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 to its goal. When the campaign launched two years ago, the idea of taxing the banks was unimaginable; now it's taken giant leaps towards reality. It's been an amazing two years - and the rest of 2012 is full of opportunity.
And why should... Read more
Oxfam's Birth Rights campaign has been demonstrating the vital difference that aid spending can have on the lives of mothers and their children in Ghana. Motivated by this, thousands of you have been writing to your MPs to support the Government's promise to invest 0.7% of national income in lifesaving aid. The Government had also promised to introduce a law on development spending to safeguard this commitment in the future.
Today... Read more
Ever thought that climate change was too big to tackle? That small personal changes you make don't make much difference? Watch this great animation, and know that EVERY small change makes a huge difference.
Now take action: tell the UK Government to stand up for small-scale farmers at Rio+20
ONE has produced a light touch, fact packed document called 'Small Change - Big Difference' which marks out what the UK Government is planning to achieve with UK Aid - have a read and see what amazing achievements aid can do.
Development aid has been scrutinised by critical media and public opinion for some time. UK investment in international development is currently under 1p in ever pound. Even when the UK keeps its... Read more
This weekend I'm off to the countryside with some friends. I'll be honest, we're going just to get away and have some fun. However, I've made an executive decision (that they don't know about yet) that we'll do something good while we're there, and take part in the World Walks for Water.
This event isn't organised by Oxfam, but ensuring people have access to clean water is an essential part of... Read more
Children in India are showing the rest of us a thing or two about campaigning with their huge 'Nine is Mine' campaign. They're holding the Indian government to account over their promise to allocate 9% of government spending to education and health.
Nine is Mine kicked off in 2006 when twenty inspirational children met with the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, and asked him to keep to his promise to give all children in India... Read more