Our November cover image features Achala, a young Sri Lankan refugee who lives in a camp in Tamil Nadu, India, and her grandmother (and carer) Praveena. Diagnosed with leukaemia in 2015, for the next two years, Achala was in and out of hospital in Chennai for monthly chemotherapy treatments. The Organisation for Eelam Refugee’s Rehabilitation (OfERR) assisted Praveena with hospitalisation and travel expenses and OfERR health workers make regular home visits to her in the camp. OfERR, a partner of Act for Peace, has supported Sri Lankan refugees who fled to Tamil Nadu since 1984. Click here to learn about how one Uniting Church supports Act for Peace through the annual Christmas Bowl appeal. Pic credit Richard Wainwright.
All of the November Crosslight stories are available here. You can also read the digital version here.
Highlights this month include:
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Muslim women stand strong in the face of public attacks on them and their children.
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Iraq veteran Gordon Traill tells how he discovered the healing power of art.
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Is the uniting part over as far as churches go? We look at ecumenism today.
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Rev Peter Burnham reflects on what ‘more time’ means for the terminally ill.
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Unroll your sleeping bags and settle down to look back on 40 years of UCA camping.
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Uniting AgeWell proves you can teach old dogs new tricks.
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