Papua New Guinea – exotic, untamed and beautiful. Hardly further than a heartbeat away geographically, it’s a country that still holds mysteries aplenty. Rich in natural resources, many of her people are still captive to poverty and PNG has the highest rate of HIV/AIDS infection in the Pacific. Less than 20% of the population live [...] » Read More
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Overcoming isolation – bringing new life in PNG
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012Assembly Guests Embody Uniting Church’s Identity
Thursday, July 12th, 2012Tweet The participation of over 50 guests from 34 overseas churches and partner organisations in the Uniting Church in Australia’s National Assembly in Adelaide next week reflects its determination to cooperate with churches in Asia, the Pacific and Africa as they pursue fullness of life for all people. “We stand with partners as together we discern God’s presence in an increasingly inter-connected... Read More »
“I’m starting a chocolate factory- how about you?”
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012So what would you do if you were given a small loan, at a very low interest rate, to start a business? That was the question I put to a couple of children today, aged between 6 and 11, before giving them a refresher on the whole concept of ‘micro-finance’. “Micro-what?” they said, giving me [...] » Read More
Volun-tourism? Let’s try partnerships.
Saturday, May 19th, 2012‘Volun-tourism’, as it’s become known, is becoming increasingly popular with Australian travellers of all ages. Uni students on Gap years, older people taking advantage of the buoyant Aussie dollar, even families hoping to show their children another way of life are all looking for a way to combine trotting the globe with giving something back. [...] » Read More
Women, Mothers and Hope
Saturday, May 12th, 2012“From my mother’s womb I was untimely ripped!” So goes the famous quote from MacDuff in Shakespeare’s Macbeth as he explains that he was not “born of woman”. Having had to have my two gorgeous children by Caesarian sections due to a back problem, I often have thought about what might have happened if my [...] » Read More
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