our oxfamily...

Last week in Sydney, from the 8th to the 11th, I was privileged enough to spend time with other young uni students doing **AMAZING** work for Oxfam via their Oxfam uni groups, and some fantastic people who are in the process of setting up their own Oxfam uni groups for their campus (yay!!!).

I met with students from the University of Queensland, Uni of Sydney, Uni of NSW, Monash, Uni of Melbourne, Uni of Newcastle (forgive me if I have left anyone out) and over three and a half days, we brainstormed, shared ideas, ate some heaps of awesome food and had a blast. We got the opportunity to speak to around 17 amazing Oxfam staff, from Campaigns Coordinators to Youth Program Coordinators, Advocacy writers, Marketing and Media people, etc.

We formed a National Oxfam Uni Groups Network - Oxfam Unite - which is going to be a fabulous medium for us to share ideas, troubleshoot our problems, support one another and keep in touch :) We have a website, which is going online soon ^_^ so exciting!

I had a remarkable three days, and I think that the others did too :) It's always refreshing to find a group of people that are passionate about the same things that you are, and to connect with them so easily.

Maybe if you have some spare time, you could donate it to Oxfam :) We are always looking for new people, new ideas and inspiration.

Go on... You know you want to :)

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