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8 Feb 10 New report examines impact of the Global Economic Crisis in the Pacific

Oxfam is calling on the New Zealand Government and the international community to rethink traditional assumptions about economies in the Pacific, in order to best support people through the global economic crisis and out of poverty.

29 Jan 10 Overwhelming generosity funds immediate short-term work in Haiti

Funds still needed to help Haiti recover and rebuild over years.

International agency Oxfam said today that public generosity had secured enough money to fully fund its immediate emergency work in Haiti over the next six months.

29 Jan 10 Leaders set to stumble at first climate hurdle in 2010

World leaders are set to fail their first test on climate change since Copenhagen and put the world on track for almost four degrees of warming, said Oxfam International today, ahead of the January 31 deadline for countries to submit emission reduction targets under the Copenhagen Accord.

27 Jan 10 Oxfam initiates 'cash for work' program in Haiti

Oxfam has started to employ people affected by Haiti’s earthquake to clean up their makeshift camps and improve their living conditions. This “cash-for-work” effort began on Sunday and will expand this week across the nine sites serving 80,000 people where Oxfam has recently installed clean water and latrines.

22 Jan 10 More aid loaded at Oxfam warehouse for Haiti Earthquake

Fifty tonnes of aid equipment, which will help thousands of people in Haiti devastated by last week’s earthquake, will be packed up at Oxfam’s warehouse today, ready to be flown out tomorrow.

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