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Oxfam mourns the death of Philomen Gulland

June 7, 2011

In a tragic gas explosion in Onehunga on Saturday, Watercare worker Philomen Gulland died and co-worker Ian Winson was badly injured. Both Philomen and Ian were supporters of Oxfam through their participation in Oxfam Trailwalker. Philomen was the driving force behind Watercare’s partnership with Oxfam Trailwalker ever since the event came to New Zealand in 2006, and she personally took on the 100 kilometre challenge an amazing five times.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Hunger can be solved

June 2, 2011

As published in the Dominion Post, 2 June 2011. There are some problems so big and so entrenched it is easy to believe they will never be solved. Hunger is one of these problems.

Growing a Better Future: food justice in a resource-constrained world.

June 1, 2011

Growing hunger, flat-lining yields, a scramble for fertile land and water and rising food prices are all symptoms of a global food system that is failing us. We have entered a new age of crisis where depletion of the earth’s natural resources and increasingly severe climate change impacts will create millions more hungry people.
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Oxfam launches global GROW campaign

June 1, 2011

A broken food system and environmental crises are now reversing decades of progress against hunger according to new Oxfam analysis. Spiralling food prices and endless cycles of regional food crises will create millions more hungry people unless we transform the way we grow and share food. On June 1 Oxfam launches a new global campaign to ensure everyone has enough to eat, always.

South Sudan facing most violent year since end of civil war

May 25, 2011

South Sudan is facing its most violent year since the end of the civil war in 2005, international agency Oxfam warned today, and it urged the UN Security Council, as it visits the region, to ensure that civilians are better protected.
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40,000 Kiwis take part in Oxfam’s Biggest Coffee Break

May 23, 2011

The aroma of Fairtrade coffee looks set to linger long after Fair Trade Fortnight (May 7-22) for the thousands of Kiwis around the country who made the conscious choice to support coffee growers in the developing world by taking part in Oxfam’s Biggest Coffee Break.