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Project Compassion Gets Underway: Building Opportunity in Cambodia.

Caritas Australia's Project Compassion, the largest fundraising event for aid and development in the country, is underway giving Australians a chance to support the poorest communities in the world realise a better future..

  • The two months off - well over due

    The Australian cricketers get two months off after their March New Zealand tour and its not before time says Well-Being Australia chairman, a Baptist minister and cricket chaplain of 26 years.

  • A water sports family

    Jeanine Treharne, champion yachtswoman in her own right, multi-media yachting personality and spouse of Hugh Treharne, the Tactician on 'Australia II' that won the America's Cup in 1983, spoke to the Australian Missionary News IPTV.

  • Interviewing one of the world's top coaches

    As elite sports coaches go, one could hardly find one more experienced than Diving\'s Hui Tong. After an illustrious career diving for China, he spent 10 years coaching Olympic and World Cup diving teams in Canada, he came to Australia in 2001 to take up the Australian and the Australian Institute of Sport\'s Head Coaching role.

  • Sydney Soaks up Jazz for Justice

    Last night Sydneyites transformed the bustling city thoroughfare of Martin Place into a relaxed, atmospheric picnic ground, as Caritas Australia and AusAID presented the open-aired concert, Jazz for Justice.

  • Atheism, naturalism replacing Christianity, apologist says

    America once stood on the foundation of God\'s Word. But that foundation is crumbling – even in the church – and being replaced by man\'s word, observed one Christian apologist.

  • Caritas Australia launches 2010 Project Compassion

    Across Australia today people are unfolding their cardboard money boxes which have been the trademark of Caritas Australia's Project Compassion for over 45 years.

  • Refreshed mission web site is lighter

    The well known \'bushorchestra\' web site of Mark and Delma Tronson\'s Ministry (Well-Being Australia) has had a facelift. It is now both \'lighter\' in appearance and has 'lighter' content on the front page. It has received acclaim from colleagues and Mark Tronson hopes that all readers will find it even more \'user friendly\' than the previous version.

  • Three key developments in twelve months

    It is twelve months ago that Olympian of the Century, Carl Lewis, presented an Australian couple, Mark and Delma Tronson, an international award and Gold Medals at a glittering event held the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott ballroom on February 16.

  • Basil Sellers reflects on family, sport and art

    Basil Sellers AM spoke to the Australian Missionary News IPTV anchorman Mark Tronson on the things that have been of particular interest to him outside his business and philanthropic work. These are family, sport and art.

  • Auslan class a huge help

    Well-Being Australia\'s Delma Tronson has a congenital hearing difficulty. For many years she has attended AUSLAN (Australian Sign Language) classes, held in venues from Moruya on the south coast of NSW to Tweed Heads, to The Pines in Queensland. Although these lessons have come in a variety of formats, she has now gained some aptitude in communicating in AUSLAN, and she finds it of great benefit.

  • Nett Knox arrived in Vancouver, asking Australians to pray for more snow

    Nett Knox, Australian Sports Chaplain at the Vancouver Winter Olympics is asking Australians, 'please pray for more Snow'.