Helena Christensen: What I learnt from women in Kenya
Thursday, March 8th, 2012 Posted in Climate change, GROW campaign, Kenya | No Comments »I have just returned from my third trip with Oxfam. This time we visited Kenya, where I met Elisabeth and Josephine. Elisabeth lives in rural Turkana, in the north of Kenya – one of the many regions in the Horn ...
Tanzania’s Female Food Heroes
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012 Posted in GROW campaign, Tanzania, Video, Women's rights | 1 Comment »There were over 6000 applications for the prize of Mama Shujaa Wa Chakula - Tanzania's "Female Food Hero," a competition to recognise and celebrate the achievements of female food producers across the country. 11 finalists were chosen for their ...
Uganda land dispute update: Some good news
Monday, January 23rd, 2012 Posted in GROW campaign, Press release, Uganda | 2 Comments »A few months ago an Oxfam report in Uganda found that over 20,000 people were evicted from their land to make way for a UK-licenced tree-planting company. Now the Office of the Compliance Adviser/Ombudsman (CAO) - which handles complaints from ...
Documentary: Africa’s last famine?
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 Posted in Agriculture, Drought, Ethiopia, GROW campaign, Video | No Comments »Oxfam America and independent broadcaster Link TV have teamed up to make this new documentary investigating solutions to famine and chronic hunger around the world. East Africa is currently suffering from one of the worst food crises in recent history ...
Urgent: Stop intimidation of evicted Ugandan community
Friday, October 14th, 2011 Posted in GROW campaign, Land, Uganda | 1 Comment »There have been serious developments since we launched our land grabs report into evictions, some violent, in Uganda, where at least 22,500 people lost their homes and land and many have been left destitute. In the past ...
Uganda “land grab” update – concerns grow over investigation
Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 Posted in GROW campaign, Land, Uganda | No Comments »Investigation into Uganda “land grab” must be genuinely independent and transparent Oxfam concern that company continues to dismiss people’s allegations of abuse Oxfam welcomes the World Bank’s call that UK-based New Forests Company (NFC) must open up to a full investigation ...
Maasai v Investors – the struggle for land rights in Ngorongoro
Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in GROW campaign, Land, Tanzania, Video | No Comments »Ngorongoro district in Tanzania, home to the famous Ngorongoro crater and bordering the Serengeti national park, must surely be one of the most beautiful landscapes on earth. Maybe this explains its hotly contested land disputes. Everyone seems to ...
Al Jazeera, NYT report on Uganda land grab
Friday, September 23rd, 2011 Posted in GROW campaign, Land, Uganda, Video | No Comments »Oxfam has launched a new report and campaign for an investigation into the forcible eviction of over 20,000 Ugandans from their land, to make way for a plantation run by the UK-based New Forests Company (NFC). The New York Times ...
Oxfam calls for investigation into Uganda land grabs
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 Posted in GROW campaign, Land, Uganda | No Comments »Oxfam staff recently travelled to Uganda to further investigate a case in which at least 22,000 people have been evicted from their homes and farms. People were forced from their land to make way for a timber plantation licenced to ...
A modern land rush pushing people into greater poverty
Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 Posted in GROW campaign, Land, South Sudan, Uganda | No Comments »Oxfam today launches a major new report highlighting the growing pace of land deals brokered around the world, often to the peril of poor communities who lose their homes and livelihoods – sometimes violently – with no prior consultation, compensation ...