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Oxfam - Latest News [Page 26]
IMF must dip into its pot of gold says Oxfam
Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 11:53 am | Oxfam
International agency Oxfam is calling on the world’s finance ministers, especially those from the seven richest countries (the G7), to cancel all multilateral debts owed by the poorest countries when they meet at the IMF and World Bank spring meetings ... More >>
Make Trade Fair Global Week of Action
Monday, 11 April 2005, 2:04 pm | Oxfam
Ten million people from 70 countries are protesting against unfair trade rules this week (April 11-17). The Global Week of Action will see Oxfam joining forces with campaigners, trade unions and international artists to demand that world leaders ... More >>
Two-pronged trade attack will destroy poor farmers
Monday, 11 April 2005, 2:01 pm | Oxfam
There are particular lessons for New Zealand in a new report released today by international agency Oxfam. The report, Kicking Down the Door, analyses the dangers to poor countries from the current moves at the WTO to force them to open their markets, despite continued ... More >>
Oxfam scales up operations in Nias
Thursday, 7 April 2005, 4:16 pm | Oxfam
Banda Aceh: As the extent of the damage on the Indonesian island of Nias becomes clearer, International aid agency Oxfam is scaling up its operations. 75,000 people are estimated to remain without shelter and the Oxfam team reports that as aftershocks ... More >>
Invitation to a Film Preview of “The Yes Men”
Tuesday, 5 April 2005, 1:40 pm | Oxfam
Invitation to a Film Preview of “The Yes Men” See this funny and revealing documentary in which corporate audiences all over the world are taken for a ride. Learn more about the ‘other’ WTO. And see Oxfam New Zealand’s Director, Barry Coates on the ... More >>
Oxfam: Emergency aid continues to arrive on Nias
Monday, 4 April 2005, 9:21 am | Oxfam
Oxfam has yesterday delivered more emergency supplies to the island of Nias by helicopter and by boat. The additional supplies arrived on the island at noon yesterday (Friday). More >>
Oxfam Flies Vital Aid to the Island of Nias
Monday, 4 April 2005, 9:20 am | Oxfam
The first relief flight carrying aid for the island of Nias will leave the UK today. A plane carrying almost $1,330,000 worth of water and emergency equipment from the international aid agency Oxfam will leave from Kent International Airport for Banda ... More >>
Oxfam: First aid arrives in Nias, more on the way
Thursday, 31 March 2005, 11:26 am | Oxfam
Oxfam has yesterday flown in basic emergency supplies to the island of Nias following Tuesday’s assessment. The supplies arrived on the island at noon yesterday (Wednesday). More >>
Oxfam flies aid to Nias
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 8:52 am | Oxfam
Following Oxfam's initial assessment emergency materials will be flown to the worst affected area of Nias from our Indonesian warehouses, it is hoped these will be flown to Nias by today (Wednesday). More >>
Oxfam team in Nias reports major damage
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 8:51 am | Oxfam
Oxfam's rapid response emergency assessment team have begun their assessment of the earthquake damage in Nias. More >>
Oxfam's rapid response team arrives on Nias
Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 8:50 am | Oxfam
An Oxfam international rapid response assessment team have just landed on the Indonesian island of Nias. More >>
Oxfam assessment team on way to Nias
Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 3:39 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam International team is now on its way to Nias - an Indonesian island close to the epicentre of this morning’s earthquake off the coast of the island of Sumatra. Reports indicate hundreds of dead, extensive structural damage to homes and infrastructure ... More >>
December Tsunami Killed Four Times More Women
Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 9:53 am | Oxfam
Three months on: New figures show tsunami may have killed up to four times as many women as men More >>
Oxfam challenges governments
Tuesday, 22 March 2005, 1:20 pm | Oxfam
New York: International agency Oxfam today challenged world leaders to seize the chance to save millions of lives by acting on Kofi Annan's blueprint for a safer, fairer world. Governments must now make long overdue commitments to protect civilians ... More >>
Tsunami: An unprecedented humanitarian response
Monday, 28 February 2005, 9:29 am | Oxfam
The unprecedented humanitarian response to the tsunami has been one of the most effective and successful responses to an emergency in recent times, said Oxfam international today, two months after the tsunami hit. More >>
Shocking contrast in response to world emergencies
Friday, 25 February 2005, 5:34 pm | Oxfam
While the world’s richest countries have given millions of dollars to ensure that the UN appeal for the tsunami is funded, their response to the world's 15 other biggest emergencies has been stingy, said international agency Oxfam today. More >>
Agencies Name & Shame EU Governments Failing Poor
Tuesday, 15 February 2005, 11:50 am | Oxfam
On the eve of an EU Development Ministers meeting in Luxemburg, Action Aid, Eurodad and Oxfam have launched a new hard hitting report which names and shames European governments whose aid commitments, trade and debt policies are failing the poorest ... More >>
Thousands Gather To Hear Mandela Call- End Poverty
Friday, 4 February 2005, 1:21 pm | Oxfam
Twenty two thousand people packed into Trafalgar Square to hear Nelson Mandela issue a challenge to world leaders to act to make poverty history in 2005. More >>
Thousands Gather To Hear Mandela Call- End Poverty
Friday, 4 February 2005, 1:20 pm | Oxfam
Twenty two thousand people packed into Trafalgar Square to hear Nelson Mandela issue a challenge to world leaders to act to make poverty history in 2005. More >>
Suffering continues in Darfur, Sudan
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 12:28 am | Oxfam
Suffering on a massive scale continues in Darfur, Oxfam warned today. 1.65 million people have been forced to flee their homes and are forced to live in camps or in makeshift shelters on the edge of towns, unable to return to their villages. 200,000 ... More >>
