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Neil Finn announces new Seven Worlds Collide project

17 November 2008
Music icon and Crowded House frontman Neil Finn has today announced a follow up to the acclaimed Seven Worlds Collide project, and together with members of the original lineup and other artists, he will record an album of entirely new material in support of Oxfam.
Neil Finn announces new Seven Worlds Collide project, to raise money for Oxfam International. Turntable photo by: Nick Stevens/ Oxfam

Oxfam calls for complete revamp of medical R&D

13 November 2008
Governments and the pharmaceutical industry are still failing to develop new medicines and vaccines to address diseases of the developing world, said Oxfam International in a new report today.
Enrolled Nurse, Miriam Chisizwa, takes the blood pressure of patient Agnes Colinto in the post-natal ward at Bwalia 'Bottom' Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi, where she has worked for 7 years. Credit: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam

Increase in forced labor, rape and harassment in eastern Congo

13 November 2008
There has been an increase in incidents of forced labor, rape and widespread brutality, as armed men from all sides prey upon those who have sought 'sanctuary' from the fighting in North Kivu.
Oxfam is working in Mugunga 2 camp, Goma, to provide water and sanitation. Credit: Suzi O'Keefe/Oxfam

G20 must put fight against poverty at the center of global economic reforms

13 November 2008
The G20 must avoid small-scale tinkering and instead take immediate, aggressive action to tackle poverty while laying out an ambitious vision for reforming the world economy at its Financial Crisis Summit on Saturday (15 November).
Much of the burden of the current financial crisis will be borne by poor people. Credit: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam

Cyclone Sidr : After one year, more than a million still struggling

12 November 2008
Almost one year after Cyclone Sidr ravaged southern Bangladesh last November 15, killing more than 3,000 people and leaving millions homeless, more than one million survivors are struggling without proper shelter and are at greater risk of disease than before.
Halim Hoawlader sitting by a partially built home. Halim received 18 pieces of metal sheeting, screws, nails, timber and a carpentry toolkit from Oxfam to build his new house. Credit: Oxfam

Oxfam welcomes the world’s first shipment of sustainable palm oil, but warns much still to do

11 November 2008
The world’s first shipments of certified sustainable palm oil have left Malaysia for the Netherlands where it will be used by European consumer goods manufacturers and supermarkets.
Harvested palm fruit, the raw material for palm oil, used to produce various food stuffs, soap and biofuel. Copyright: Tom Greenwood/Oxfam

Video: Conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo

5 November 2008
Ten years of conflict in D.R. Congo has left five million dead and over a million displaced. Oxfam is there.
Ten years of conflict in D.R. Congo have left five million dead and over a million displaced.
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