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Malawi: Beating the global food crisis

Joel M Bassuk — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:10:18 +0000

In May 2008, Malcolm Fleming, Oxfam media officer in Scotland, traveled to Malawi, where he spoke to a poor family which has learned how to manage its food supplies, through a govern

Make the Case: how international law can help protect people from climate change

Joel M Bassuk — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:42:23 +0000

A competition launched by: Oxfam International, The Climate Justice Program, and Advocates for International D

Maternal mortality in Sierra Leone – photo gallery

Elena Cornellana — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:08:02 +0000

Millions of women throughout the world are the victims of poverty and conflict.

The World is Watching You

Noirfatom — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:52:41 +0000

This year, the United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Poznań, Poland 1-12 December 2008.

Building health services for all

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:33:57 +0000

Oxfam is campaigning for healthcare for all, and is calling for developing country governments to build health services that can improve the wellbeing of people living with HIV.

Access to affordable generic ARV drugs

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:16:16 +0000

Oxfam seeks to ensure that there is access to affordable antiretrovirals (ARV) medicines worldwide to those who need them.

Fund the Global Fund

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:52:28 +0000

The Global Fund for HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria works with governments and civil society in developing countries to improve services tackling these three diseases.

World AIDS Day 2008

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:06:50 +0000

Every day 3000 people die from HIV/AIDS related illnesses. This can be stopped and the solutions are clear:

Why is Oxfam calling for urgent action on climate change?

Noirfatom — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:06:10 +0000

The catastrophic effects of climate change are hitting the poorest people first and worst.

Face the Music - video

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:08:08 +0000

Indonesia: Women’s groups and rising food prices

Joel M Bassuk — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:50:13 +0000

Tunda Island is an isolated community of just over 1,000 people, off the north western tip of Java – a two-and-a-half hour boat trip from the mainland.

Ghana: Impact of food prices on rice farmers

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:21:03 +0000

Higher food prices have pushed millions of people in developing countries further into hunger and poverty.

Lessons from the food price crisis: Questions & Answers

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:40:55 +0000

The recent sharp increase in food prices should have benefited millions of poor people who make their living from agriculture.

Afghanistan: the worst place in the world to give birth – photo gallery

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:46:59 +0000

Where commitments to meet the Millennium Development Goals have been met, millions of people are now better off.

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Noirfatom — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:40:03 +0000

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Take action now – in my name

Noirfatom — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:37:37 +0000

In 2000, world leaders agreed on the Millennium Development Goals, designed to halve the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015.

In this vital middle year, with seven years gon

In my name...

Noirfatom — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:52:03 +0000

In 2000, the UN made history, when 189 countries gathered at the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) summit in New York and agreed that they would halve extreme poverty by 2015.

Biofuels – Frequently asked questions

Noirfatom — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:11:18 +0000

What are biofuels?

Biofuels are liquid fuels made from organic matter, usually crops. They can be blended with fossil fuels to run in conventional cars.

Biofuels

Noirfatom — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:49:10 +0000

They’ve been championed as a solution to climate change and as a way to reduce our insatiable desire for oil.

Pressure piled on the UN now as G8 leaders fail to rise to the challenge of a world in crisis

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:15:15 +0000

The 2008 G8 Summit in Japan failed to tackle the grievous problems facing the world that are hitting poor people first and hardest, said international agency Oxfam today at the summi