International aid agency lends expertise to Victorian bushfire response
International aid agency Oxfam Australia is lending its expertise in responding to major disasters to help respond to the Victorian bushfire tragedy.
International aid agency Oxfam Australia is lending its expertise in responding to major disasters to help respond to the Victorian bushfire tragedy.
Emergency funding provided by international aid agency Oxfam for health services to halt the Narrogin suicide crisis ran out on Saturday.
With more than half of Zimbabwe’s population now dependent on food aid, Oxfam Australia is making a fresh appeal for donations to fund its work in the country.
A national strategy has to be shaped in partnership with Aboriginal groups.
The joint effects of cholera and food shortages are dragging Zimbabwe deeper into crisis with more than 300,000 people in danger from the cholera outbreak, and more than five million people dependent on food aid, international aid agency Oxfam said today.
After two weeks spent in frantic negotiations over commas and semi-colons, the climate negotiations at Poznan have taken only the barest shuffle towards Copenhagen, and on some crucial issues – like the targets for developed countries – have actually retreated from Bali.
The Rudd Government’s woefully insufficient target range has ignored the urgency of the science which tells us that developed countries have to make deep cuts now, the Make Poverty History coalition said today.
Poznan, Poland: Developed countries including Australia have not stepped up to do their fair share to fight climate change, international aid agency Oxfam said today at the wrap-up of UN climate negotiations.
Poznan, Poland - Climate Change Minister Penny Wong must prove to the international community that the Rudd Government is committed to the UN climate negotiations by taking a leadership role in Poznan, Poland.
Five of Australia’s largest International Humanitarian Organisations have joined forces on International Human Rights Day to appeal for government and public action on the most basic of human needs - food.