Less than a third of people living in one of the largest camps in Port au Prince say that they are willing to move to camps sited outside the city according to a snap-shot survey carried out by international agency Oxfam. If the new improved camps are established close to where they used to live then the proportion willing to move leaps to nearly three quarters.
Senator Barnaby Joyce has suggested Australia make cuts to its overseas aid program. In response, Oxfam Australia’s Andrew Hewett, explains why Australia’s aid program works. Read more.
Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce this week suggested Australia could make cuts to its overseas aid program to pay for services in Australia.
Australia begins 2010 comfortable in the knowledge that it seems to have escaped the worst of the global economic crisis. But what about our region – the Pacific? A new report by Oxfam Australia reveals a disturbing lack of knowledge about the effects the crisis is having on our nearest neighbours.
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Waiting to see what other countries will do before adopting the target we know is needed to avoid dangerous climate change is a failure of leadership, Oxfam Australia said today.
The international community should use today’s conference in Montreal, Canada, to cancel Haiti’s outstanding US $890 million international debt in the wake of the devastating earthquake. Read more
Responding to the Haiti earthquake has been one of the toughest challenges Oxfam has ever faced in its history of delivering aid. One week after the earthquake struck, aid is beginning to get through. However, the impact of the earthquake on Oxfam’s Haitian and international staff, the logistical challenges combined with a destroyed office and […]
The international community should use today’s conference in Montreal, Canada, to cancel Haiti’s outstanding US $890 million international debt in the wake of the devastating earthquake, international agency Oxfam said today.
Even before the recent earthquake, Haiti was weighed down by $891 million of debts. Email the head of the IMF to demand that they cancel Haiti’s debt immediately to make sure that earthquake relief doesn’t create a new debt burden. Find out more