Oxfam Ireland reveals the life-changing power of music
Oxfam Ireland Press Release
1st April 2008
Those of us in love with music know its power to move people, to inspire us, to express our hopes and dreams. In short, music has the power to be life affirming. Nowhere is this more strikingly demonstrated than in Oxfam Ireland's latest ClearURMusic campaign, which is running throughout April, and which shows how music can literally save lives.
Peter Tomlinson , Oxfam Ireland 's Business Development Manager, explains: “It's time for a healthy spring clean of your music. As well as clearing a space in your home, it's also healthy because by donating your unwanted musicfor sale in any of Oxfam Ireland's 46 shops, you will be helping us to raise vital funds to fight poverty in the developing world.
“For example, if the sale of 3 of your old CDs raises just £6/€9, that is enough to provide life-saving, disease-preventing buckets, specially designed by Oxfam for families to keep water clean in the worst of emergencies, while £19/€28 will ensure a child orphaned by AIDS receives nutritious food for a month.
“So get sorting through your music collection and bring us the good condition records, tapes and CDs you either no longer listen to or have already digitally upgraded to MP3”, added Mr Tomlinson.
Meanwhile, Oxfam Ireland will soon be announcing the winner of the Sleeveface™ poster competition to promote April as ClearURMusic Month; besides seeing their hilarious handiwork turned into display posters for the shops, the winner also collects a copy of the award-winning Cake Sale CD and a Fairtrade chocolate sampler pack. Visit www.oxfamireland.org/sleeveface to see some of the brilliantly inventive Sleeveface™ entries.
Contact:
For further information, or to request high resolution images for reproduction, please contact:
Paul Dunphy, Oxfam Ireland Media Executive on (01) 6350422
Additional Information
As well as April being ClearURMusic Month and the Sleeveface™ competition, other Oxfam Ireland music initiatives include The Cake Sale CD and the month-long Oxjam festival in October.
To celebrate ClearURMusic Month, the Oxfam Ireland shop in Parliament Street, Dublin, is hosting free gigs on four successive Saturdays throughout April – including famous Dublin bluegrass band Prison Love and a fantastic Indian Classical Music Recital.
2008 sees Oxfam Ireland celebrate its 10th anniversary.
Find out more about Oxfam Ireland’s ClearURGear initiative at www.oxfamireland.org/clearurgear
Oxfam Ireland is an independent member of Oxfam International- a group of thirteen non-governmental agencies dedicated to fighting poverty and related injustice around the world.
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