Australia’s formal ratification of the historic Arms Trade Treaty today is a welcome step towards saving lives by stopping the flow of arms to conflict affected countries like Syria and South Sudan, Oxfam said.
The 12th Oxfam Trailwalker Melbourne has finished with 81 percent of participants completing the gruelling 100km endurance challenge, and the efforts of entrants and their supporters raising $2.4 million dollars to help fight poverty.
Oxfam Chief Executive Dr Helen Szoke has done the hard yards with her grassroots supporters, crossing the finish line of the 100km Oxfam Trailwalker Melbourne endurance fundraising challenge today, hours after another participant was rewarded for her efforts with a diamond ring.
The first team has crossed the line in the Oxfam Trailwalker Melbourne 100km endurance fundraising challenge, crediting team work for their swift finishing time of 10 hours and 31 minutes.
The inaugural Oxfam Trailwalker Perth event will begin this morning, with thousands of gutsy walkers set to tackle a gruelling 100km Western Australian trail over 48 hours. Today, 390 teams of four will walk or run 100km in Western Australian bush from Kalamunda to Chidlow in the Perth Hills, raising money for Oxfam Australia. Oxfam […]
Oxfam’s 11th Trailwalker finished this morning, with 79 per cent of walkers completing the 100km endurance event. While most of the teams finished yesterday afternoon, Melbourne team ‘Dave’s Holiday Xperience’ stormed to the finish line in just 11 hours and 20 minutes, arriving at just after 6pm on Friday. The team – Mr Overend, 36, […]
A group of fourMelbourne men finished the 100km Oxfam Trailwalker in just 11 hours and 20 minutes today, and are pledging to walk all four Australian Trailwalker events in under 48 hours this year. The team, Dave’s Holiday Xperience, set off on the trail from Jells Park in Wheelers Hill at 7am on Friday morning, […]
Melbourne’s 11th Trailwalker event will get underway this morning, with the first gutsy walkers set to tackle the 100km trail from 7am. Today, 750 teams of four will walk or run 100km of rugged Victorian bush from Jells Park in Wheelers Hill to Wesburn Park, through the Dandenong Valley Parklands to the Yarra Ranges. This […]
A Victorian man will this month become the world’s first quadriplegic to enter the 100km Oxfam Trailwalker, tackling the 48-hour fundraising challenge from April 19 to 21 in a specially-modified wheelchair. Helped by seven Parks Victoria teammates, including Victorian MP David Southwick, Queenscliff’s Bruce Towers will travel on a TrailRider, a purpose-built all-terrain wheelchair, through […]
More than 1400 people of all ages will set off on a 100km walk tomorrow morning to raise money for Oxfam Australia’s work to fight poverty around the world.