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Award winning photographer Alixandra Fazzina chronicles Ramadan during the Pakistan floods

13 September 2010

Award winning photographer Alixandra Fazzina has recently travelled to some of the worst hit areas in Pakistan where she saw first hand the devastation caused by the floods. She photographed families in Pakistan and in the UK to document how they were spending the holy month of Ramadan.
Clock is ticking, time to put words into action on the MDGs

9 September 2010

In response to a draft United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Outcome Document circulating today, Oxfam urges the UN to turn reams of nice words into an action agenda that genuinely delivers on fighting poverty.
Oxfam warns of severe health crisis in Pakistan as flood funding stalls

9 September 2010

Oxfam today warned of a public health catastrophe in flood-hit Pakistan. While funding had stalled in recent weeks, the number of cases of reported disease, numbers of people displaced, and numbers of people affected by the floods continue to rise each day.
Oxfam reaction to Barroso’s extra €1 billion package for MDGs and EU Finance Ministers’ lack of action on bank taxation

8 September 2010

European Commission President José Manuel Barroso promised today he would announce an extra €1 billion for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) at a major UN summit in New York later this month.
Congo: Oxfam response to UN meeting on the investigation into Luvungi mass rape

7 September 2010

Marcel Stoessel, Country Director of Oxfam in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said:
Growing coalition urges EU finance ministers to move on a Financial Transaction Tax

7 September 2010

A broad coalition of NGOs, political organizations and trade unions today (7 September), called on EU Finance Ministers to recognize the merits of an European-wide Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), particularly as austerity measures begin to be felt throughout the EU.
Climate finance needs more transparency

3 September 2010

Oxfam welcomed the launch of a new website by the Dutch Minister of the Environment today (faststartfinance.org) which aims to collect and present details about climate finance pledges from developed countries.
Pakistan floods: Oxfam calls for debt cancellation to aid recovery

2 September 2010

The IMF will issue a $450 million loan to Pakistan which risks plunging Pakistan into debt that it can ill-afford. Oxfam is calling for the cancellation of all multilateral and bilateral loans to Pakistan, and for debt relief to be given on emergency assistance from the IMF.
Amir Khan visits Oxfam's work in flood-affected Pakistan

2 September 2010

World champion boxer Amir Khan is in Pakistan where he met families made homeless by the devastating floods and took part in an Oxfam distribution of aid.
Afghanistan Security Incident

31 August 2010

Oxfam deeply regrets the deaths of two of its Afghan staff members and a community volunteer and the injuries to one staff member and one community volunteer. They were deeply committed to improving the lives of other Afghans and our thoughts are with their families at this time.

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Award winning photographer Alixandra Fazzina chronicles Ramadan during the Pakistan floods

Clock is ticking, time to put words into action on the MDGs

Oxfam warns of severe health crisis in Pakistan as flood funding stalls

Oxfam reaction to Barroso’s extra €1 billion package for MDGs and EU Finance Ministers’ lack of action on bank taxation

Congo: Oxfam response to UN meeting on the investigation into Luvungi mass rape

Growing coalition urges EU finance ministers to move on a Financial Transaction Tax

Climate finance needs more transparency

Pakistan floods: Oxfam calls for debt cancellation to aid recovery

Amir Khan visits Oxfam's work in flood-affected Pakistan

Afghanistan Security Incident