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elections in Kenya lead to widespread violence, displacing thousands.FebruaryNOT Fighting and insecurity in Chad forces Oxfam to evacuate
international staff, impeding delivery of humanitarian relief in refugee campsNOT
Floods in Bolivia. Oxfam provides shelter, and water and sanitation facilities to over 4,000
families.MarchNOT Oxfam report exposes fact that too much aid from rich countries to Afghanistan is wasted,
ineffective or uncoordinated.April HOT Thanks to two years of Oxfam campaigning with partners in the Philippines, a
new law was passed to allow 26 million people - 30% of the population - to access affordable medicines.HOT Oxfam receives biggest ever musical donation - a complete Oxfam News Blog › Create New Post â€" WordPresscollection of 4,000 classical vinyl
LPs, believed to be worth in excess of £25,000. Hundreds more classical music records on sale here.NOT Rich country aid to the developing
world falls for the second year in a row.MayHOT Launch of Oxfam Boutiques - hailed by fashionistas and bargain hunters alike as the coolest place to find charity shop chic. High profile supporters include Yasmin Le Bon and Gwyneth
Paltrow.
HOT Trailwalker 100km endurance event in the raises over £1million for Oxfam
and the Gurkha Trust.NOT Burma cyclone renders thousands homeless. Aid agencies
face difficulties with access. Oxfam works through partners to help the victims.
JuneHOT
Diamond Jubilee: Oxfam is inundated with donations of diamonds for the 60th anniversary of the opening of the
first Oxfam shop.HOT The UK government commits £200m to be
given directly to poor country governments to help them pay salaries of key workers like health workers and teachers.HOT Oxfam’s Barbara Stocking made Dame Commander of the British Empire.NOT Spike in global food prices pushes millions more into hunger. Oxfam scales up food-related programmes across
the world, including feeding centres in Haiti, grain banks in Afghanistan, and food distribution and support to farmers in Kenya.JulyHOT G8
leaders announce target to halve carbon emissions by 2050…NOT …However, they fail to say from what level they will do this or acknowledge that this will
not be enough to avoid dangerous climate change.HOT UK government announces review of biofuels due to concerns about them causing higher food process, land grabbing and environmental degradation…NOT …But they fail to scrap mandatory targets in 2008 despite widespread consensus on risks.NOT Thousands face severe hunger in Ethiopia as food crisis strikes, caused by drought and exacerbated by high global food
prices. Oxfam helped over 100,000 people by providing water and food vouchers, and running cash-for-work programmes.HOT Photographer Nick Danziger travels to Ethiopia and helps Oxfam raise over £1millon.
AugustHOT Oxfam global ambassador Annie Lennox travels to International HIV
conference in Mexico…Annie
Lennox speaks at HIV/AIDS conferenceNOT … where an $8bn shortfall in funding needed to achieve target of universal access to treatment for
HIV/AIDS by 2010 is revealed.SeptemberHOT Launch of interactive campaign, In My Name, at UN high-level meeting on the Millennium Development Goals in New York recruits thousands of new activists to the fight against
poverty. Supported by Queen Rania, Will.i.am, Kristin Davis, Elle Macpherson, and others.In My NameHOT
10,000 knitters knit 14,000 squares for a blanket to raise awareness of the need for better healthcare for mothers in poor countries and a “pregnant” break dancing troupe became
an online smash when 40,000 people watched them “Groove their bumps” on London’s South Bank.
HOT The UK government responds to campaigners by announcing it will give £450 million in aid over the next three
years to support national health plans in eight poor countries.NOT Haiti battered by three hurricanes in three weeks. Oxfam responds to help stricken communities rebuild their lives.NOT Floods in Bihar in India affect nearly 3 million people. Oxfam used motorboats to rescue stranded men, women and children and
distributed tarpaulin shelter sheets, water purification kits, buckets and oral rehydration sachets.OctoberHOT European Parliament supports climate plans that will help poor people protect themselves from climate change (NOT - EU Council waters plans
down in December, under pressure from industry).HOT UK government announces new climate targets to cut emissions by 80% and to include shipping and aviation
emissions…NOT …Government support for coal fired power stations persists in face of protests.HOT Exhibition of pictures by photographer Rankin of life in DRC camps opens on South Bank.
NOT Economic crisis begins to bite
across the world. Estimates suggest 40 million more people will be pushed into poverty in 2009.NovemberHOT Oxfam
Unwrapped Goat has kids. A Christmas gift of one goat two years ago is four now! Shows how Oxfam Unwrapped gifts just keep on
giving.
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Increase in fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo leaves millions displaced and takes the lives of many
others. Rape horrifically used as a weapon of war. Oxfam’s response includes providing water and sanitation in camps for people driven from their homes.DecemberHOT Oxfam launches Trailtrekker, a new 100km endurance event in
Yorkshire.HOT Oxfam closes Tsunami programme, having helped 2.5 million people
in seven tsunami-affected countries in the largest emergency program in its history. Oxfam received $294 million in total - more than 90 per cent of it from the public.HOT
From May this year, Oxfam has helped nearly 4 million people caught up in numerous humanitarian crises in over 30 countries across the globe. This includes large-scale emergencies that
hit the headlines, such as the Bihar floods and the food crisis, as well as ongoing ‘off-the-radar’ crises such as Sudan and Chad.NOT Progress in tackling climate change is stalled after the private sector triumphs in
weakening the EU’s climate and energy package. At the same time, the UN negotiations stumble to a close, with little achieved after rich countries fail to bring proposals to the table.
NOT Cholera
epidemic hits Zimbabwe and spreads rapidly through a population already weakened by hunger. Oxfam launches
appeal to fund vital health and sanitation work, and food distribution./ EndsOxfam’s Chief Executive Barbara Stocking is available for interview during the Christmas and New
Year period. Contact Magda Walter on 07798656562For more information contact Oxfam’s press office on 01865 472498 or at media.unit@oxfam.org.uk.[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]
[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]
