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Oxfam plane takes aid to Sudanese Refugees
Friday, 9 July 2004, 11:28 am | Oxfam
Oxfam is sending a plane today, carrying NZ$450,000 worth of emergency aid to help thousands of refugees who have fled the violence in Darfur, Sudan. The plane is carrying materials to construct emergency water and sanitation facilities for over 35,000 ... More >>
Words into actions
Wednesday, 7 July 2004, 2:12 pm | Oxfam
Words into actions – This week is the true test of the international community’s commitment to Darfur crisis More >>
Four Kiwis In Australia For Int. Youth Parliament
Tuesday, 6 July 2004, 10:29 am | Oxfam
Four young people from New Zealand will be among the 300 emerging young leaders from across the globe meeting in Sydney this week for the Oxfam International Youth Parliament 2004 (OIYP2004). More >>
Young Kiwis in Australia for Youth Parliament
Tuesday, 6 July 2004, 12:14 am | Oxfam
Four young people from New Zealand will be among the 300 emerging young leaders from across the globe meeting in Sydney this week for the Oxfam International Youth Parliament 2004 (OIYP2004). More >>
Oxfam New Zealand’s Borneo Bushwacka Challenge
Tuesday, 29 June 2004, 10:57 am | Oxfam
Registration is now open for Oxfam New Zealand’s latest Charity Challenge, a 13-day, trekking adventure to raise funds for projects in South East Asia and the Pacific. The ‘Borneo Bushwacka Challenge’ will take adventurers through some of South East ... More >>
Oxfam calls for urgent action on Darfur:
Monday, 28 June 2004, 12:48 am | Oxfam
International agency Oxfam is doubling the size of their programme in western Sudan and Chad. Oxfam are currently providing emergency assistance to 171,000 displaced people in Sudan and 45,000 in Chad. The enlarged relief programme will enable Oxfam ... More >>
Oxfam calls for urgent action on Darfur:
Monday, 28 June 2004, 12:45 am | Oxfam
International agency Oxfam is doubling the size of their programme in western Sudan and Chad. Oxfam are currently providing emergency assistance to 171,000 displaced people in Sudan and 45,000 in Chad. The enlarged relief programme will enable Oxfam ... More >>
Cycle Vietnam to Cambodia Feb ‘05
Tuesday, 22 June 2004, 3:50 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam New Zealand’s Vietnam to Cambodia Cycle Challenge is due to depart in February 2005. Come along to a free information evening on Thursday 24th June at the Akzo Nobel Hall, Compass Community Village, 17th Ave, Tauranga starting at 6pm. More >>
World Govts Arms Export Goals Intensifies Poverty
Tuesday, 22 June 2004, 11:57 am | Oxfam
Major arms exporting governments are breaking their promises on arms sales by failing to assess the impact such exports are having on poverty, according to new research published today. As a result, arms sales are being authorised which are diverting ... More >>
Oxfam Questions Globe's Guns or Growth Policies
Tuesday, 22 June 2004, 11:54 am | Oxfam
A new report from international aid agency Oxfam reveals how the governments that are the major proponents of the “war on terror” are flooding the world’s poorest countries with weapons, despite promising to assess the effect of weapon sales on ... More >>
Agriculture dumping end, good news for NZ farmers
Monday, 21 June 2004, 10:50 am | Oxfam
Oxfam: The beginning of the end for agriculture dumping Good news for New Zealand farmers More >>
Crunch time for stalled world trade talks
Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 2:25 pm | Oxfam
International agency Oxfam said today that stalled global trade talks could be revived this month as a result of renewed cooperation between key countries, including the European Union, United States and the G20. But there was only a short time to do ... More >>
Oxfam plane brings relief to Sudanese in Chad
Tuesday, 15 June 2004, 10:21 am | Oxfam
Oxfam is sending a plane carrying $NZ 580,000 of emergency water and sanitation equipment to Chad to help thousands of refugees forced from their villages in the Darfur region of western Sudan. More >>
G8 2004: More Said than Done, and Not Enough Said
Friday, 11 June 2004, 4:54 pm | Oxfam
Savannah, GA. The world's most powerful leaders fell short of the grade at this year's G8, the international agency Oxfam today said. The Leaders spoke welcome words, but made little progress on fulfilling the lofty promises they made two years ago at ... More >>
Debt Relief Bread for Iraq, crumbs for Africa
Thursday, 10 June 2004, 3:05 pm | Oxfam
International development agency, Oxfam New Zealand today welcomed the proposal by the G8 to cancel $NZ 145 billion of Iraq’s foreign debt More >>
Oxfam applauds NZ govt’s response to Sudan crisis
Friday, 4 June 2004, 9:43 am | Oxfam
Our media release earlier today calling on the government to contribute to the relief effort in western Sudan and Chad has been overtaken by the welcome news that the New Zealand government will contribute NZ$2 million towards humanitarian aid for ... More >>
New Zealand must act on crisis in Sudan
Thursday, 3 June 2004, 2:20 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam has today urged the New Zealand government to contribute to the relief effort in western Sudan and Chad on the eve of an emergency meeting in Geneva to discuss the crisis. More >>
Sudan: Urgent Action Needed For 1million People
Friday, 28 May 2004, 12:07 am | Oxfam
Sudan peace deal an important start: Urgent action needed for one million displaced people in Darfur More >>
What About The Others?
Thursday, 27 May 2004, 4:12 pm | Oxfam
“I am disgusted that, at a time when New Zealand is on an economic high, the government has made only a token gesture towards helping reduce the extreme poverty in developing countries”, said Rae Julian, Executive Director of the Council for International ... More >>
Crisis looming in Darfur:
Tuesday, 25 May 2004, 1:00 pm | Oxfam
Oxfam has today launched a public appeal for funds to avert a humanitarian disaster in Sudan. The lives of over a million people are at risk in the vast region of Darfur in Western Sudan. More >>
