Oxfam is on standby to respond to Cyclone Pam, as latest forecasts predict the storm will pass close to Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila, the city recently named as the most exposed to natural disasters in the world.
Vanuatu
Boosting incomes, skills and confidence
With support from New Zealand Aid Programme, Oxfam is working to improve vocational training infrastructure in Vanuatu, a country where an estimated 70 per cent of young people end their formal education at primary school.
Organics training
Farm Support Association increase income opportunities for rural people in order for them to generate a sustainable amount of money from their goods.
Changing the world, one spreadsheet at a time
Solid financial reporting and processes are critical to a programme’s success.
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Outcomes of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting 2012
Barry Coates, Executive Director of Oxfam New Zealand has been attending the Forum meetings in Rarotonga. He commented…
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Owning adaptation in the Pacific
Funding donors and Pacific governments are urged to work with civil society to ensure climate change funding reaches the most vulnerable.
