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Oxfam Dispatches Experts to Typhoon-Hit Philippines
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 5:15 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam has a team of ten experts on the ground to assess the water and sanitation conditions in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City in southern Philippines, after flash floods brought on by typhoon Washi displaced at least 26,000 families and killed ... More >>
Which are the most generous NZ towns?
Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 4:40 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam has revealed New Zealand’s most generous towns in its first-ever Oxfam Unwrapped Generosity List. By looking at the numbers and locations of gifts given through the Oxfam Unwrapped appeal, the organisation has named the South Island town of Upper ... More >>
Oxfam Foreign Affairs and Aid Election Debate 2011
Monday, 14 November 2011, 12:10 pm | Oxfam
With many major changes to New Zealand aid budget management in recent years, it’s perhaps unsurprising that a fairly sizeable and well-informed crowd gathered at Oxfam’s Wellington election debate on foreign affairs and aid this week, chaired by Oxfam ... More >>
Oxfam Climate Change Election Debate
Friday, 28 October 2011, 5:22 pm | Oxfam
An environmental disaster is unfolding in Tauranga, 750,000 people are on the verge of starvation as a result of the worst drought in 60 years in the Horn of Africa, and Thailand is being devastated by the worst flooding in half a century. With just ... More >>
Details Of Oxfam Climate Change Election Debate Released
Friday, 21 October 2011, 4:07 pm | Oxfam
An environmental disaster is unfolding in Tauranga, 750,000 people are on the verge of starvation as a result of the worst drought in 60 years in the Horn of Africa, and Thailand is being devastated by the worst flooding in half a century. With just ... More >>
Oxfam says millions at risk of food crisis
Tuesday, 20 September 2011, 1:23 pm | Oxfam
Families in parts of Yemen are in dire need of assistance as crippling food prices and fuel shortages drive them to breaking point, according to a new report released today by the international aid agency, Oxfam. Already, one-third of Yemenis – 7.5 ... More >>
Oxfam Responds To Fresh Flooding In Pakistan
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 2:00 pm | Oxfam
International aid agency Oxfam is mounting an emergency response to get aid to those affected by fresh flooding in Sindh province in Pakistan. This is the second year of flooding in Pakistan, and many of those affected had not fully recovered from ... More >>
Cholera in Mogadishu: Oxfam Airlifts 47 Tonnes of Supplies
Friday, 19 August 2011, 6:14 pm | Oxfam
Aid group boosts its effort across Somalia as crisis deepens International agency Oxfam is airlifting 47 tonnes of vital water supply and hygiene materials to Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, as the aid community scales up its effort to bring relief to the ... More >>
Interactive map shows impact of spiralling food prices
Wednesday, 3 August 2011, 10:25 am | Oxfam
A new interactive map published by Oxfam today shows how poor communities across the world are being hurt by high and volatile food prices. The “food price pressure points map” provides a global snapshot of the impacts of the global food price ... More >>
Race against time in Horn of Africa
Friday, 8 July 2011, 4:02 pm | Oxfam
The drought in the Horn of Africa, which has pushed over 12 million people into a fight for survival, is a preventable disaster and solutions are possible – but large numbers of lives could soon be lost if nothing is done. It is currently the ... More >>
Food Crisis in Horn of Africa
Wednesday, 6 July 2011, 4:08 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam New Zealand is today launching an appeal to raise $100,000. This is part of Oxfam’s global appeal for assistance to the 12 million people across Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya who face starvation. Oxfam needs $100 million globally to reach ... More >>
NZ Risks Resources and Reputation without Climate Change
Monday, 4 July 2011, 4:00 pm | Oxfam
This weekend International Climate Change Negotiations Minister Tim Groser will meet ministers from around the world at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, a crucial stepping stone on the way to the United Nations climate talks in Durban in December. ... More >>
Oxfam: New Zealand Risks Resources And Reputation
Friday, 1 July 2011, 7:15 pm | Oxfam
This weekend International Climate Change Negotiations Minister Tim Groser will meet ministers from around the world at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, a crucial stepping stone on the way to the United Nations climate talks in Durban in December. ... More >>
Poor countries pledging larger emissions cuts than rich ones
Wednesday, 8 June 2011, 3:49 pm | Oxfam
A new study for Oxfam reveals that developing countries are pledging to cut their emissions of greenhouse gases by more than developed countries. Oxfam estimates that over 60 per cent of emissions cuts by 2020 are likely to be made by developing countries. More >>
Kylie Kwong supports Oxfam’s 2011 ‘Stop Hunger’ Appeal
Monday, 6 June 2011, 3:42 pm | Oxfam
MEDIA RELEASE Monday 6 June 2011 Kylie Kwong supports Oxfam’s 2011 ‘Stop Hunger’ Appeal More >>
Global Food Struggle Played Out In Auckland - Oxfam
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 4:40 pm | Oxfam
The global food struggle was played out dramatically in central Auckland today, as a profit-hungry commodities trader gambled with the life of a struggling small-scale farmer from our Pacific neighbourhood, to mark the launch of Oxfam’s new global ... More >>
Broken Food System and Environmental Crisis Spell Hunger
Wednesday, 1 June 2011, 9:06 am | Oxfam
A broken food system and environmental crises are now reversing decades of progress against hunger according to new Oxfam analysis. Spiralling food prices and endless cycles of regional food crises will create millions more hungry people unless we ... More >>
Pukekohe Team Blitzes Sixth Annual Oxfam Trailwalker
Sunday, 10 April 2011, 2:04 pm | Oxfam
A group of friends called Plucky Sods are ecstatic to cross the finish line as the fastest team in the history of Oxfam Trailwalker New Zealand, running the 100km trail in Taupo in just 11hours 13 minutes. More >>
Oxfam to Help Mothers, Babies, and Non-Japanese Nationals
Wednesday, 16 March 2011, 1:31 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam is supporting the work of two of its partner organisations who are assisting mothers and babies affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and providing information to non-Japanese speakers living in the worst hit areas. Japan is one ... More >>
Oxfam To Help Mothers, Babies, And Non-Japanese Nationals
Wednesday, 16 March 2011, 1:31 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam is supporting the work of two of its partner organisations who are assisting mothers and babies affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and providing information to non-Japanese speakers living in the worst hit areas. More >>
