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Altruistic careers: Jobs that offer the ‘feel good’ factor

By Chris Bryant

Published: May 8 2007 02:08 | Last updated: May 8 2007 02:08

Drenching actor Colin Firth in cold coffee to draw public attention to trade injustice was probably not what Raakhi Shah imagined she would end up doing when she joined Oxfam more than two years ago.

However, since the 25-year-old started at the charity, having completed a degree in international development and politics, she has needed to become as fluent in celebrity gossip as she is in humanitarian relief issues.

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