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World Aids Day this Saturday
 This Saturday is World Aids Day. If you want to know more about how HIV and AIDS affects ordinary people, and how Oxfam is working to turn things round, watch this collection of amazing stories from Angola.
Then on Saturday, wear a red ribbon to show your solidarity with the 40 million people around the world living with HIV.
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Show your support for those hit by the Bangladesh cyclone
 Cyclone Sidr battered coastal areas of Bangladesh during the night of 15 November. It has killed more than 3,000 people so far, leaving millions without a home.
Oxfam is providing immediate relief to over 80,000 people - essential sanitation, food and water, shelter, well and latrine cleaning, and debris clearing. As the situation develops we will be working with our partners long-term to help people get back on their feet – and you can help us.
And tell your mates about it, too.
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Win tickets to see (whisper it) Take That
 To help us keep Oxjam rocking, we want to hear your thoughts and ideas about the events you organised or went along to. Tell us what you think and you could win tickets to see Take That on 1 December at the O2 Arena, London. Go on, relive the early 90s! Sing along to Gary Barlow! Indulge your guilty pleasures!
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Fight UK poverty on Facebook
 Next time you're writing on walls and searching old mates on Facebook, why not have a peek at Oxfam's new group End UK Poverty and Inequality Now.
Millions of people all around us in the UK don’t have enough money to live on, struggling more than the rest of us to get a proper education, a decent job and make real choices about what they want to do with their lives. And to top it off, most of them face being looked down upon and discriminated against because of their situation.
The group gives fellow Facebookers a space to voice their opinions and share ideas about how to change negative attitudes towards poverty and inequality in the UK. So far 778 members have read, joined, posted, discussed and signed the campaigns to tackle discrimination across the country.
Check them out – it’ll really help to spread the word about something which loads of us didn’t even know existed, and you never know you might make some new friends!
Join the group and find out more >>
While you're there join the main Oxfam group >>
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Wham bam thank you Oxjam
 Oh woe. The month-long musical extravaganza of Oxjam has come to an end. *Sniff*. It was an amazing month with a veritable smorgasbord of music on offer. Gigs have been taking place all over the country, and even in venues as far flung as Papua New Guinea.
We’ve got sweaty in a basement with Fatboy Slim, had our hats on in Shoreditch, seen some talent in Stevenage, raved in Newcastle, chilled in Cardiff, moshed in Nottingham, had a revolution in Wolverhampton, break-danced in Bristol and viewed many an eclectic mix in the back room of a local pub.
A massive rapturous applause to everyone who took part. Figures aren’t in yet but we’re hoping to have raised a million pounds to help fight poverty.
Can’t face a month without any live music? Why not enter or competition to win Amy Winehouse tickets.
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Throw a film party and change the world
 The weather’s getting dodgy. The days are shorter, wetter, and colder. Why not grab your mates, bake a shepherd’s pie and escape the endless rubbish on telly by hosting your own film party?
On Sunday 25 November Oxfam supporters around the UK are hosting film parties of recent Nobel Laureate Al Gore’s groundbreaking work, An Inconvenient Truth. This will help raise awareness for climate change and its affects on the world’s most vulnerable people. The film is an excellent way to introduce yourself, as well as friends and family, to the ins-and-outs of climate change.
After the film, you will have the opportunity to dial into a giant phone call of other house parties – where an Oxfam expert and special guest speaker can discuss the issues with you. And to show our support we’ve got free An Inconvenient Truth DVDs as well as 150 Oxfam T-shirts for house party organisers. Go ahead – get cosy, get involved and host a film party for a good cause.
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