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Oxfam News March 2008
Oxfam News – March 2008
In this issue, we look at the widening divide in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. We also highlight an innovative program in Western Australia that's helping Indigenous men reconnect with their culture and heritage. There is also insight into how owning a buffalo can mean the difference between destitution and survival in rural Cambodia.
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- Executive Director
- Cover story: A lasting peace
- Communities once shattered by violent conflict in the Papua New Guinean Highlands have now become powerful advocates for peace, taking action to change attitudes and bring harmony to local tribes.
- Home is only a dream
- A special report on the United States’ sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina, in which tens of thousands of families remain homeless more than two years on.
- Fight climate poverty
- Oxfam Australia’s Charlotte Sterrett reports back from the Bali climate change conference where world leaders gathered to begin crucial negotiations on the global climate crisis.
- Staying on track
- Find out how Oxfam Australia aims to track its performance against its new strategic plan over the next six years.
- Stitching up HIV and AIDS
- Exquisite hand-embroidered textiles that are brightening the lives of hundreds of HIV-affected women in South Africa are on show in Australia.
- Building blocks to the future
- Young people in Vanuatu learn valuable building and carpentry skills.
- Growing greener
- An organic farming school is helping protect Indonesia’s environment.
- The business of being equal
- Sri Lankan women are gaining the confidence and skills to create change.
- Time for action on poverty
- The four key actions Oxfam Australia wants from the Rudd Government.
- Country profile: Bangladesh
Editor Maureen Bathgate Photo Editor Martin Wurt 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.