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International aid agency Oxfam will today send rapid emergency response teams to areas worst affected by Typhoon Haiyan after it tore through the Philippines.

International aid agency Oxfam is preparing an emergency response to the biggest Typhoon to hit the Philippines in decades. As Typhoon Haiyan made landfall, Oxfam emergency response teams were on standby to respond to potential devastation in the Visayas region, with teams already on the ground working with people affected by a massive earthquake last […]

Multinational soft drink giant Coca-Cola today agreed to take steps to stop the practice of land grabs among its network of suppliers after more than 225,000 people signed petitions and took action in support of Oxfam’s campaign to urge food and beverage companies to respect community land rights. The company committed its bottlers and franchise holders to do […]

Aboriginal women from Alice Springs will converge at Ross River Resort from this Sunday for a Straight Talk gathering that aims to give them a stronger voice and strengthen their skills to bring positive changes to their communities.

Western Australians embraced the state’s first Oxfam Trailwalker event this weekend, with 1,196 walkers completing the tough charity challenge. More participants were attracted to Oxfam Trailwalker Perth than in any other inaugural Trailwalker event around the world, and fundraised a staggering $1.3 million for Oxfam’s work helping some of the world’s poorest people out of […]

  The first participants of Trailwalker Perth finished the 100km event in just 10 hour 49 minutes last night, setting an impressive record for the inaugural event. Team 456’s Holiday Xperience were first across the finish line at Perth’s tough new charity challenge on Friday, with team member David Overend creating a new record for […]

The inaugural Oxfam Trailwalker Perth event will begin this morning, with thousands of gutsy walkers set to tackle a gruelling 100km Western Australian trail over 48 hours. Today, 390 teams of four will walk or run 100km in Western Australian bush from Kalamunda to Chidlow in the Perth Hills, raising money for Oxfam Australia. Oxfam […]

The Australian Government must continue to invest in food security given the number of hungry people is on the rise in some regions including West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, Oxfam Australia said on World Food Day (16 Oct).

The Australian Government must continue to invest in food security given the number of hungry people is on the rise in some regions including West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, Oxfam Australia said on World Food Day (16 Oct).

International aid agency Oxfam will provide water, sanitation and shelter to 60,000 people affected by Cyclone Phailin. The storm, one of the country’s biggest natural disasters in years, left India on Sunday, leaving almost nine million people affected.