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Oxfam News December 2008
Oxfam News – December 2008
For rural Mozambicans suffering HIV it is often the isolation and loneliness that kills before the virus. Read how life-saving home-based care programs are giving Mozambicans the care needed to survive and thrive. See how sisters are doing it for themselves and battling climate change in their own communities. In the Philippines, fishing communities speak out about the Australian-owned mine that has robbed them of their livelihoods. And for gifts that give so much more, check out our unique range of fair trade gifts.
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- Executive Director
- Cover story: A caring lifeline
- For many Mozambicans living with HIV, life can be filled with loneliness and rapidly declining health. Oxfam Australia is helping to overcome isolation, sustain lives and bring hope through vital home-based care.
- Trust is the key
- Innovative programs are helping young Aboriginal people lead healthier lives.
- Profits over people
- Fishing communities in the Philippines speak out about an Australian-owned mine that has robbed them of their livelihoods.
- Sisters on the planet
- Four inspirational women from different parts of the globe tell how climate change is affecting them and what they’re doing about it.
- Painting for the planet
- A Solomon Islands artist paints an environmental message for the world.
- My twin is in Zimbabwe
- Adorable handmade dolls are winning children’s hearts in two countries.
- Faster disaster response
- A new warehouse in Brisbane will help ensure that emergency relief supplies reach victims of natural disasters more quickly.
- A brighter future
- Read how peer educators are helping Vanuatu’s rapidly expanding youth population have hope for a better future.
- Six becomes one
- An insight into the new single Oxfam entity that now operates in India.
- Opinon: remember the forgotten victims
- Our Executive Director Andrew Hewett writes on the global financial crisis.
- Country profile: Cambodia
Editor Maureen Bathgate Photo Editor Lara McKinley Assistant Editor Melanie Scaife Volunteer Joe Cropp Proofreader Chris Robinson Design Paoli Smith Print coordinator Kim Hayes Printed by Work & Turner Oxfam News is published quarterly by Oxfam Australia, 132 Leicester Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053 Australia. ABN 18 055 208 636/CC29173 ISSN 1446-0521 The publisher does not necessarily endorse views expressed by contributors to Oxfam News. Available free to donors and supporters.