No longer out of sight or out of mind
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 Posted in English, Zimbabwe | 1 Comment »In a remote corner of Zimbabwe Oxfam partner Ntengwe Trust is actively working to break down stigma around children with disabilities. Nicole Johnston reports. In an almost forgotten corner of Zimbabwe the BaTonga people try to scratch a living from the ...
MDGs – from the African perspective
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 Posted in English | No Comments »Oxfam’s Pan Africa Director Irũngũ Houghton is in New York at the MDG Summit. He talks here about Africa's performance in meeting the MDGs.
A mirage of a summit
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 Posted in English | No Comments »Oxfam's verdict on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit held in New York this week Emma Seery, Oxfam's spokesperson, said: “The summit has been a mirage. The promises look good from a distance, but the details are ...
Oxfam is not in need of a workout
Thursday, September 16th, 2010 Posted in English | No Comments »Oxfam CEO Barbara Stocking responds to a blog by Larry Elliott, It’s time to get tough on aid”, in which he suggests that aid agencies have gone "soft and flabby". Larry Elliott’s suggestion that agencies have become soft and flabby is ...
The celebrity and the disaster
Thursday, September 9th, 2010 Posted in English | 8 Comments »This week Angelina Jolie visited Pakistan to meet flood victims and help with fundraising efforts. Faranaaz Parker of the Mail & Guardian Online challenges the use of Hollywood A-listers in such press trips and questions who really benefits. The views ...
