education

Peru: Restarting a community school after the earthquake

Ian McClelland — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:40:37 +0000

As the rebuilding effort continues after the August 15 (2007) earthquake in Peru, parents and their children are now struggling to restart the school year in Pisco.

Liberia: A new library for R.S. Caufield School

Ian McClelland — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:33:24 +0000

On Tuesday morning at the office in Monrovia, Oxfam’s project officer Abraham Conneh, loaded several cartons of books into an Oxfam car ready to leave for Unification Town, 60

Sri Lanka: From stage to school

Ian McClelland — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:16:53 +0000

Tea estates in the hill country of south-western Sri Lanka are geographically and socially isolating environments.

Armenia: A new life for the refugees

Ian McClelland — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:21:17 +0000

Arthur Abrahamyan, a resident of Shgharshik village (Syunik region), is a refugee.

Laos: A new school for a remote mountain community

Ian McClelland — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:17:07 +0000

Children from a remote mountain community in Laos are now receiving a better education since a new school opened as the result of a partnership between Oxfam Australia, the district

Honduras: People learn to improve their crops

Ian McClelland — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:04:16 +0000

Arcadio Pacheco has reason to be proud. When he looks at his land, he sees it full of vegetables and flush with good irrigation systems.

G8 Summit: Aid. Health. Climate Change.

admin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:54:50 +0000

This July the eight richest countries – the G8 – met in Japan to talk about global poverty and climate change.

Education

admin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:06:54 +0000

We believe every single child – that means girls as well as boys – has the right to a free, good-quality primary education.
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DRC : An Oxfam's project to improve a primary School involves all the community.

Elena Cornellana — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:54:36 +0000

The diversity in the children’s answers in this project is a fair sign to me that we do “work with others to overcome poverty and suffering”; that the school and th

Oxfam opens campaign office in Italy with Italian NGO Ucodep

Pilar Barroso — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:06:43 +0000

Oxfam International is opening a campaign office in Italy with the Italian NGO Ucodep on January 23. The office is located in Arezzo, near Rome.