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Apathetic, self-obsessed teens? Whatevs…students tackling the tough issues

Students from Cheltenham Girls High School are taking action on issues of children in detention - and proving to be leaders in their own right.

Time to stop hunger, start cooking — and win!

Win a prize from Oxfam’s fair trade gift range, simply by choosing one of the recipes from our online cookbook and sending us a photo of you hard at work cooking it OR a photo of the finished product.

With ABC’s 774 Drive Show host Rafael Epstein. Photo: OxfamAUS

Challenging the hunger myths around Victoria

Currently in Australia are three women from Oxfam partner organisation ‘Women on Farms Project’, based in South Africa. The women, Colette, Roseline and Gertruida, are here for two weeks to speak at a series of public events. Here are some highlights of their first week.

L-R: Roseline Presence, Gertruida Baartman and Collette Solomon from the Women on Farms project. Photo: Michael Myers/OxfamAUS

Meet our South African guests in Western Australia

Join Oxfam on Thursday 14 June for the GROW Africa Night. Hear the stories from two exceptional women from the ‘Women on Farms Project’, South Africa.

Gertruida Baartman. Photo: Matthew Willman/OxfamAUS

Meet Collette, Gertruida and Roseline at the Collingwood Children’s Farmers’ Market

As part of the Challenging the Hunger Myths speakers’ tour, Oxfam will be presenting the Land is Life photographic exhibition with guest speakers from the Women on Farms Project in South Africa at Collingwood Children’s Farmers’ Market this Saturday.

Tweet the world’s biggest arms exporters to support the Arms Trade Treaty!

Join the Global Tweet-a-thon for the ATT! Supporters of a robust ATT will target the Twitter accounts of the US State department and Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for one hour each day, with key messages on why they too must support the treaty.

Challenging the Hunger Myths

Almost one billion people on our planet go to bed hungry every night. That’s close to one in every seven people, all around the world – but why does so much hunger exist in a world where others have plenty?

Millions at risk in the Sahel food crisis

The food crisis in West and Central Africa's Sahel region is threatening more than 18 million people. It's an overwhelming figure, but our new infographic shows who's affected, where - and why.

Stop hunger, start cooking

Fancy yourself a bit of a foodie? Know how to bring out the best in humble garden vegetables? Well, now's your chance to flaunt your culinary prowess! Submit your most inventive, original recipe for possible inclusion in our new cookbook...

Fatimata Sawadogo working in the gold fields. Photo: Andy Hall/Oxfam

Digging for gold — and survival — in Burkina Faso

In desperation, hungry families in Burkina Faso are increasingly resorting to digging for gold. What they find with their rudimentary tools usually allows them to buy a dish of millet per day. It's back-breaking work, as 40-year-old mother of five Fatimata describes.