Location: Belfast
Responsible to: Community Events Manager
Allowance: Local transport costs and lunch
Starting date of internship: January 2012 – September 2012
Hours of work: 10-5pm, 3 days per week
Closing date: 15th February 2012

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Oxfam Ireland Christmas Cards are now available in the Republic of Ireland from Oxfam stores as well as good stationers and bookshops.

Christmas is the time to stay (or get back!) in touch with family and friends both near and far. And what better way to do that than with an Oxfam Ireland Christmas card. Our cards are a key source of funds, raising over €70,000 for our important work overseas – all the more necessary this year with the food crisis in East Africa, including famine in Somalia.

We have a wide range of exclusive designs on our cards, enough to suit everyone on your list – from religious or cute to traditional or modern. And our cards are printed on the highest quality FSC-certified part-recycled board, and come with 100% recycled envelopes. Cards are available in cello packs (8 cards of 1 design) or boxes (20 cards, 10 each of 2 designs) and prices start at only €.175 per card!

Oxfam Ireland Christmas cards also have an impact here at home, as we print and pack our cards in Ireland, helping secure Irish jobs.

The 2011 Unwrapped range of Christmas gifts media launch was this week in both Belfast and Dublin with support from award winning television and radio presenter Lucy Kennedy, along with busy bees Sadhbh ni Liathain (3) and Sean Friel (3) in Dublin.

At the Belfast launch Ireland’s good food ambassodor Jenny Bristow and Internationally renowned singer songwriter Brian Kennedy attended, along with Connie Hamilton (3) and Amber Henderson (7) Jenny and Brian spent the morning learning what is unique about Unwrapped gifts and the differences that each gift makes to peoples lives.

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Another amazing fundraiser thinking outside the box to raise funds for Oxfam Ireland’s East Africa Emergency Appeal!

Amin Mohd is organising a charity lunch, on Friday September 30 at 11:00pm – October 1 at 2:00am.
Location: 20 Carraigh Craobh, Letterkenny.

The idea is Simple eat lunch as usual , pay less than usual and Support the cause of Charity.

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Oxfam Ireland TRAILTREKKER 2011 100km Winners, team "Dromintee 4". Photo credit: Robert Doherty from Uberdog

The third annual Oxfam Ireland TRAILTREKKER event attracted more than 400 participants to set off from Donard Park in Newcastle early on Saturday 10^th September at the start of one of the most gruelling charity endurance challenges. Each team had a single goal – to complete the epic 100km or alternative 50km route and reach the finishing line at Carlingford Sailing Club inside 36 or 20 hours.

Battling the weather to walk by day and by night through the Mournes, the Ring of Gullion and the Cooley Peninsula, a team called the Dromintee 4 were the 100km winners in a record time of 15 hours and 39 minutes. Consisting of local men Ciaran McMullan, Jude Hayes, Dermot Winters and Kevin Murray, the Dromintee 4 completed the trek to arrive in Carlingford just shy of Saturday midnight after setting out from Newcastle at 8.00am that morning.

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Oxfam Ireland has raised €1.2 million for our emergency appeal thus far, through shops North and South and through a nationwide advertising campaign in July and August.

The response from the public has been really amazing and it’s been a busy few months with events such as football matches, Croagh Patrick climbs, pub quizzes, cake sales and supermarket bag packs taking place in various parts of the country

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We’re delighted to announce the winners of the 2011 Oxfam Raffle Top Seller’s Prize, who will be taking off on a balloon flight.  Courtesy of balloonflight.ie !

Republic of Ireland top seller
R. S. Da Silva, Dublin

Northern Ireland top seller
P. Johnson, Derry

THANK YOU so much to everyone who supported the raffle this year and congratulations and a huge thank you to the winners!

Irish aid agencies working to help famine victims in Somalia say the response to their appeals for financial help has been ‘remarkable’.

Irish aid agencies working to help famine victims in Somalia and neighbouring countries in East Africa say the response to their appeals for financial help has been ‘remarkable’.

Over the past six weeks, Irish people have donated €12m for famine relief, according to Dóchas, the overseas development agencies umbrella organisation.

This is in addition to the €8m being provided by the Government.

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We’re delighted to announce the winners of the 2011 Oxfam Raffle. Thank you so much to everyone who joined the raffle and congratulations to the lucky winners!

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Raymond McMaster and his son Alexander

Raymond McMaster (73) and his son Alexander McMaster (16) from Dunfanaghy will walk 190 miles through the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales in England to raise £10,000 for Oxfam Ireland.

The pair will complete the scenic walking route called Wainwright Way, which extends from St. Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay, from July 5 to 17.The monies they raise will go towards Oxfam’s projects aimed at educating disadvantaged children and helping orphans and vulnerable children.

We wish them the very best of luck.

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