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Tearfund calls for prayer for South East Asia

Christians and churches are being called to prayer by Christian relief and development agency Tearfund, as thousands of people face loss and trauma following a week of horrific disasters in South East Asia..

  • UnitingWorld launches Samoa Tsunami Appeal

    In response to reports of the devastating impact of the Samoa tsunami and the enormous relief effort our partner churches face, UnitingWorld has launched an emergency relief appeal.

  • Countdown for the London 2012 Olympic outreach

    The London 2012 Olympics might seem like a world away, but for those in the Christian Olympic outreach ministry, there is a lot of work to do be done before the big event.

  • National Church Planter's Summit breaks down denominational barriers

    A National Church Planter's Summit attended by 22 key figures in Australian church planting has managed to move forward despite denominational and cultural differences.

  • Toowoomba nurses in Africa

    Both Andrea Baile and Deb Louden are nurses from Toowoomba serving onboard the world's largest non-governmental hospital ship in Benin, West Africa, one of the world's poorest nations.

  • World Vision sends urgent assistance to Typhoon Ketsana victims

    International aid agency World Vision today announced it is providing assistance to the thousands more made homeless by Typhoon Ketsana which last night hit Vietnam.

  • Caritas delivers aid as fear of increased death toll in Samoa

    "We were there within 5-6 hours after the tsunami struck delivering assistance. The devastation was astronomical, worse than anything I have ever seen", said Peter Bendinelli Chair of Caritas Samoa.

  • Caritas sends relief teams to Sumatra

    Caritas Australia's local partner agencies Karina and CRS have sent teams specialising in Disaster Response to the heavily affected areas in West Sumatra after a devastating magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit Padang, West Sumatra on Wednesday afternoon.

  • Ronny Wanimbo: teacher to preacher

    The children in the city of Wamena, Papua Indonesia, lost one of their best teachers when Ronny Wanimbo came to the conclusion that he should re-direct his life, and committed himself to the Christian ministry.

  • New service approach reflects new era for UnitingCare Ageing

    UnitingCare Ageing has been named a Community Housing Provider and awarded ongoing status with the Office of Housing following a successful application to create 167 properties as part of the National Affordability Scheme (NRAS) which aims to establish 50,000 new affordable dwellings Australia wide by 2012.

  • UnitingWorld Launches Typhoon Ketsana, Philippines Appeal

    On Saturday, September 26, Typhoon Ketsana brought the equivalent of one month\'s rain in just 12 hours, causing the worst flooding in the Philippines in more than 40 years. To address the immediate need for food, medicine, sanitation, clothing and bedding and to contribute to the rebuilding effort, UnitingWorld plans to raise $30,000 through this appeal.

  • Caritas delivers aid to 50,000 as debris and flooding stalls relief effort.

    Caritas Philippines is rushing aid to 50,000 people in some of the worse affected districts by tropical storm Ketsana ("Typhoon Ondoy"). A representative from Caritas Australia's partner, FCJ, who works in a Quezon City slum next to Manila's largest garbage mountain said, "These people had so very, very little, now it's gone and they have nothing".