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...Oxfam...
...President Bill Clinton, along for the ride in Nigeria, suggested that the U.S. donate a quarter of the needed money. That's the first path. The Bush administration took a hesitant step down the second path last week by announcing its first contribution to the fund: $200 million. As Oxfam has said, the administration left off a zero. If the richest country in world history won't spare a few billion as it cuts taxes by more than a trillion dollars, it will do little to galvanize financial support from other countries and foundations. If students and other concerned citizens...
...Coffee farmers are not paid enough for their produce, according to Fair Trade Cordinator at OXFAM America, Liam J. Brody...
...OXFAM helps these farmers form cooperatives so that they can invest in trucks, plants and have bargaining power when they're dealing with trade merchants. The coffee growers can therefore cut the middlemen, known as coyotes in South America, out of the process...
...OXFAM's Brody contacted Bar Am and offered his support in helping to hold a teach-in at Harvard, and said he would bring a Mexican coffee farmer to speak...