Tag: aid
Save the Children iPhone game
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Here in the Oxfam office, we’re having fun with the new iPhone/iPad app from Save the Children. Read more »
Water in Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea has been one of the main recipients of Australian aid for more than 20 years. Yet in all of this time the percentage of population without clean water has remained at a pathetic 60%. Only two in five people have access to clean water – in a country that is closer to Australia than New Zealand. Read more »
Help us make the most of this opportunity
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Oxfam Australia’s Executive Director Andrew Hewett outlines our key asks of the new government on climate change, indigenous equality, aid spending and asylum seekers. Read more »
World Humanitarian Day
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Today (August 19th) is World Humanitarian Day, and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has produced a video celebrating aid workers across the globe. Read more »
Does aid work?
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Oxfam GB have produced a great animation detailing the effectiveness of aid, outlining where aid has made a difference to millions of lives in many of the poorest parts of the world. Read more »
Does the new budget do enough to help fight poverty?
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This week’s federal budget was encouraging with the Government restating its commitment to increase Australia’s overseas aid spending to 0.5% of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2015. Read more »
