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Over the weekend Oxfam began chlorinating water for 300,000 people in a slum area of Cap Haitien. Recent violence spread across the city and Oxfam had to stop those activities. Other activities that have ceased are distributions of soap, water tablets and oral rehydration salts. Perhaps the most important activity that Oxfam had to stop is our massive public education campaign – through radio messages – to inform people about the basic good hygiene that will keep them safe.

International aid agency Oxfam has doubled its cholera response since the first cases were confirmed in October in Haiti. Oxfam’s water, sanitation and hygiene education programs are now reaching over 700,000 people in the capital Port-au-Prince, Artibonite in central Haiti, and Cap Haitien in northern Haiti.

Oxfam Australia welcomed Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd’s announcement today of an independent review of Australia’s aid and development program, and his commitment to include NGOs in the process.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has a historic opportunity to help reform the global economy to ensure that the one in six people who live in extreme poverty benefit from economic recovery, Oxfam Australia said today ahead of the G20 summit in Seoul.

Melburnians who buy their Christmas tree from Oxfam this year can celebrate the festive season whilst also helping less fortunate communities around the world.

Melburnians who buy their Christmas tree from Oxfam this year can celebrate the festive season whilst also helping less fortunate communities around the world. For almost 30 years, a team of dedicated volunteers have organised the sale of the Christmas trees last year raising over $120,000 for the international aid agency’s work around the world. […]

Melburnians who buy their Christmas tree from Oxfam this year can celebrate the festive season whilst also helping less fortunate communities around the world.

Oxfam Australia today welcomed Prime Minister Gillard’s announcement to hold a referendum to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in the Australian Constitution.

Oxfam Australia today called on governments and the Australian community to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda’s call for a new era for a reconciled Australia.

Three months after floods devastated Pakistan, seven million people are still without adequate shelter, and funds for the UN flood appeal are drying up – threatening the aid and reconstruction effort, the international aid agency Oxfam warned today.