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The concept of Shwopping is so clever, I think. The idea is that every time someone goes shopping, they can take an unwanted item of clothing and pop it in the recycling bin in their M&S store for Oxfam.
Joanna Lumley
Time
Shopping
Recycling
Clever
Unwanted
Every
Think
Every Time
Someone
Take
Idea
Concept
Item
Goes
Oxfam
Clothing
Store
Pop
Bin
I edit things down, and I've got a massive dressing room in the country, and so all the things I'm not going to wear but don't want to get rid of go there. And all the stuff I want to get rid of goes to Oxfam.
Kate Moss
Country
Down
Wear
Dressing
Dressing Room
Stuff
Massive
Edit
Got
Go
Get
Goes
Going
Oxfam
Want
Room
Rid
Things
As chefs, we work with organizations like Oxfam to enrich their projects with culinary tools, recipes and ideas.
Jose Andres
Work
Recipes
Enrich
Tools
Projects
Like
Ideas
Chefs
Culinary
Oxfam
Organizations
I was approached by Oxfam to go to Mali as their ambassador and get involved in their various initiatives out there. But I felt that was missing the point of using me, a musician.
Damon Albarn
Me
Musician
Out
Various
Point
Missing
Involved
Felt
Go
Ambassador
Get
Oxfam
Using
Initiatives
I was an aid worker for a decade and then worked in the voluntary sector in the U.K. on U.K. child poverty and with the NSPCC and Save the Children. But I had worked for ten years with Oxfam.
Jo Cox
Poverty
Aid
Sector
Ten
Ten Years
Had
Voluntary
Years
Decade
Child
Oxfam
Children
Then
Worked
Worker
Save
Oxfam believes that any global talks to reform tax rules must include all countries, including the poorest.
Winnie Byanyima
Rules
Must
Countries
Global
Talks
Reform
Any
Oxfam
Tax
Poorest
Include
Including
Believes
Ultimately, developing countries and groups like Oxfam want to see a new intergovernmental body on cooperation in tax matters under the auspices of the United Nations.
Winnie Byanyima
Matters
United Nations
See
Developing
Developing Countries
Countries
New
Like
Ultimately
Nations
Oxfam
Tax
Want
Body
Groups
Cooperation
United
Oxfam is part of a global movement for social justice. We mainly work to fight for economic and social rights for people without a voice or people who are oppressed.
Winnie Byanyima
Work
Justice
Rights
Fight
People
Voice
Economic
Part
Mainly
Global
Without
Oppressed
Oxfam
Movement
Social
Social Justice
Who
Governments of rich countries spend some $6bn of tax money a year on disaster relief and development aid overseas, while each new earthquake, famine or tidal wave can attract 1,000 aid organisations, from the United Nations Children's Fund and Oxfam to the 'Jesus Brigades' of the American south and other charitable adventurers.
James Buchan
Money
Year
Rich
United Nations
Aid
Other
Wave
Spend
Earthquake
Relief
Charitable
Some
Development
Countries
Adventurers
New
Disaster
Attract
Tidal
Overseas
South
Governments
American
Nations
Oxfam
Famine
Tax
Children
Tax Money
While
Rich Countries
Organisations
Each
Brigade
Fund
United
Jesus