News – UnitingWorld

April 12, 2019

Six months have passed since the deadly earthquake and tsunami that devastated the coastal city of Palu on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. 4,340 people were killed and more than 200,000 were displaced from their homes. Our Indonesian staff and church partners lost friends and loved [Read More]

PNG earthquake response: what we’ve achieved together

by UnitingWorld

Highlands earthquake response (PNG), News, Uncategorized

April 11, 2019

A year has passed since a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, killing at least 100 people and displacing 18,000 from their homes. The impacts were massive, with over half a million people in the affected area and more than 270,000 [Read More]

Another missed opportunity to do more for the most vulnerable

by UnitingWorld

News

April 3, 2019

Uniting Church in Australia President Dr Deidre Palmer and national church leaders respond to the 2019 Budget The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Dr Deidre Palmer has encouraged Australians to put the urgent needs of others ahead of short-term self-interest, after the Federal [Read More]

Quarter 1 Update, 2019

by UnitingWorld

News

March 27, 2019

Notes from the National Director Recently I started reading ‘Dare to Lead’ by Brene Brown. In the very first chapter, there was discussion of the brave and courageous organisational culture that is required to succeed in complex, rapidly changing environments full of seemingly intractable challenges [Read More]

A special thank you from Fiji

by UnitingWorld

Education Access in Squatter Settlement (Fiji), News, Project Updates

March 27, 2019

We were thrilled to receive a handwritten letter from a student who has been part of our Informal settlement school subsidy program in Fiji. Mira* just graduated and wanted to say a big thank you to the Uniting Church for supporting her education. Many of [Read More]

Repairing more than roofs

by UnitingWorld

Highlands earthquake response (PNG), News, Project Updates

March 27, 2019

Kina Somare* is wanted throughout the Highlands of Papua New Guinea on numerous counts of violence. Leader of a well-known gang that frequently clashes with others in the region, his face is both known and feared. So when he walks into a peace workshop one [Read More]

Turn the other cheek?

by UnitingWorld

News, Partnering Women for Change (Pacific Region), Project Updates

March 27, 2019

Gender Equality Theology changing hearts and minds in Papua New Guinea Salote and Jone have been married 11 years, members of a Christian church, and have two beautiful children. They love one another, but throughout their marriage they’ve had times of conflict and Jone has [Read More]

Training ministers for disaster recovery in remote Papua New Guinea

by Stephen Robinson

Blogs, Highlands earthquake response (PNG), News, Project Updates

March 19, 2019

At 3:44am on 26 February 2018, Papua New Guinea experienced a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, with its epicentre in the Southern Highlands. The initial quake and landslips resulted in 160 deaths and many more injuries. In the days and weeks that followed, severe aftershocks and landslides [Read More]

What does transformative partnership mean to you?

by UnitingWorld

News, Peacebuilding and Trauma Healing (South Sudan)

February 1, 2019

Rev John Yor Nyker, the General Secretary of the Presbyterian Church of South Sudan (PCOSS) was recently asked the question, "what does transformative partnership mean to you?" His response gave us some insight into the value that he and his church place on their international [Read More]

Theology of gender equality making waves in the Pacific

by UnitingWorld

News, Partnering Women for Change (Pacific Region)

December 20, 2018

UnitingWorld hosted its annual ﬁve-day workshop on Gender Equality Theology in early November. Led by Pacific theologians Rev Dr Cliff Bird and Siera Bird, ministers from partner churches across the Pacific met in Nadi, Fiji, to wrestle with biblical themes of equality and anti-violence. They [Read More]

Thank you for supporting our neighbours in Sulawesi

PNG earthquake response: what we’ve achieved together

Another missed opportunity to do more for the most vulnerable

Quarter 1 Update, 2019

A special thank you from Fiji

Repairing more than roofs

Turn the other cheek?

Training ministers for disaster recovery in remote Papua New Guinea

What does transformative partnership mean to you?

Theology of gender equality making waves in the Pacific

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