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Oxfam Community Aid Abroad
Diamond Valley Group
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This Months Meeting
Friday August 12th
Annette Selkald
Oxfam Emergencies Officer
Annette was in Darfur in June and will be talking about Oxfam projects and her observations about the desperate situations in the camps.
No matter what the state of tensions are between the insurgents and the government, the camps are likely to be there for a long time.
One of the things Annette wants to tell us about is the development of fuel efficient stoves--targeted mainly at women, so that they need to make fewer trips to the forests.
There are two special reasons here--fuel is getting more and more scarce and the women aare often raped as they go on these journeys.
Another interesting evening assured for DV Oxfam members plus and friends who may wish to come.
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Oxfam Australia Campaigns Unit presents:
Make Poverty History Lecture
from Devinder Sharma
Date: Wednesday 24th August
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: RMIT Casey Plaza Lecture Theatre, Building 10, level 4 (ground level), Room 24
As part of the Make Poverty History Campaign, leading agricultural economist and award-winning journalist, Devinder Sharma will talk about trade, the WTO and agriculture from an Indian perspective
A leading agricultural economist, well known for his views on food and trade policy, Mr. Sharma is at the forefront of the global debates on genetic engineering, globalisation and free trade.
Devinder Sharma will offer his uniquely Indian perspective on global trade issues: (If you require a map please email a request to the below address)
All welcome to attend. There is no cost for this lecture.
Please RSVP to: Alison Ford alisonf@oxfam.org.au
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Diamond Valley Oxfam
Asylum Seekers Resource Centre
Initiative.
We have decided to have an ongoing collection of goods for this centre in West Melbourne, as well as a monthly collection of Met tickets.
Each month we will "pass the envelope" for anyone who can bring along Met tickets (of any description or category) and also have a collection box for long life food, which members of the group will then deliver.
Maree Krohn and a friend of hers have particularly asked if we can do this, and she and other members are willing to deliver the goods.
We will have details of the types of food needed at the meeting, but in the mean time, bringing canned tuna, noodles, tinned fruits, biscuits and toiletries, will make a good start. (Avoid tinned meat)
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We are always very pleased to
receive contributions to this newsletter.
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Thank you to Steve Herbert's office for printing.
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