Press Releases
- 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 [...] - Pakistan Floods one month on: Catastrophe increases but planning for reconstruction must begin
30 August, 2010
One month after the floods first reached disastrous levels in Pakistan, the flood waters continue to rise with 500,000 people forced to evacuate their homes [...] - Pakistan floods: Oxfam reaction to visit by European humanitarian commissioner
26 August, 2010
Flood-affected areas now constitute the world’s largest freshwater lake, says Oxfam Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, today visited Pakistan [...] - More in this category
- Amir Khan visits Oxfam’s work in flood-affected Pakistan
Events
- Oxfam Sligo Book Bonanza, 28 Aug – 4 Sep
Calling all bookworms: Oxfam Sligo is holding a special sale of antique and rare books from Sat 28th Aug – Sat 4th Sep. Old treasures and [...] - Mad Hatter’s Tea Party in Oxfam Sligo, Fri 20th August
Curioser and curioser! Oxfam Sligo is holding their very own Mad Hatter’s Tea Party this Friday, August 20th. Free Fairtrade tea, coffee and homemade buns [...] - More in this category
- Oxfam Sligo Book Bonanza, 28 Aug – 4 Sep
Volunteer
- Volunteer Administrative Assistant needed
Title: Administrative Assistant Reporting to: Administration Manager, Corporate Services Location: Dublin Office Commitment: 1-2 mornings a week Key responsibilities Process incoming and outgoing communications including: Be first point of contact [...] - Volunteer: Donor Development Intern
Location: Dublin, City Centre Responsible to: Donor Development Manager, Fundraising Department, Oxfam Ireland Allowance: Local transport costs and lunch Starting date of internship: 13th September 2010 until 23rd [...] - More in this category
- Volunteer Administrative Assistant needed
Shop News
- Swap till you drop in Sligo on Sept 16th
Do you have clothes, accessories, jewellery, shoes or other items you’d like to transform into something new through the magic of swap? Bring your items [...] - Gorgeous animation explains the M&S and Oxfam Clothes Exchange
Did you know about that Oxfam and M&S have teamed up to help shoppers raise money to fight poverty? This gorgeous animation explains the simple [...] - More in this category
- Swap till you drop in Sligo on Sept 16th
Campaigns
- Carbon Overdraft
For the rest of 2010, the world will liquidate resource stocks and accumulate carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This is because August 21st was Earth Overshoot [...] - Sceptical U-Turn?
Bjorn Lomborg, a self dubbed sceptical environmentalist, has for years been considered a high-profile yet controversial climate change sceptic. In a manifest turn about however, [...] - More in this category
- Carbon Overdraft
Fair Trade
- New Fair Trade Products Have Arrived!
New products are arriving daily into Oxfam Ireland’s four Fair Trade shops. And this is just the beginning – we will be getting new shipments [...] - Tribute to Fair Trade Artisan Rafique Ahmed
Tributes from many Fair Trade organizations have been paid to Rafique Ahmed, who died suddenly last month. Rafique was a wood carver in Saharanpur in northern [...] - More in this category
- New Fair Trade Products Have Arrived!
Fundraising
- Oxfam’s Summer Raffle – still time to enter!
The deadline for the Oxfam Summer Raffle is approaching fast – but there’s still time for you to enter online! To enter the draw instantly online, [...] - What you can do to save lives in Pakistan
A mega disaster that needs a mega response! A humanitarian disaster of catastrophic proportions is continuing to unfold in Pakistan – 20 million people are [...] - More in this category
- Oxfam’s Summer Raffle – still time to enter!
Emergencies
- Amir Khan visits Oxfam’s work in flood-affected Pakistan
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 [...] - RTE News features Oxfam’s warning on food shortages in Pakistan
RTE News at One today featured Oxfam’s latest update from Pakistan: the aid agency is warning that the people of Pakistan may suffer food shortages [...] - More in this category
- Amir Khan visits Oxfam’s work in flood-affected Pakistan
Climate Change
- Carbon Overdraft
For the rest of 2010, the world will liquidate resource stocks and accumulate carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This is because August 21st was Earth Overshoot [...] - Sceptical U-Turn?
Bjorn Lomborg, a self dubbed sceptical environmentalist, has for years been considered a high-profile yet controversial climate change sceptic. In a manifest turn about however, [...] - More in this category
- Carbon Overdraft
Oxfam Reports
- 21st Century Aid and Climate Finance
Oxfam has launched its new report, 21st Century Aid, which; Shows that good aid works, Challenges and counters the main arguments of aid sceptics, Calls on international donors [...] - The Rain Doesn't Come on Time Anymore
A new Oxfam report, The Rain Doesn’t Come on Time Anymore: Vulnerability, and Climate Variability in Ethiopia, has highlighted how climate change is increasing poverty [...] - More in this category
- 21st Century Aid and Climate Finance
Oxfam News
- Oxfam launches HIV&AIDS publication at Vienna AIDS Conference
Oxam launched its latest publication “Break Another Silence: Understanding Sexual Minorities and Taking Action for Sexual Rights in Africa” at the AIDS Conference in [...] - Haiti Lives Exhibition – thanks
The Haiti Lives exhibition closed today. Oxfam would like to thank everyone who came by to visit the exhibition and gave such great feedback. [...] - More in this category
- Oxfam launches HIV&AIDS publication at Vienna AIDS Conference
Oxfam Programmes
- Oxfam Ireland participates in MVIWATA’s partners meeting, Tanzania
Oxfam Ireland participated in the MVIWATA’s (a network of small-scale farmers’ groups in Tanzania) Partners Meeting held in Morogoro, Tanzania at the end of July. The [...] - Oxfam launches HIV&AIDS publication at Vienna AIDS Conference
Oxam launched its latest publication “Break Another Silence: Understanding Sexual Minorities and Taking Action for Sexual Rights in Africa” at the AIDS Conference in [...] - More in this category
- Oxfam Ireland participates in MVIWATA’s partners meeting, Tanzania
