“The G8 has asked all the right questions but has been thin on answers. The writing is on the wall for tax dodgers and land grabbers and G8 leaders must up their game to tackle the scandal of global poverty and hunger which has gone on for too long.”
Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin must throw all their political weight into making the Geneva peace conference on Syria a success when they meet at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland.
Since 2000, companies in G8 countries have acquired land in developing countries more than the size of the whole of Ireland. This is enough to feed 96 million people every year - almost the total population of the UK and Canada.
Oxfam welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement today that Canada will require mandatory disclosure of payments to governments by mining, oil and gas companies.
18 September 2013 - 22 September 2013
Ottawa
National CHANGE is a three day summit to dive deeper into Oxfam's work and prepare yourself to take a leadership role in your campus' Oxfam group. This year, participants in Oxfam's National CHANGE will also join Oxfam supporters and partners at the Gender Justice Summit.
Muslimah's yard garden is so bountiful that she rarely has to buy vegetables anymore. She is saving the money in hopes of putting her three children through university when they grow up.
HUNDEE Oromo Grassroots Development Initiative is a partner organization in Oxfam Canada’s Engendering Change Program.
Wildfires have long been a major problem in Ethiopia. Hunters use fire in forests to flush out wild life and smoke out honey bees. Farmers use fire in fields to control brush. Many people cook with fire.
In Eastern Sri Lanka, Oxfam and local partner Sarvodaya established 60 village livelihood groups to help hundreds of women start profitable activities. It was through one of these groups that Jeevagolin received training that led her to establish a sucessful sari embroidery business.
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