Oxfam in the south east

It was a typically cold and grey Monday morning, as we strolled down the banks of the River Thames.  We were just passing the London Rowing Club Boathouse when two men appeared, dressed in suits and bowler hats, money stuffed in their pockets, while displaying a big red 'sold' sign.  They began by declaring the rowing club's stretch of the Thames had been sold to overseas investors and that any unsuspecting pedestrian who...

Imagine, for a second, being kicked out of your home.  There's no time to collect your possessions, no time to say goodbye to friends and family and you must give up everything you know and start again with nothing.  This is the reality for millions of communities and small-scale farmers living in developing countries.     Almost a month has now passed since we emerged from our Victoria office in London on...

Like many people in the UK, I am fortunate enough to have lived a sheltered childhood and to have had a loving family who have always been there to support me.  I grew up thinking that that was normal and that every child was the same.     But I was shocked and appalled when I first heard that some children around the world are forced to grow up in a society plagued by conflict and gun violence - a society that forces...