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 [...] » Read More
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Posts Tagged ‘West Papua’
The Power of Pigs in Rural Bali #9 #EIC
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011Challenging Times for our Partners in West Papua and North India
Thursday, November 24th, 2011Share 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, 2011By 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 [...] » Read More
West Papua: Daring to Dream
Monday, October 24th, 2011Papua will never be independent…..don’t you dare to dream!” exclaimed a police officer as Papuans were rounded up last Thursday. Indonesian security forces were targeting a large meeting in Jayapura. This action came in the light of Indonesian Government comments saying the matter of independence for West Papua is “non negotiable”! Indonesian Government authorities... Read More »
The Plight of Cows and People
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011The cruel slaughter of cattle in an Indonesian abattoir recently (ABC TV, 30 May 2010) rightly outraged many Australians. Indeed, the reaction by some was quite forthright, even angry. No animal should suffer in this way. And the Australian Government was quick to act. Cattle exports to our northern neighbour were temporally suspended while an [...] » Read More
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