Oxfam Club UMBC

03/11/2014

Hey everyone! Tonight's the night! Faizun Kamal, founder of sourceFK will be speaking in the Skylight Room at 7pm. Her organization partners with women in Asia and promotes their craft while promoting their economic success.

Tonight!
Enjoy today's weather

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUpDvnXlTwE

Faizun Kamal explains how SourceFK has used social entrepreneurship to preserve ancient crafts and traditions while creating lasting employment for communiti...

02/22/2014

Happy Friday guys! Don't forget to come to our general meeting this upcoming Monday (2/24) in SOND 109 from 12-1pm. See you there!

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/02/140220-women-rights-afghanistan-karzai-arab-spring-sharia-world/

Polygamy, stoning of adulterers, virginity testing, and laws that protect batterers are on the rise in increasingly conservative nations.

02/10/2014

Our first meeting of the semester is tomorrow from 12-1pm at SOND 109. Hope to see you guys there!

12/05/2013

Thanks to everyone who came out to our event tonight! :)

12/04/2013

The Hunger Banquet is happening right now! Commons 329!

12/04/2013

Hunger Banquet. Tomorrow. 5-7pm. Commons 329.

BE THERE OR BE SQUARE.

12/03/2013

Hey, you. Yeah, YOU! Guess what? D-2 until the Hunger Banquet! https://www.facebook.com/events/180355838836775/

In the meantime, build up your knowledge about the global hunger crisis. http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/hunger-holidays-climate/20348692

Charitable food donations increase around the holidays, but for the 842 million people living in hunger, the problem of food distribution is not just a seasonal struggle.

12/01/2013

Meeting tomorrow in SOND109 from 12-1pm! Get the deets on the Hunger Banquet!

12/01/2013

D-3 until our Hunger Banquet! Check out the event at https://www.facebook.com/events/180355838836775/.

http://www.rappler.com/move-ph/issues/hunger/specials/rich-media/44898-2013-global-hunger-index

The Global Hunger Index is a measuring tool used to assess the state of hunger in the world using country-level data.

11/25/2013

http://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/pressreleases/oxfam-warns-time-is-running-out-to-help-rice-farmers-in-areas-of-philippines-devastated-by-typhoon-haiyan

MANILA, Philippines, Nov. 21, 2013 –Millions of people in the Philippines will go hungry in the coming months if rice farmers don’t receive urgent assistance, today warned Oxfam, an international humanitarian relief and development organization. Typhoon Haiyan wiped out one-third of the country’s ri...

11/17/2013

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/335832/cbb/oxfam-aid-continues-to-reach-families-affected-by-typhoon-haiyan

More information about Oxfam's response to Typhoon Haiyan can be found at http://www.oxfamamerica.org/TyphoonHaiyan.

Oxfam continues to reach more people affected by typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines as it delivered emergency relief starting on Friday afternoon (15 November) in the northern tip of Cebu.

11/11/2013

Meeting TODAY in SOND 109 at Free Hour! See everyone there :)