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Oxfam

  1. The crisis in #Yemen is food, not terror. bit.ly/KtPZDJ #HungerinYemen @CNNimpact
  2. "There is already nothing to eat. What will tomorrow bring?" - Zana Zomena bit.ly/A8NaZp #Chad #foodcrisis #Sahel2012
  3. Imag of the day: The world spends $1.6 trillion each yr on arms, more than it spends on anything else bit.ly/JGr1x1 #armstreaty
  4. Be part of the #AidWatch Club! Add your funny pic of #EU leaders & push them 2keep their #aid promises on.fb.me/KO8XGT @CONCORD_Europe
  5. Dear @noonarabia, thx for putting together such a fantastic #HungerinYemen @Storify bit.ly/KitJf5 #Yemen cc @UNICEFmena
  6. Will the #UK re-set the bar at next year’s #G8 Summit? bit.ly/LsBbSL #GROW #foodjustice
  7. #HungerinYemen worsening: 44% of the #Yemen population is without enough to eat huff.to/MtfMfd @HuffPostUK
  8. RT @robinhood: Amazing news! #RobinHoodTax makes it into Oxford Dictionary bit.ly/JpQRus #toobigtoignore
  9. Test your knowledge of the #Sahel food crisis @UNICEF's #SahelNOW Facebook game: uni.cf/sahelchallenge #Sahel2012
  10. Pls share: Act now on the #Sahel2012 food crisis bit.ly/sahel2012 before it's too late
  11. 18 million people are now at risk bit.ly/LsenT0 we're using #Sahel2012 to express the urgency of this #Sahel #foodcrisis
  12. Humanitarian groups push @BarackObama for bulletproof #armstreaty bloom.bg/JpyBBs v @annamac33
  13. #Cholera has become endemic in eastern #DRC: bit.ly/LE5kof @carooxfam blogs from behind the (prison) walls
  14. #Cholera has become endemic in eastern #DRC: bit.ly/LE5kof @carooxfam blogs from behind the (prison) walls
  15. Photo of the day: Young girl waits in line at Oxfam's cash distribution #Yemen bit.ly/LqGx0O #HungerinYemen
  16. UN estimates 267,000 children are #HungryinYemen, facing #malnutrition bit.ly/KdRK74 Friends of #Yemen Conference must act
  17. Overwhelming majority at European Parliament backs #EU-wide financial transactions tax bit.ly/KdQaSI @OxfamEU #RHT #FTT
  18. #RobinHoodTax would boost #growth & help fight #poverty oxf.am/Jq4 @OxfamEU #RHT #FTT