Australia and New Zealand must face up to the reality that climate change threatens the survival of some of its closest neighbours, and join them in the strongest possible call to action at this week’s Pacific Islands Forum in Port Moresby, Oxfam said today. Climate change is high on the agenda at the Pacific Islands […]
Oxfam Trailwalker Sydney finished this morning with participants raising more than $2.65 million for people living in poverty.
On a hot day in February, an unexpectedly high king tide caused rising water to lap at the beds in the maternity wing of the Beito Hospital on the Pacific atoll nation of Tarawa, Kiribati. In these beds, women were either in the process of giving birth or recovering from labour. They and their newborn […]
The first teams have crossed the finish line at Oxfam Trailwalker Sydney, while hundreds of teams still face another day of walking through tough terrain.
Turia Pitt and Kate Sanderson suffered burns to 60 per cent of their bodies participating in an ultramarathon just four years ago. Today they’ll join more than 2000 people to walk 100km raising money for Oxfam Australia.
Four years after Kate Sanderson and Turia Pitt suffered shocking burns to 60 per cent of their bodies in a Western Australian ultramarathon the two women are now taking on a 100km walk to raise money for Oxfam Australia.
The Australian Government’s announcement of its weak contribution to the Paris climate change agreement is a major blow for the poorer countries in our region already having to cope with the effects of climate change.
The contrast between US and Australian action on climate change could not be more striking today, Oxfam Australia has said.
Oxfam is on the ground responding to widespread flooding in Myanmar and Bangladesh and is scaling up its emergency response as the death toll climbs and thousands more are left homeless.
OXJAM Australia, the music festival that raises money to help fight poverty around the world, kicks off its month-long series of fundraising parties today.