1 Mon
Oxjam starts here
Oxfam's festival of music is on throughout the UK during the whole of October.
Get involved
Oxfam Intl Youth Partnerships (1 - 10 Oct)
2 Tue
World Habitat Day
Intl Day of non-violence (Ghandi's birthday)
3 Wed
4 Thur
5 Fri
World Teachers' Day
World Teachers' Day celebrates the contribution of teachers around the world. At Oxfam we know a thing or two about Development Education.
Oxfam Education
Oxfam's birthday
The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief met for the first time on 5 October 1942. Read the story so far.
History of Oxfam
6 Sat
7 Sun
8 Mon
Anniversary of the Pakistan Earthquake
An earthquake on this day in 2005 claimed 73,000 lives and made millions homeless.
How Oxfam is helping
9 Tue
Control Arms Day
Oxfam's joint campaign to control the arms trade was born on this day in 2003.
The Control Arms campaign
Cirque du Soleil box office opens
Tickets go on sale for January's Cirque du Soleil Oxfam benefit night.
Information and tickets
10 Wed
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
We can't stop disasters happening, but we can help reduce their effect on poor people.
Disaster Preparedness
11 Thur
12 Fri
Hike the Himalayas
Oxfam's Global Challenge series rises to new heights in India (12 - 22 October).
Global Challenges
Eid
Celebrate the end of Ramadan - buy your brother a Bakri from Oxfam Unwrapped.
Oxfam Unwrapped
13 Sat
14 Sun
15 Mon
World Rural Women's Day
16 Tue
World Food Day
Oxfam works with people facing hunger and food shortages. 799 million people face hunger in the developing world. (Source UN FAO)
Beating East Africa's food crisis
17 Wed
Whiteband Day
Whiteband Day has come to mark a day dedicated to making poverty history.
Whiteband Day 2007
18 Thur
19 Fri
World Bank / IMF meetings
Oxfam will be lobbying hard on aid and climate change, and responding to the Bank's World Development Report.
Read Oxfam's response
20 Sat
London Marathon ballot closes
If you've missed the deadline, but reckon you can raise £2,000 in sponsorship, apply for one of Oxfam's Gold Bond places.
Gold Bond places explained
21 Sun
22 Mon
23 Tue
UN Debate on Arms Trade Treaty
Campaigners converge at the UN one year after governments voted to begin work on an Arms Trade Treaty.
Control Arms blog from the UN
24 Wed
United Nations Day
25 Thur
26 Fri
Trailwalker 2008 applications open
Could you take on our legendary 100km walk and tackle poverty at the same time?
Apply now
Trailwalker 2007 celebration evening
Participants of this year's event meet to toast their success with fellow Trailwalkers.
About Trailwalker
27 Sat
Darfur Peace Talks, Libya
Oxfam is calling for an immediate ceasefire to enable the provision of urgently needed humanitarian aid.
Our work in Darfur
28 Sun
Great South Run
Oxfam runners put their best foot forward to fight poverty. Could you?
Running to raise money for Oxfam
29 Mon
30 Tue
31 Wed
Oxjam ends here
Oxfam's month of music reaches its finale.
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