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Pakistan Crisis Far From Over And Millions At Risk
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 3:43 pm | Oxfam
Three months after floods devastated Pakistan, cases of disease are increasing and in the worst-hit region, the southern province of Sindh, large areas remain underwater. At the same time funds for the UN flood appeal are drying up. More >>
Oxfam Report: Climate Funds Bypass Hardest Hit
Friday, 8 October 2010, 4:25 pm | Oxfam
The poorest people who need the most help to adapt to a changing climate are largely being bypassed by the small amount of climate funds now being disbursed, says a new Oxfam report published today at the UN climate change talks in Tianjin, China. More >>
Oxfam: Samoa Tsunami One Year On
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 3:59 pm | Oxfam
On this one year commemoration of the men, women and children who lost their lives in the devastating tsunami that struck Samoa and Tonga in September 2009, our thoughts are with families, friends and communities. We also extend our sympathies to the ... More >>
Oxfam: Samoa Tsunami One Year On
Tuesday, 28 September 2010, 3:58 pm | Oxfam
On this one year commemoration of the men, women and children who lost their lives in the devastating tsunami that struck Samoa and Tonga in September 2009, our thoughts are with families, friends and communities. More >>
NZ Must Help in Eradicating Poverty in Pacific
Friday, 17 September 2010, 12:32 pm | Oxfam
As New Zealand joins world leaders at the United Nations Millennium Development Goals summit in New York September 20-22, Oxfam urges the Government to honour its promise to help lift half the world’s poorest people out of poverty by 2015, starting right ... More >>
Oxfam Trailwalker Wins Top Environment Award
Wednesday, 11 August 2010, 10:48 am | Oxfam
Oxfam New Zealand’s annual fundraising event, Oxfam Trailwalker, has again won Best Environmentally Sustainable Event at the Event Industry Awards for its Taupo-based team challenge. This is the third successive year that the international development ... More >>
Oxfam Scales Up Pakistan Floods Response
Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 1:36 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam New Zealand today announced it is scaling up its appeal for funds, with the hope it can contribute $200,000 to support the international agency’s emergency response to Pakistan’s catastrophic flooding, which has affected an estimated 12 ... More >>
Arms Trade Treaty talks move to secrecy
Wednesday, 21 July 2010, 2:06 pm | Oxfam
Last minute decision by Chair holds NGOs out of negotiations – future treaty may be weakened. More >>
Govts Must Agree an Arms Trade Treaty
Wednesday, 14 July 2010, 12:46 pm | Oxfam
New York: States must use every available minute to draw up a new international arms treaty that could save thousands of lives every year, NGOs from around the world said today as negotiators from 192 governments begin formal talks at the United Nations. More >>
Monday’s Tragedy is a Direct Result of Blockade
Thursday, 3 June 2010, 1:32 pm | Oxfam
Gaza, 2 June 2010 - Oxfam condemns Monday’s attack on the aid flotilla that resulted in the killing of a number of passengers and it links the tragedy to the failure of Israel and the international community to lift the three-year blockade on the ... More >>
Sudan: Resolving Humanitarian Crisis
Monday, 31 May 2010, 5:21 pm | Oxfam
Funding in Southern Sudan and a peace agreement in Darfur are key ingredients for resolving the humanitarian crisis in the two regions, a senior United Nations official said today, wrapping up a four-day visit to Sudan. More >>
UN Chief Takes to Soccer Pitch
Monday, 31 May 2010, 5:19 pm | Oxfam
Taking part in a soccer match today in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, honouring the victims of war, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon celebrated the dignity of survivors of war crimes and other atrocities. More >>
Time for Climate Negotiations to Get Back on Track
Monday, 31 May 2010, 5:17 pm | Oxfam
UN climate negotiations re-open in Bonn today for the first time since last year’s summit in Copenhagen. Contrary to popular belief, the negotiations have not collapsed – representatives from nearly every nation on Earth will meet over the next two ... More >>
Oxfam: Time For Climate Negotiations
Monday, 31 May 2010, 2:13 pm | Oxfam
UN climate negotiations re-open in Bonn today for the first time since last year’s summit in Copenhagen. Contrary to popular belief, the negotiations have not collapsed – representatives from nearly every nation on Earth will meet over the next two ... More >>
Oxfam to NZ Government: Fat Cat Tax is Coming
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 5:19 pm | Oxfam
As reported today, the IMF has released a report to the G20 concluding that a package of taxes, including a levy and a “Financial Activities Tax” (FAT), would be the best way to repay the costs of the global economic crisis and to pay for crises to ... More >>
Ethiopia: Climate Change Increasing Poverty
Thursday, 22 April 2010, 12:37 pm | Oxfam
Increased poverty, water scarcity, and food insecurity are just some of the negative impacts set to hit small-scale farmers and pastoralists in Ethiopia as a result of climate change in the region, according to a new Oxfam International report. More >>
Relief Items to China Earthquake Survivors
Tuesday, 20 April 2010, 1:20 pm | Oxfam
Blankets for 2,000 people have been distributed by Oxfam International as part of relief efforts to help survivors of the deadly earthquake that hit the Yushu County area in the southeastern Qinghai Province in China. Items were distributed in a temporary ... More >>
Kiwis Bid $8000 On Trade Me For Coffee Dates
Tuesday, 13 April 2010, 3:17 pm | Oxfam
Six Trade Me users have bid an impressive $8000 combined for Fairtrade coffee dates with some of New Zealand’s favourite celebs. More >>
The Water Race Is On
Friday, 19 March 2010, 1:25 pm | Oxfam
Members of Auckland’s water industry are descending on Devonport’s Narrow Neck Beach on March 20 to take on the Oxfam Corporate Water Challenge and raise money for water and sanitation work in some of the world’s poorest regions. More >>
Oxfam’s Haiti Appeal Fully Funded
Monday, 22 February 2010, 5:08 pm | Oxfam
International aid agency Oxfam today announced that its Haiti earthquake appeal was closing due to the over-whelming generosity of the public worldwide. Agency thanks public for over-whelming generosity. More >>
