Looking Towards Our Future

Adizah Tejani

Life as a global citizen….

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  • DFID, OXFAM & AID

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    Yesterday, I attended the speech of Andrew Mitchell at Oxfam’s 21st Century Aid report launch event, at the Royal Society in London. Here is a link to some of his main points. He also answered some of the questions posed to him by OXFAM supporters. One of which was my own focused on awareness raising.… Read.

  • OXFAM Tea Party

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    We all know that a lot of hip people are moving east these days. Well Oxfam have set up an East London Oxfam Campaigning Group in order to foster more involvement in the loving East End. Come along to the Tea Party on the 6th of June at Tina We Salute You @ 5-8pm and… Read.

  • The Oxfam Curiosity Shop

    For all you Londoners that love and want a little bit of celebrity in your life, OXFAM is giving you the chance.  Selfridges and OXFAM have teamed up to create the largest charity pop-up shop. The Oxfam Curiosity Shop is a great idea, and it is only around between the 14th - 20th of May 2010. There… Read.

  • A shining example

    Undergraduate, Rose Melissa Ilboudo 24, has been announced winner of the British Councils International Student Awards, ‘Shine! 2010’. The awards, were hosted in London on April 21 by BBC presenter Konnie Huq, and saw Melissa presented with her prize. Melissa  was one of 1,300 students, from 120 countries who entered the prestigious awards. Her time… Read.

  • Knowledge is power

    The Lost Libraries of Timbuktu BBC4  documentary shows Aminatta Forna‘s journey to Timbuktu in Mali, to research the deep literature and manuscripts. The history of Timbuktu over the centuries shows the importance of scholarship and the power of knowledge. This is not a history which is commonly known. This programme shows a side of African… Read.

  • Update

    I have finally been able to work out how to use many of the features and so this blog is a work in progress. I am leaving to go and start the Platform 2 Project in Ghana for 10 weeks :). So I will try and update the the Platform 2 page as much as… Read.