Help the Oxfam Australia charity to demand world leaders keep to their word and provide decent health care for the world’s poorest people by knitting a patch for their giant baby blanket.

In the some of the world’s poorer countries, many mums don’t survive the birth their babies. In less than a year, half a million mums will die in poorly equipped hospitals because they can’t afford to pay health care fees. Numerous promises to end this travesty have falling well short in providing enough aid to deliver the medical services required to care for the sick.

Oxfam Australia is calling for knitters across the globe to help send a visual petition to world leaders in September 2008, to show that people won’t sit silently while this injustice continues. Oxfam are hoping for 250,000 ‘patches for poverty’ – one for every mum who should have survived pregnancy in the last six months.

Help Oxfam Australia with a Charity Gift

You can help raise funds with Oxfam Unwrapped, where you can purchase virtual charity presents which make ideal and unusual gift for a loved one.

From as little as £6 you could provide 100 school dinners for children in Brazil, or for £95 you can purchase a camel for a village in the Sudan!

These fantastic gifts are a great way put something back into the world whilst also giving your friends and family a real conversation starter.

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If you’re stuck with old computers cluttering up your house and you were wondering what to do with them, then look no further. Dell computers are offering a recycling service to all owners who are looking to clear away old hardware in a variety of environmentally sound, convenient options for unwanted equipment.

Dell is happy to accept any brand of computer, keyboard, mouse, monitor or printer and pick it up from your home for approximately AU$36 per metro area. Plus, if you hand over a Dell product, they will recycle the product for free.

It’s great to see a company on the scale of Dell becoming involved in important environmental issues such as recycling. The sooner other companies follow their example the better for the planet as a whole.

To start recycling today contact Dell Recycling on 1800 465 890 or email recycling_dell_au@dell.com for more information.

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