I'm delighted to say that the amount raised by the OOG Walk has crossed the £1,600 mark! That's excellent (for comparison, we raised £1,155 last year). Thanks very much to everyone who has already sent in your walk money. If you haven't finished collecting, or have some papers on the sideboard waiting to send them to me, please do finish up as soon as you can now. I wonder whether we can top £2,000?

If you enjoyed the OOGWalk, you might also like to go on the South Downs Safari - two separate walks on 26 September and on 10 October, organized by the Portsmouth Action Group and supporting an Oxfam project to help families in Zimbabwe adapt to climate change. You can get a sponsor form and more details from the South Downs Safari website. If you would be interested in shared transport down to these walks, please let me know - we can possibly organise car-sharing (or a coach if there are enough numbers).

Who would be up for an OOGwalk 2011? We are already beginning to think of a route in Abingdon, and there's a pub on the route already....

DEC Pakistan Floods appeal

The DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee, an umbrella organisation for 13 humanitarian aid agencies) has announced an appeal to help the victims of the floods in Pakistan. OOG is working on what we can do as a group to help. In the meantime, please donate to the DEC appeal .

News and Oxfam's response
Oxfam's web page on the disaster

Audio Reports from Oxfam here:



And here is a short film about the appeal

You can also donate to Oxfam by text message: text 'DONATE' to 70066 to give £5. Oxfam will receive around 85% of your donation depending on your network provider. Plus standard rates apply for text.