Category: In the field
Follow stories from communities we’re working with around the world.
![Samira arrived from Syria 3 days ago. She is living in a self made shelter with just one room, which she shares with 12 other people. .She has made an appointment to register with UNHCR but could wait months between registering and receiving any aid. In the meantime she has no food, barely any blankets and is living in squalid conditions. Photo: Luca Sola/Oxfam Syria-OGB_77528_SOL1301191042-lpr](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Syria-OGB_77528_SOL1301191042-lpr.jpg)
On World Refugee Day, Syria reminds us of the human cost of conflict
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June 20th is World Refugee Day. It’s a time to remember the millions of men, women and children worldwide who have been displaced due to the threat of persecution, conflict and violence; to take stock of their enormous courage, strength and sacrifices. Read more »
![Khadija (not her real name). Photo: Sam Tarling/ Oxfam
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Syria crisis: ‘Your work lifts us from darkness into light’
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Khadija, who chose to give us a false name and cover her face for fear of reprisals when she returns to Syria, fled to Lebanon two months before this picture was taken on May 4, 2013, after being displaced numerous times within Syria by fighting between opposition and regime forces. She now lives in a […] Read more »
![The International community and the Somali authorities must invest in long-term development, including education. Photo: Petterik Wiggers](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Students-school-Somalia-Petterik-Wiggers-620x350.jpg)
“You can’t wash your face using only one finger”
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Last week the UN revealed for the first time that more than a quarter of a million people died in Somalia over 18 months from October 2010-April 2012. These figures are shockingly high especially when you think about the fact that most of the deaths were probably preventable if the world had just reacted sooner to […] Read more »
![Floods continue to devastate East Sepik province, Papua New Guinea. Around 11,500 people have been affected by the disaster. Photos: Praphulla Shrestha/OxfamAUS blog060513_png2](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/blog060513_png2.jpg)
Papua New Guinea floods reach crisis point
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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. Read more »
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The female food heroes of Indonesia – part 8
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HELP SAVE LIVES Right now Oxfam is responding to emergencies around the world, including the recent earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia. Donate now What are you actually going to do? By Juan Martorana – blogging from Indonesia The road to Hoelea from Lewoleba is the worst I’ve ever been on. It takes around 10 […] Read more »
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The female food heroes of Indonesia – part 7
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HELP SAVE LIVES Right now Oxfam is responding to emergencies around the world, including the recent earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia. Donate now Locals could almost run faster to market By Juan Martorana – blogging from Indonesia Lewoleba — one of the main villages on Lembata Island — is a long way east of […] Read more »
![Debbie Stothard, Seng Maw and U Shwe Thein on Burma Campaign Australia lobby trip](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/blog100413_burma.jpg)
Burma: Why Australia must act now
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By Claire Spoors, Publish What You Pay Australia Coordinator I recently travelled to Parliament House in Canberra with Burmese activists who were speaking at a seminar organised by the Burma Campaign Australia. The question addressed during the seminar was, ‘Will foreign investment alleviate poverty in Burma?’ This question is particularly timely as in the last […] Read more »
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The female food heroes of Indonesia – part 6
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HELP SAVE LIVES Right now Oxfam is responding to emergencies around the world, including the recent earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia. Donate now How the “less prosperous” farmers live By Juan Martorana – blogging from Indonesia In a country of 240 million people, in which 110 million are of working age, and 40 million […] Read more »
![Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez/Oxfam](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/61185scr.jpg)
The female food heroes of Indonesia – part 5
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HELP SAVE LIVES Right now Oxfam is responding to emergencies around the world, including the recent earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia. Donate now Gotong Royong: the secret to a fast harvest By Juan Martorana – blogging from Indonesia So how does one female farmer harvest around 1,250sqm of rice in just two hours? “Gotong […] Read more »
![Mr Khvan Ry, Mrs Van Sineth and their family in Kratie Province, Cambodia. Photo: Timothy Herbert/OxfamAUS Khvan Ry-Cambodia](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/58556lpr.jpg)
Success in Cambodia
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Khvan Ry and his wife Van Sineth from Kratie province in Cambodia have asked that we pass on their thanks for what supporters like you have helped to achieve through programs to bring clean water and sanitation to people like them. Read more »