my diary 2014

The power of imagination

The unwavering desire to turn dreams into reality

It’s a potent combination that has helped thousands of communities to build a better life. To write their own story. To turn poverty on its head.

Around the world, families are forging a future without poverty for their children. Creating change, one day at a time. It’s a quiet revolution that with the right support will send kids to school, train midwives and health workers, build wells, plant crops, and put food on the table.

With one in eight people in the world going to bed hungry, Oxfam is working hard for a future where everyone always has enough to eat.

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In Cambodia, Oxfam’s ‘pink phones’ project is transforming farmers’ fortunes. Oxfam texts vital information about changes in the weather that might damage the rice, as well as market prices, so farmers can get the most money for their crops.

Thanks to better profits, Chum Kor can now send her little girl to school. [2] Phones are given to women leaders like Som Phalla (1), who are responsible for sharing the information with other families. [3] Women also use the phones to seek emergency health care or to report abuse or violence.

Why pink? The women chose it to make the phones easily identifiable – and to deter men from using them.

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“Yesterday I received a text about the weather and I harvested my vegetables before the storm came.”Chum Kor, farmer

1 Wednesday New Year’s Day

2 ThursdayBank Holiday (Scotland)

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januaryNow, what was that New Year’s resolution?

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did you know? when cranberries are ripe they bounce like a rubber ball

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Twice the rice

From planting to market day, growing rice is hard work. Oxfam is helping farmers in Cambodia to

reap the rewards, using an innovative technique to

grow more rice using fewer seeds and

less water.

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The results speak for themselves

Sopheap Meas has almost trebled

production, from 1.5 to 4 tonnes. With the extra cash she’s been able to buy pigs and chickens

to rear.

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25 SaturdayBurns’ Night (Scotland)

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Fresh loaves put on to bake in a traditional brick oven at a family bakery in Al Hodeidah, Western Yemen.

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Friday 31Chinese New Year

Cultivate a heart of love that knows no anger Cambodian Proverb

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Mushroom magic

They may not be the prettiest vegetable, but they’re nutritious, quick to grow (ten days from planting to harvest), need little space and labour – and they’re in demand.

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That’s why Oxfam is supporting women like Renata Muteteri (aka ‘Mama Nice’) in Rwanda to get into the mushroom business and out of poverty.

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Mushrooms growing on a demonstration plot at G7 Enterprises, one of Oxfam’s partners specialising in mushroom cultivation.

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Saturday 8Parinirvana - Nirvana day (Buddhist)

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Coffee and love taste best when hot Ethiopian Proverb

Norma and Angel Pineda on their wedding day, in Copan, Honduras. Oxfam has been helping the couple, and their community, to grow a variety of vegetables.

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Mushroom ‘Boulettes’

Heat 1 tsp oil in large saucepan. Sautè the mushrooms, onions and garlic over low heat for about five minutes, or until soft.

In large bowl, add mushroom mixture to oats, parmesan, breadcrumbs, eggs, parsley, oregano, salt and pepper. Mix well. Shape into patties.

Heat 1 tbsp oil in large saucepan. Fry patties, cooking about 4 minutes on each side – or until golden brown.

Olive oil3 cups coarse chopped mushrooms (any type or combination of mushrooms)1 finely chopped onion6 cloves chopped garlic2/3 cup oats

1/3 cup grated parmesan2/3 – 3/4 cup breadcrumbs2 eggs1 tsp chopped parsley1 tsp oreganoSalt and pepper

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februaryeggplants are

actually fruits, and

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Women sell their mushrooms back to the Oxfam-supported G7 Enterprises where they are weighed and packaged for sale to hotels and restaurants.

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Mera Naam oxfam‘My name is Oxfam’. Last year, we introduced ourselves to London’s Asian community at the London Mela – a massive multi-cultural festival that attracted over 80,000 people (March cover photo). Our work in South Asia spans 12 countries – from dairy production in Sri Lanka (left), to flood-prevention training in Bangladesh, to rebuilding schools in Pakistan (below).

Amitabh Bachchan , one of India’s mega film stars, volunteered some time in a London Oxfam Shop, before heading up to Yorkshire for the International Indian Film Academy Awards.

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Tuesday 4Carnival/Shrove Tuesday

Wednesday 5Carnival/Ash Wednesday

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Saturday 8International Women’s Day

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marchOxfam has a long history in India (starting in 1951), and one of our first and biggest success stories was a small dairy co-op in Gujarat (left). Today, the Amul Dairy is one of the biggest and most profitable businesses in Asia.

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This illustration is from a disaster-preparedness programme in Bangladesh.

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Monday 17St Patrick’s Day (N Ireland)

Holi (Hindu)

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Thursday 20March Equinox

Friday 21World Poetry Day

Saturday 22World Water Day

Sunday 23

How many times are refried beans refried?

A OnceB TwiceC As many times as possible

Answer: A

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30 Sunday Mothering Sunday

Daylight Saving Time starts

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Imrat Bai checks an insect bag on a Palash tree, Birara Village, India. Imrat will eventually make shellack that she can sell at the local market. Shellach is used to make bracelets, among other things, and will give Imrat a regular income to buy food and other essentials.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone else planted a tree a long time ago

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Beatrice Quayee transplanting rice in the field near her home in River Gee county, Liberia. Life used to be a constant struggle because farmers had no control over water. With Oxfam’s support, they’ve built drainage channels and waterways, and are now using a high-yielding variety of rice.

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april These days Beatrice has every reason to smile – her rice yield has doubled, thanks to the project [1]. Farmer Susanah Edwards cooks rice in her kitchen [2]. She says, “I’m not self-sufficient yet, but I’m nearly there.”

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Monday 7World Health Day

Tuesday 8Ramanavami (Hindu)

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Sunday 13Palm Sunday

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Left: Rice ready for transplanting in River Gee county, Liberia.

april14 Monday

15 TuesdayPassover (Jewish)

16 Wednesday

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18 FridayGood Friday

19 Saturday

20 Sunday Easter Sunday

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Monday 21Easter Monday

Bank holiday

Tuesday 22Earth Day

Wednesday 23Shakespeare’s Birthday

St. George’s Day (England)

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Rice is a staple food for approximatley what percentage of the world’s polulation?

A 50%B 35%C 20%

Answer: A

april28 Monday

29 TuesdayInternational Dance Day

30 Wednesday

Right: Zenaib Daoud carries back supplies from an Oxfam food distribution in drought-stricken Chad.

In the UK, Oxfam campaigners stage a stunt at the Angel of the North to raise attention to ‘land grabs’, which rob poor families of their homes and livelihoods as rich countries and governments buy up agricultural land.

Photo:Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

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3 SaturdayWorld Press Freedom Day

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An ancient irrigation system is helping communities in Bolivia to cope with the effects of climate change. With Oxfam’s support, farmers like Walter Mercados (May cover photo) are resurrecting an irrigation system based on camellones - or literally, ‘camel humps’ of raised earth. This system makes it possible to grow food and improve soil quality – even if floods or droughts strike.

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water works

These earth mounds are surrounded by water channels to keep crops happy and healthy – and provide somewhere for farmers to breed fish.

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maymay5 MondayMay Day Bank Holiday

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a thrashing river is a fisherman’s bountY Bolivian proverb

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A popular Bolivian fish recipe is ‘Chicharron de Pacu’ made with grilled Pacu, rice and yucca.

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Wednesday 14Wesak or Buddha day (Buddhist)

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Pacu are native to South America and are considered ideal farm fish. They can tolerate low-oxygen water, don’t require expensive protein feed and can be raised all year round.

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roughly how many varieties of watermellon exist?

A 400B 800C 1,200

School offers a safe haven, and the chance of a better future, for children at Ngilima school in the conflict-riven Democratic Republic of Congo.Photo: Simon Rawles/ Oxfam

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“With the money I have earned from selling my pineapple cuttings, I was able to buy a goat, and food and medicine for my children. Now I have hope for the future.”Annonciata Mukamana, pineapple grower

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Annonciata (next page), a single mum of three, would be considered very poor even by Rwandan standards. But this is quickly changing – and it’s all thanks to pineapples.

Oxfam is helping women farmers to set up their own farm-supply businesses producing pineapple cuttings, which fetch a good price. As a result of the project, hundreds of women are earning a decent, steady income for the first time in their lives.

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5 ThursdayWorld Environment Day

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how long does it take for a pinapple to mature?

A 2 YearsB 1 YearC 6 months

Answer: A

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june23 Monday

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28 SaturdayRamadan begins (Muslim)

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It’s a great day for getting the washing dry… but the hot sun is hard on crops in Ruti, Zimbabwe. Oxfam is piping water from a nearby reservoir to irrigate the parched land.

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Asri Bai (July cover photo) outside her house, built as part of a government rehousing scheme in Chhattisgarh state, India. Asri was among those who had to leave the forest land her family had relied on for generations. Many families complain that their new land is significantly less fertile and – like millions of people worldwide – they struggle to grow enough food or earn a living.

Oxfam is campaigning for a world where everyone always has enough to eat, and is helping communities to make their land more fertile and productive.

(Above) A young girl enjoying the end of her school day outside her new home.

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Two-year-old Madhuri plays with her dad.

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A harvest of peace grows from seeds of contentment Indian proverb

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“How did we do?” Oxfam’s free telephone hotline (written in the local ‘patois’) gave people the opportunity to give honest and open feedback about our cholera treatment and prevention programme in Sierra Leone.

We aim to continually adapt and improve our emergency response work by asking people what we did well – and what we could do better in future.

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water danceWomen sing and dance to celebrate the arrival of clean water in Nawoyatir village in Turkana, Kenya, after Oxfam drilled a borehole and installed hand pumps. The whole community is overjoyed about the difference that this vital source of clean water will make to their lives. “The song just comes by itself,” laughs Helen Ewoton (below and left). “Water is life for the world.”

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9 SaturdayInternational Day of the World’s Indigenous People

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august Drilling engineer Henry Kaisa (below), one of the specialist team of water engineers, in Nawoyatir, Kenya.

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A water point with a run-off channel was laid three days after drilling, and the water flushed through until it ran clear. At least 12,500 people in the area now have a supply of clean, safe water, which should dramatically reduce the rate of waterborne disease.

Photos: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

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19 TuesdayWorld Humanitarian Day

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Children play in fresh water from the Oxfam-installed borehole in their village in Kenya’s arid Turkana region. Only 15 per cent of the largely nomadic population of Turkana has a reliable water supply.

Hold a true friend with both hands African Proverb

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Thanks to the supply of fresh, clean water to her village in rural Kenya, the future looks brighter for five-year-old Ikoli Emurai.

Photo: Kieran Doherty/Oxfam

See for yourselfWe took Barnsley mum Jodie Sandford to Zimbabwe as part of the ‘See for Yourself’ scheme to show supporters the difference they make. Jodie visited Gutu, where an Oxfam irrigation project is helping hundreds of families to grow more food and end hunger.

“I can’t tell you how amazing this was, to hear and see all this for myself,” says Jodie. “This work really is changing people’s lives.”

Jodie helped us produce a short TV advert to help raise funds through regular giving. See for yourself at http://bit.ly/HBZ5eL

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The conflict in Yemen sent food prices through the roof and left millions of ordinary people unable to feed their families. Khadija Ahmel Abuaqoa, her husband Ahmed and four of their eight children are one of thousands of families to be supported by Oxfam through the crisis and were given a cash grant to buy food.

September cover photo: Aisha thinks she is 100 years old: “I’m so happy to get this help. My heart and hands are full of your kindness; I can feel there is someone looking after me.”

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People waiting for a government cash grant distribution at the local council office in Al-Malaheet. Oxfam has also given cash grants to more than 400,000 people so they can buy food to feed their families along with medicines and other essentials.

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Monday 8International Literacy Day

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An Oxfam-run hygiene awareness session to help families stay healthy in difficult conditions.

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september

2 9 16 24Rice for sale at Al-Hawak wholesale market in Yemen.

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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child Bantu Proverb

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Eid-al-Adha (Muslim)

5 Sunday World Teachers’ Day

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Warya makes mud channels that allow water to flow and irrigate her vegetable garden. Years of severe drought have left communities across West Africa struggling to survive. Here in Mauritania, Oxfam helped communities to build a dam that is bringing fresh hope to families – and putting food on the table.

“The first thing we need is water, always water. It is the dam that has brought us these vegetables. Without the dam there would be nothing here - no wells, no gardens.”

Women in Natriguel (October cover photo) draw water from one of the few wells that hasn’t run dry.

room to grow

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october what’s the only food that doesn’t spoil?

A Yeast extractB HoneyC Liquorice

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Tuesday 21

Wednesday 22

Thursday 23Diwali/Deepavali (Hindu)

Friday 24

Saturday 25

Sunday 26Daylight Saving Time ends

what’s the only food that doesn’t spoil?

A Yeast extractB HoneyC Liquorice

27 Monday

28 Tuesday

29 Wednesday

30 Thursday

31 FridayHallowe’en

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Girls run home during a heavy downpour in Monrovia, Liberia. In communities prone to cholera, Oxfam is providing innovative latrines that break waste down into compost and are easy to maintain.

When the music changes, so does the dance African proverb

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Blur guitarist Graham Coxon shops for vinyl in a London Oxfam shop before playing a gig there to help launch Oxjam 2012. Oxjam is made up of hundreds of poverty-busting music events across the UK throughout October.

Find out more at: www.oxfam.org.uk/oxjam

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1 SaturdayAll Saints’ Day

2 Sunday All Souls’ Day

november

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The Oxfam public health team uses colourful signboards around the camp to inform people about good health practices, with graphics and pictures for people who cannot read.

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team cleanSupplying water to 30,000 refugees is no mean feat. But in Jamam Camp in South Sudan Oxfam is doing just that. Conflict forced families across the border to set up makeshift homes in this remote region – and staying healthy is a constant challenge.

(November cover photo) Voluntary members of the Oxfam water and sanitation committee head into Jamam refugee camp to spread vital messages to young women about good hygiene practices to help prevent diarrhoea and disease.

(Below) Ever-resourceful, these young boys have found a way to make their own toys – carefully-constructed mud helicopters.

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3 Monday

4 Tuesday

5 WednesdayGuy Fawkes’ Day

6 Thursday

7 Friday

8 Saturday

9 Sunday Remembrance Sunday

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Monday 10

Tuesday 11Remembrance Day

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Refugees queue up to receive buckets and soap as part of Oxfam’s public health campaign to reduce the spread of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea and Hepatitis E.

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Below: Young boys have set up small stalls at the side of the road to earn a little income for their parents. Most sell a few pulses, salt, beans, soap and pairs of sandals.

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Above: Oxfam provides tools and building materials to enable families to build their own latrines and bathing shelters. The Oxfam drilling team work to improve the water supply.

A family collects water at dusk. The soft, loose soil in the refugee camp means that drilling boreholes has been problematic, so most of the water is trucked in from boreholes a few miles away and emptied into tanks.

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Monday 24

Tuesday 25International Day for the Elimination

of Violence against Women

Wednesday 26

Thursday 27

Friday 28

Saturday 29

Sunday 30St Andrew’s Day (Scotland)

First Advent

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what is believed to be the oldest vegetable known to humankind?

A The PeaB CauliflowerC Broccoli

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1 MondayWorld AIDS Day

2 Tuesday

3 WednesdayInternational Day of People with Disability

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6 Saturday

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Noorkishili Naing’isa prepares food at her home in Ngorogoro, Tanzania (December cover photo). Oxfam has been supporting communities here for several years – helping women especially to earn a living.

Noorkishili is a community leader and along with her friends and neighbours is slowly but surely, gaining confidence and independence

– and a route out of poverty.

Noorkishili uses a gourd to milk one of her cows. She bought her first cow with profits from an Oxfam-supported women’s enterprise, making traditional beadwork. Now she has more than 50 cows – and enough milk to keep her family healthy.

cash cows

“If you depend completely on a man, you have no say. But if you have something for yourself, he will negotiate and listen. That is the difference that has come with Oxfam.”

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The mobile phone has probably done more than anything else to make it possible for Maasai women to join together to earn an income and stand up for their rights.

Noorkishili says: “I can measure my steps forward by Oxfam workshops. The first was in 1998. The Noorkishili of that time could not talk in front of men. Now I can tell them: ‘Stop – while I have my say.’

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Tuesday 9

Wednesday 10Human Rights Day

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16 Tuesday

17 WednesdayHanukkah

18 Thursday

19 Friday

20 Saturday

21 Sunday Winter Solstice

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It’s December 1960, and 15-year-old Grace Stelford from Cambridgeshire displays the Christmas cards she is designing and selling to friends and relatives to raise money for Oxfam.

Retro designs are increasingly popular. The two cards on the left were first sold in 1975 and were among our best-sellers last Christmas.

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Tuesday 23

Wednesday 24Christmas Eve

Thursday 25Christmas Day

Friday 26Boxing Day

Saturday 27

Sunday 28

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30 Tuesday

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Now. What’ll be my New Year’s resolution for 2015?

Moonlight breaks from behind the clouds over Jamam refugee camp in South Sudan.

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Vo To Touvan and his family have been growing rice and much more thanks to Oxfam’s support with seedlings, fertiliser and irrigation systems. Phin B village, Saravane Province, Laos. Photo: Timothy Herbert/Oxfam Australia

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Nearly 1,000 people from the village of Kalambaogo in Burkina Faso were involved in Oxfam’s

‘cash-for-work’ project during the food crisis across West Africa.

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