3things is a movement for global goodness. We believe if each of us take small positive steps, together we can make some big changes.
So whether you've got 3 minutes, 3 weeks or more, you can do 3things to change the world...
An initiative of Oxfam Australia.
Stung Meanchey Municipal Dump in Cambodia is a world away from Amy Hanson’s former life as a celebrity reporter for Britain’s Mail on Sunday and yet it marks the beginning of her unglamorous but fulfilling new life, running the Small Steps Project.
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3things takes a look at the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME). Mobilising scores of volunteer uni students (at last count, over 1000) to mentor Indigenous high school students, AIME’s program has proven to dramatically increase the chances of Indigenous children finishing school. The results have been outstanding - this year marks the fourth year running that AIME students have finished school at almost the same rate as every Australian child.
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Ben Pike lived and worked in the Solomon Islands last year as part of the Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development program (AYAD).
When he started working in a hospital in Honiara, he never expected to end up with nine mothers.
Here's his story...
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Oxfam University group members from around Australia joined forces at a three day conference in Sydney last week.
Students came from as far as Perth and Brisbane to share their success stories from past events and to brainstorm ideas for campaigns and events in 2013. The university groups work alongside Oxfam Australia to achieve their vision of a just world without poverty.
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As a relatively new Oxfam volunteer with the Brisbane campaigns team, I was thrilled to be given the opportunity to go out into the field and actually make a difference working on the GROW campaign and raising awareness of the impact of land grabs on small scale food producers in some of the world’s poorest countries.
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The 3things team hit Big Day Out on the hottest day in Sydney's history – January 18, 2013.
But 45 degree temperatures were no deterrent for our awesome gang of volunteers who all made changing the world look SO HOT RIGHT NOW! Sweat patches and all.
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I am not usually one for resolutions. I tend to make them too difficult, unrealistic, depressingly mundane, or so easy that it would be something I would probably have ended up doing anyway.
So this year I am going with something different. This year I am resolving to do 3things. 3things that are not too hard and not too easy, but a bit of a challenge, and that will make an actual difference.
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Telling you not to volunteer this Christmas may seem controversial. But I assure you I have my reasons....
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If you can imagine 50,000 people, an enormous stadium, the biggest band in the world, crazy lights, pyrotechnics… and people dressed as carrots and tacos, then you can only begin to imagine the weekend of concerts that Coldplay invited Oxfam to in Sydney.
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For those who want to escape the hangover of Schoolies, make a difference in the world or just want to do something challenging in their school or uni holidays, here is a list of helpful starting points.
From teaching children English in Kathmandu to helping out in the 3things office, here's how you can make a difference in your down time!
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