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Pakistan has been affected by the worst floods in living memory according to the UN over 3 million people have been affected. Right now the priority is get assistance to those in need as quickly as possible.
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Saving for Happiness
Oxfam South Asia blog | 14/05/2012 08:19am |
Muang, Pattani _ Timah was a lively, talkative, and very funny woman. Her willpower and sunny demeanor shone through her niqab which covered her from top to toe except her eyes. There was so much positive energy I had to go over my notes to check whether... More
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From a Small Village in Pakistan to San Diego in America! - Sughar for International Brand Award!
PDI Pakistan | 07/05/2012 17:25pm |
The social enterprise program of PDI, Sughar has a big goal, A goal to create a society where women are not killed for Honor but are honored and given equal status....To reach this goal we at Sughar have been struggling from years to find the right track... More
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Shakti — A Feminist Perspective Building and Performance Workshop
Oxfam South Asia blog | 30/04/2012 11:49am |
Oxfam’s Women Leadership Programme in Bangladesh supported Feminist Perspective Building & Performance Workshop-”Shakti” from April 13 to 22, 2012. The workshop, organised by Shadhona – A Center For Advancement of South Asian... More
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Adapting to Climate Change, One Melon at a Time
Oxfam South Asia blog | 27/04/2012 08:50am |
A story on Mother Jones website by Kate Sheppard, who visited a Oxfam-supported project in Vietnam as a part of the Sixth International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA6) to see how communities living in different ecosystems have adapted... More
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Women Leaders from the Philippines Join Int’l Women’s Conference in Istanbul
Oxfam South Asia blog | 25/04/2012 09:58am |
ISTANBUL, Turkey - More than 2,000 women’s rights activists and grassroots leaders from across the world have come together for the 12th Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) International Forum from 19-22 April, 2012. Themed ... More
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Pakistani Kids Deserve Positive News
Little Things | 05/04/2012 14:38pm |
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Oxfam contributes to the birth of a nation
Oxfam South Asia blog | 30/03/2012 10:26am |
by Sarah Ireland, Regional Director of Oxfam GB, Asia March 26 is Independence Day in Bangladesh, each year the thousands of Martyrs are remembered and people reflect on their own or family’s experience of the liberation war – everyone I know in... More
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Pakistan Floods 2011: Early recovery, a distant dream
Oxfam South Asia blog | 09/03/2012 11:52am |
Six months after the floods of 2011-12 caused severe devastation in Sindh, people are still waiting to put the pieces back together because in many places flood water is still standing. This not only undermines the potential for planting Rabi crops (... More
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Pakistan Floods 2011: Food insecurity & impact on livelihood
Oxfam South Asia blog | 09/03/2012 11:26am |
It has been six months since the 2011-12 monsoon rains caused severe flooding in Sindh affecting nearly five million people. The subsequent loss of seed stock, standing crops, livestock and other productive assets in addition to the reduced labour opportunities... More
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LOVE HAS NO PRIDE
Oxfam South Asia blog | 08/03/2012 09:25am |
Sabarang, Pattani _They say love does not cost a thing. The statement could not be more true to Wasama-aeh Waedeng, if it has any cost, it is still worth fighting for. That thought has never changed since he married his wife, Yoh Sulong when she was... More