Longtime supporters of Oxfam's work know that we have a long and creative history of working with our global ambassadors, Coldplay. This week, we've taken this collaboration to new creative heights with the announcement of a crowd-sourced project that asks fans of the band to contribute to a video highlighting the global injustice of land grabs. Every two days, an area of land the size of Chicago is sold to foreign investors in developing...
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Meet IF. It might be one little word, but we're hoping it's going to make 2013 the beginning of the end of the global hunger crisis.
Right now, 1 in every 8 people live without enough to eat. More than 2 million children die every year from malnutrition and millions more face a life of stunting, pain and lost potential. Yet, this is completely preventable - our planet provides enough food for every single person....
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Agathe Nougaret has been living and working in Haiti since December 2010. She reflects on her experiences before and since she joined Oxfam as an Urban Coordinator in August 2012.
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So Obama is back for another four years. Here's what the world had to say about his re-election, and the effects on some of the countries Oxfam works in:
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It's been a fantastic first week of land campaigning with stunts, action and a social sonic boom.
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Oxfam is going to receive the Freedom of the City of Oxford this October. The Lord Mayor will present the Freedom of the City scroll to our Chief Executive and our Chair at a ceremony at the Town Hall.
The granting of the Freedom of the City of Oxford is awarded under two categories - persons of distinction or persons who have, in the opinion of the council, rendered eminent services to the city. Only a few people - including...
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The games are back! Following on from the sporting success of our Top 10 Olympic Oxfam facts, here are five tidbits of trivia about the Paralympic games:
The Paralympics and Oxfam both have their origins in England during World War II. Dr Ludwig Guttman, the Paralympics' creator, began using sports as physical therapy for injured soldiers in 1944 - 2 years after Oxfam was created to support people affected by famine in Greece.
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This week, because of your support, we made an important step. We helped get hunger and the broken food system high on the world's agenda.
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