Posts Tagged ‘West Papua’

December E-News

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Share In this issue:  Farewell, 2011 |  Last Days for Gift Card Orders – Everything in Common |  West Papua – A Partner in Crisis | A New Year’s Resolution | Dollar for Dollar Initiative means UCA Horn of Africa Appeal nears Half a Million | Transform your Church through Lent Event 2012 |  What your Support has meant in 2011 |  From all of us at UnitingWorld… Farewell,... Read More »

Puddings, Fishy Business and West Papua #14 #EIC

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Now here’s a little story of local innovation that we particularly liked- not least because it involves a whole lot of pudding mix.  Adamstown Uniting are a congregation with a lot of flair, even though like many Uniting Churches  they sometimes struggle to get exactly the right blend of ages along to Sunday worship.  They [...] 

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The Power of Pigs in Rural Bali #9 #EIC

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

Ferdinand from UnitingWorld’s partner in Bali, MBM, shares the story of one woman in rural Bali with Steph Dalton from UnitingWorld. He reflects on how livelihood initiatives, like MBM’s pig fattening project, continue to offer hope to families and communities in rural Bali. This is blog #9 in our Everything in Common series, bringing to [...] 

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Challenging Times for our Partners in West Papua and North India

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

Share West Papua Confrontation looms in West Papua. Thursday December 1st is the 50th anniversary since Papuan independence was first declared and West Papua moved from Dutch colonial rule to a United Nations mandate. That mandate was handed to Indonesia two years later and history now demonstrates West Papua was, somewhat controversially, incorporated into the Republic of Indonesia in 1969 after a... Read More »

A man, a fish farm and hope in West Papua #2 #EIC

Friday, November 11th, 2011

By Rob Floyd – Associate Director, Relief & Development Unit. Rob also blogs here on Development in Real Life. This blog is 2 of 16 on gift ideas from our catalogue and the actual project involved RD03 – Throw out a line: Fishing nets for a fish farmer Over to Rob… Give a man a [...] 

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