Oxfam Ireland

Oxfam is one of the world’s leading development agencies and highly respected within the NGO community. Oxfam Ireland works closely with their sister organizations who share one important vision: A just world without poverty.
If you don’t have the financial means to donate money or can’t afford to volunteer overseas there are other fun ways you can help Oxfam achieve their goals. You can for example join the group of Oxfam knitters and make hats and hand-​warmers while watching the tellie and donate to one of their many charity shops (but they run 46 shops across Ireland).

Oxfam are one of those big NGOs that seem to have their finger in every pie going — climate change, the travesty of the DRC, musical events, shops… the list is endless. The Dublin branch is no different, with shops dotted around the city and a very highly visible presence around about (now if only they could forget about those damn chuggers that accost me on the street because I apparently look ‘approachable’!). They do good work though, recently bringing in a sand sculptor (whoever thinks as a kid that that’s their life’s ambition has far more imagination than I do!!) to highlight their most recent campaign about climate change. They work hard to get the public involved, and that’s commendable, though I still maintain that chugging should be illegal. It’s just annoying.