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Date: May 2012

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Video: Why Should You Buy Second-Hand Clothing

Video created by Emily Rose Barnes ...

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Residents of Lighthorne with Campaigns intern Andy Schofield

Villagers GROW for Oxfam

For the first time Oxfam will be exhibiting a show garden at this year's BBC Gardeners' World Live at the N.E.C. from 13-17 June. The Oxfam Midlands Campaign team has been working with local...

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DRC: Behind the (prison) walls [video]

I've often had to document Oxfam's hygiene promotion activities in communities, schools, markets and other public places.  But never a prison.  Until now. In Bunia town,...

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12,000 of you have voiced your concern for Syria

More than 12,000 people signed our petition on Syria for Ban Ki-moon. Our CEO, Barbara Stocking, took your signatures to Ban, the UN Secretary General. Barbara says: "I raised our concerns...

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Yemen on brink of hunger catastrophe [audio slideshow]

The Friends of Yemen conference taking place today offers a critical opportunity to make a difference in the lives of millions of ordinary Yemenis. Yemen is facing a severe humanitarian crisis with...

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Sir Tom: Talk to the people with low paid, poor quality jobs

Sir Tom Hunter isn't the only person who passes judgement on people he doesn't know. We all do it occasionally.  But Sir Tom is rich and successful. So people listen when...

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Be Outraged: Austerity isn't working

A new Oxfam supported book, Be Outraged: Austerity isn't working, is looking at alternatives to current European austerity drive. ...

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It's action time for Robin Hood

If Gandhi's chronology of "first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win" is anything to go by, the Robin Hood Tax campaign is getting close...

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Oxfam and MADE in Europe campaigning for a fairer world

MADE in Europe is a great organisation, helping tackle poverty and injustice. They do this by mobilising young Muslims to play a part in the global search for solutions. They draw upon the strong...

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Oxfam's new website: Your thoughts

Our new website's been up for a couple of weeks, and we've been reading all your feedback. Most of it is really positive, which is great. Inevitably some of you prefer the old site, particularly...

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