Anglicans launch appeal for ‘unprecedented’ Tonga disaster
ANGLICANS have been urged to give generously to help Tonga recover after a volcanic eruption caused a tsunami to hit its islands.
Australian aid vital in Pacific COVID-19 fight: Anglican Overseas Aid
THE entire Pacific region is at risk of COVID-19 outbreaks and new variants due to low vaccination rates, an Anglican organisation has warned.
Aid organisation keeping eye on new variant
By Chris Shearer 30 November 2021 IT REMAINS too early to tell if the Omicron COVID-19 variant will hit Anglican Overseas Aid’s project partners, but the organisation is monitoring the situation. AOA’s Church and Community Engagement coordinator Nils von Kalm said their International Programs Manager had told him on 29 November that there was no […]
Will You Spark Hope this Christmas?
For 60 years, Mission Without Borders (MWB) has worked to be Gods hands and feet on the ground in Eastern Europe.
Letters to the Editor
10 November 2021 Nuclear power the only option for Australia Ms Marshall’s commentary (October 2021) epitomises the reason we need to look carefully at what the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports about science, before being carried away with rhetoric from senior United Nations politicians and others, who have certainly used some extravagant language. While […]
While families starve, the world looks away. Will you?
AN UNSEEN crisis is unfolding in Madagascar.
Tireless head of Anglican Overseas Aid to retire in 2022
“CEOs aren’t allowed to have favourites when it comes to programs!” the Reverend Bob Mitchell jokes.
Call for government to fulfil moral responsibility to refugees
ANGLICANS have called on the federal government to act with “justice, mercy and urgency” on two issues relating to its treatment of asylum seekers, with two motions passed by the annual synod.
‘We … must speak out’: Synod condemns Uighur genocide
A motion to condemn the genocide of Uighur Muslims by the Chinese Communist Party sparked debate during Saturday’s session of the 2021 Melbourne Synod.
Local partnership to send medical aid to Uganda
MUCH-NEEDED medical supplies will soon leave Melbourne bound for a small Ugandan hospital, thanks to a partnership between an Anglican church and the Rotary Foundation.
