Thank you to everyone in Wales who held an Oxfam Get Together to celebrate International Women's Day and raise money to transform the lives of women living in poverty around the world. Get Together host Sian Jones from Mold, said "The idea of supporting women in particular really gave our event a specific aim and made us feel part of a worldwide community, so thank you for the opportunity to raise money for women."
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This week, Kate Anderson, a student at Cardiff University, has taken on quite a challenge to raise money for Oxfam. Here is her story in her own words.
"This week I am been 'living below the line.' From Monday to Friday, I am spending no more than £5 on all my food and drink combined. I am joining the 20,000 people in over three continents who will taking part in the Live Below the Line challenge this year. In...
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So it's less than a month until International Women's Day and we're getting really excited with all the creative ideas that are flooding in from people who have already registered to host their own Get Together to raise funds for Oxfam! From bake-offs and 'crafternoon teas' to zip wiring across a river, the Oxfam Get Together 2013 looks set to be a huge success!
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Following a fantastic year of fundraising, Co-operative food stores, pharmacies and banks across Wales have raised almost £93,000 for Seeds of Hope, a partnership between Oxfam and Dolen Cymru supporting growing and sustainability projects in Wales and Africa.
Ashley Drake, membership manager for The Co-operative in Wales said "The Seeds of Hope partnership has gone from strength to strength since we launched our fundraising...
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Music lovers across Wales have raised nearly £8,000 so far by taking part in this year's Oxjam music festival.
Sara Williams, Oxjam co-ordinator said, "It's fantastic to see how volunteers have made Oxjam such a success. Putting on gigs, concerts, jamming sessions and all sorts of other events, big and small, they've raised a huge amount of money for Oxfam."
The Cardiff Oxjam Takeover saw the area around Womanby...
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Oxjam is Oxfam's month long music festival taking place around the UK every October since 2006. So far volunteers putting on these music events over the last 6 years have raised an astonishing £1.8 million for Oxfam and are aiming to break the £2 million mark in October 2012.
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This Summer term Oxfam has lots of interesting and inspiring projects which schools across Wales are getting involved with.
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Thursday 8 March is International Women's Day and we here at Oxfam Cymru think there is no better way to celebrate than to get together with your friends to support women around the world.
Not that you have to have an excuse for a get together but we feel International Women's Day is the perfect occasion to gather your friends, have fun and raise money for a great cause at the same time. What could be better than that?
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With 2012 being the United Nations International Year of the co-operative, The Co-operative in Wales has announced an innovative partnership with Oxfam Cymru and Dolen Cymru.
Together we aim to raise at least £50,000 to support the expansion of honey making cooperatives in a poor community in Ethiopia and a food cooperative in Newport, South Wales.
Dolen Cymru will support a fruit tree planting project in Lesotho, which enables...
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