from the village of Dimbulagala. Unlike Chandrani and Indrani, Sundaradevi isn’t a home gardener (yet). Instead, she’s stopping hunger through SRI rice farming — an organic method of rice-growing that produces higher yields than the traditional method and is more resistant to flood and […]
Oxfam Australia's vollies are central to our work: their amazing efforts help us achieve so much more than we’d be able to with just paid staff. And what better excuse than National Volunteer Week to celebrate this truly fab bunch of people?
The university semester is in full swing and our Oxfam groups are at full pelt campaigning, studying, partying and general uni shenanigans.
In part two of her interview, Indrani talks about being her family's primary breadwinner, encouraging other villagers to start their own home gardens, and the joys of raising chickens.
