Looking Towards Our Future

Adizah Tejani

Life as a global citizen….

Tag: OXFAM

  • Oxfam Pramble 2011

    Last weekend I was down at the Millennium Bridge in London to welcome the Oxfam Pramble team. So what is it all about? Let some of the volunteers tell you themselves: Have a look at  their route, all the way from London to Manchester showing their interactive journey! Another cool part of the finish line… Read.

  • Last week I had the chance to pop down to the Dalston Oxfam shop in Hackney to go to the Valentine’s climate change action evening. Kevin the Manager was on the door and told me “it’s nice to use the shop as a campaign outlet for Oxfam, as not everyone knows about our work. It’s… Read.

  • The Billionaire, The Rock Star and Us

    On Monday evening I had the chance to go along to Living Proof, which was hosted by Bill and Melinda Gates, and attended by many of the international development world including DFID Ministers, heads of all major NGO’s and lets not forget ONE co founder Bono. I bumped into my fellow campaigner Jen Crago (Outreach… Read.

  • Shout about it!!

    Last Saturday I shouted and shouted and shouted some more! What about? Well MDGs (the Millennium Development Goals). This week that is what world leaders (or their deputy ministers in some cases) turned their attention to New York at the United Nations MDG Summit. I thought it best I shout my message out through a… Read.

  • Nothing to do this summer? ……………Why not volunteer.

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    As summer approaches there are many students looking for something to do with their time. With many of us struggling to find a job an alternative is to volunteer or be an intern. I have been volunteering for a while with many different types of organisations. It began with Orange RockCrops in 2008 where the… Read.

  • 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.