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Bunch of legends cross the finish line for Oxfam Trailwalker Perth 2017

The fifth annual Oxfam Trailwalker Perth 2017 came to a close this morning, with almost a thousand participants so far raising about $773,000 for people living in poverty. A total of 247 teams set out from Chidlow Recreation Ground on Saturday morning in two waves at 7am and just after 8am and needed to complete […]

Oxfam Trailwalker Perth 100km bad weather cancellation

Oxfam can confirm that the decision has been taken to cancel the 100km Oxfam Trailwalker Perth event due to bad weather, with the 50km event scheduled to continue on Saturday morning. The 100km event was due to begin at 7am tomorrow. Teams registered to take part in the cancelled 100km event have been invited to […]

Mexico Earthquake and Hurricane Maria – Oxfam responding

MEXICO CITY:  Oxfam is assessing damage from the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit Mexico on Tuesday, killing more than 200 people, most of them in and near Mexico City. Large areas are now without electricity. Federal government agencies in Mexico are responding with rescue teams and medical aid in the affected areas, and are continuing […]

Oxfam to help over 200,000 Rohingya in Bangladesh

Oxfam is providing clean water, sanitation and tarpaulins for emergency shelter to Rohingya people who have fled to Bangladesh. Nearly 370,000 people crossed into Bangladesh in the past four weeks, doubling the number of people seeking refuge in the south east of the country. The existing camps in Bangladesh are ill-equipped to handle the huge […]

Ferocious Hurricane Irma tears through Caribbean, Oxfam responding

As the scale of devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean becomes apparent today, Oxfam staff in Haiti, Cuba and the Dominican Republic are preparing to do assessments and respond to people’s needs. Oxfam’s Tania Escamilla, in Cap Haitien – Haiti’s second biggest city, population 280,000 – with Oxfam’s team, said the organisation worked […]

Oxfam Australia supports marriage equality

Every so often, an opportunity arises to stand on the right side of history.  And so it is that I am pleased to affirm Oxfam’s support of Marriage Equality and to encourage Australians to vote YES in the planned postal survey on this issue. For Oxfam, this is fundamentally a question of equality.  When one […]

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