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Oxfam News September 2008
Oxfam News – September 2008
Solutions to poverty come in many guises. In East Asia, communities are learning how to manage precious fish resources. In China, a mountain community has found renewed hope thanks to a new community road. In Sri Lanka, families are literally growing their way out of poverty. In the Pacific, plans are afoot to increase the effectiveness of aid. And in Malawi, while the challenges of poverty and climate change are intertwined, so are the solutions.
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- Executive Director
- Cover story: Saving the fishers
- Fisher folk in Laos and Cambodia are under threat from rapid fish decline and dam developments. Oxfam Australia is helping to safeguard their futures through livelihoods and advocacy work.
- Neighbours under threat
- Low-lying Pacific islands face the prospect of disappearing completely due to climate change, unless developed nations like Australia come to their aid.
- Fuel for change
- The issues of climate change and poverty are a dangerous cocktail in Malawi, with both the challenges and solutions complexly interwoven.
- The silent tsunami
- Read how spiralling world food prices and a lack of concerted global action are pushing millions of poor people towards severe hunger and destitution.
- Helping gardens grow
- Environmentally-friendly home gardens are helping poor Sri Lankan families grow more food to eat and even earn a small income.
- A road to somewhere
- Road and water projects are giving a Chinese village hope for the future
- Hippos in the garden
- A small Swazi kitchen is making a big impact with its wares.
- Partnering with the Pacific
- Oxfam Australia’s views on future trade and development in the Pacific.
- Youth unite for peace
- Fiji’s youth are uniting to overcome their country’s differences.
- Country profile: Mozambique
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