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Pakistan floods: "This is unique in my nation’s history"

Qasim Berech, 30, is a public health expert with Oxfam in Pakistan. He travelled to Upper Swat on 16 August. This is his account of the journey.

Pakistan floods: An aid worker’s diary Day 6

Day 6 of Zulfiquar Ali Haider's diary from Pakistan. A public health engineer for Oxfam, he is in Swat - one of the worst-hit areas from the floods. This is his eyewitness account.

Pakistan floods: How big, really?

Looking for some perspective on just how massive the Pakistan floods have become? The BBC's Dimensions lets you overlay various phenomena, including the floods, on a geographical area of your choice. Check it out.

The votes are in!

Although the tally room madness won’t officially kick off until Saturday afternoon, here at Oxfam we’ve added up the votes of more than 4,000 Australians who have so far voted in our climate survey.We’ve taken your votes, your voices, and sent letters to the politicians asking for real action on climate change!

A whole lot of hot air

If you found Julia and Tony on the back seat of your car, what would you say to them? Australians don’t want more hot air, they want to hear about real solutions to tackle climate change in the last few days of this election campaign.

Pakistan floods: "The tip of the iceberg"

Oxfam Australia Emergencies Manager Richard Young talks to Channel 10 about the ongoing crisis in Pakistan. With torrential monsoon rains expected through October, the worst may be yet to come for the millions of people in Pakistan who have already lost everything.

World Humanitarian Day

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.

A month of fasting begins

Wednesday was the first day of Ramadan - the Islamic month of fasting. For the next forty days I will fast from dawn till dusk. You may wonder whether fasting affects my ability to concentrate at work. Actually I’ve been doing it since I was young so I don’t have any difficulties; I’m already used to fasting at work.

Bondi gets a Make Poverty History push

Oxfam intern Giselle Hall reports back on a recent Make Poverty History action on the streets of Bondi.

The rise of the fairtrade ‘cool’ factor?

According to a three-part series on the history of coffee, even as late as the 1980s, coffee drinking in America was on the decline - drinking coffee just wasn’t cool. Is coffee currently in the process of another consumer-driven transformation, with the rise of Fairtrade coffee?