BLOGS

Uni is in full swing and the Oxfam Uni groups are no exception

The university semester is in full swing and our Oxfam groups are at full pelt campaigning, studying, partying and general uni shenanigans.

Stopping hunger in Sri Lanka: Indrani (part 2)

In part two of her interview, Indrani talks about being her family's primary breadwinner, encouraging other villagers to start their own home gardens, and the joys of raising chickens.

Play Fair at the Olympics

While our athletes prepare to go for gold at the London Olympics, the workers who make the clothes they wear are being forced to work excessive hours for poverty-level wages, a recent report has found. Oxfam is calling on the Australian Government to ensure workers who produce sportswear for Australia’s Olympic athletes are treated fairly. […]

Nestle – Not so pure

Nestle claims to endorse the pure life, but dirty practices continue at the factories that produce its products Almost 10,000 people have joined the campaign to get Nestle to respect trade union rights in Indonesia. The IUF began the online campaign after 53 union members at the company’s factory in Panjang, Indonesia were fired as […]

Make IT Fair

The Make IT Fair campaign, together with GoodElectronics, is putting the pressure on big IT companies like Apple and Samsung to give a fair deal to the people that make their products. Apple is now the world’s largest corporation, valued at more than half a trillion US dollars. Workers in factories that manufacture Apple products, […]

Mother and daughter stoke climate change action in WA

By sheer coincidence, a mother and daughter from the Western Australian town of Nannup have both organised 'Land is Life' exhibitions to raise awareness of the effects of climate change.

From mosh pits to cooking kits: 3things on the road

It’s been all things go here at 3things. Our street team braved the rain this summer and heading to the Big Day Out in Sydney to ask people: What are 3things that you can do to help change the world? We had all sorts of responses given on our infamous chalk boards, from the heartfelt […]