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Drought disaster threatens 13 million
Saturday 10 March 2012
Drought has left 13 million people on the brink of a full-scale humanitarian crisis in West Africa.
Employers reject jobs scheme that's all work and no pay
Saturday 18 February 2012
Backlash spreads against project that forces benefit claimants to give their time for free
Supermarket staff live 'in poverty'
Thursday 19 January 2012
Hundreds of thousands of workers at the big four grocers are not paid a living wage, claims study
Sales jump at Oxfam as austerity bites
Thursday 19 January 2012
Oxfam posted a 5 per cent jump in underlying sales over the final quarter of last year, laying bare pressure on household budgets in austerity Britain.
The 10 best diaries
Tuesday 25 October 2011
1. Agenda Graphic Building
As well as attractive graphic illustrations throughout, it comes with a sticker sheet and tear-off postcards. All the profits go towards the upkeep of the V&A museum.
£15, vandashop.com
Oxfam official quits Haiti post
Saturday 13 August 2011
Oxfam GB's country director in Haiti has resigned amid an inquiry into allegations of staff misconduct, the charity has said.
Caught in the Net - A surgical strike from Annie Clark
Friday 29 July 2011
"Surgeon", the new single from Annie Clark (below), better known as the artful US indie pop act St Vincent, is brilliantly strange.
Child labour in Pakistan on the rise a year after devastating floods
Wednesday 27 July 2011
With their parents still unable to find jobs, children are being sent to hazardous areas to scour for badly needed income
Parts of south Somalia suffering from famine, says UN
Wednesday 20 July 2011
Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine, a UN official said today, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation.
'Irregularities' in Oxfam Pakistan flood funds
Monday 06 June 2011
Oxfam has launched an investigation into its finances after finding "irregularities" in their flood relief programme in Pakistan.
World's food system broken, Oxfam warns
Wednesday 01 June 2011
Doubling of prices and 70 per cent rise in demand means millions more will go hungry
Paul Vallely: For those living on the margins, any change can prove fatal
Monday 23 May 2011
There is nothing natural about the way that a billion people in the world cling to the extremity of existence
Martin Parr: Objects of their affection
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Photographer Martin Parr asked key cultural figures to pose with the one item they'd save in a flood. It's a project that has a serious point, says Charlotte Cripps
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