What started out as a small event by 15 men has grown into a nationwide campaign encouraging boys and men to tackle sexual exploitation.
Ping Pong-A-Thon is an awareness-raising and fundraising campaign that takes place in local churches, sporting clubs, schools and pubs. Men play table tennis for three hours and are sponsored by their family ...
Wesley Mission Victoria has appointed Paul Linossier as its new Chief Executive Officer.
Mr Linossier joins Wesley Mission Victoria from Our Watch, where he served as the inaugural CEO since 2013. Our Watch aims to prevent violence against women and children in Australia.
Mr Linossier has worked in the community and public sectors for many than 30 years and ...
The Syrian conflict has been described as the largest humanitarian crisis in a generation. Almost half of Syria’s population have either sought sanctuary in another country or are internally displaced.
As neighbouring countries buckle under the weight of the mass exodus, thousands are undertaking a dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea to find hope and safety in Europe.
Two Al-Jazeera journalists jailed for disseminating ‘false news’ and aiding a terrorist group have been pardoned by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Egyptian journalist Baher Mohamed and his Canadian colleague Mohamed Fahmy were last month sentenced to three years in prison. At least 16,000 people have been jailed in Egypt in the security crackdown following Mr Sisi’s rise to ...
Share has pledged just under $1 million to more than 20 UnitingCare agencies throughout Victoria and Tasmania. It comes after the Federal Government announced it will cut $271 million to social service grants across Australia.
Director of Share, Angela Goodwin, said distributing the funds is an important initiative in a bid to help agencies provide ...
A Four Corners investigation earlier this year revealed that overseas workers are being trafficked to Australia and forced to work long hours for low pay.
The report revealed that some migrants worked up to 22 hours a day for as low as $4 an hour.
The main industries implicated in the labour exploitation schemes were construction, hospitality, and fresh ...
The world is today witnessing the largest refugee crisis since World War II. Conflict, civil war and persecution have forced nearly 60 million people to flee their homes and seek safety elsewhere.
The last year alone saw an increase of more than 8 million refugees worldwide, the biggest yearly increase in recorded history. Over half of the world’s refugees ...
The Uniting Church in Australia will officially support the People’s Climate Marches taking place around Australia and the world in November.
The marches are scheduled for the weekend of 27-29 November 2015, ahead of UN climate talks in Paris. They are expected to take place in hundreds of major cities throughout the world. The Melbourne march will begin at ...
More than 100 people gathered at the Centre for Theology and Ministry last weekend for the annual Justice and International Mission unit convention.
This year’s convention explored the theme ‘What kind of Australia do we want to be?’
The convention opened with an acknowledgement of country by Rev Ken Sumner, Victorian state director for the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander ...
Australia will have a new Prime Minister following the dramatic leadership spill on Monday night. In the space of a few hours, Malcolm Turnbull replaced Tony Abbott as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and became the 29th Prime Minister of Australia.
While it is easy to create caricatures out of public figures, behind every politician ...
The Australian Government’s decision to increase Australia’s refugee intake by 12,000 has galvanised advocacy groups and community members into action.
As the Syrian refugee crisis continues to unfold many Church and other community groups are putting their hands up with offers of practical assistance and support.
A range of NGOs, including representatives from UnitingCare, is meeting with senior government ...
By Cath Taylor
Mother Theresa is credited with saying: “We cannot do great things, only small things with great love.”
Sometimes, perhaps we can do both.
Kakuma refugee camp is a sprawling mass of humanity on the border between Kenya and South Sudan. Under canvas and tin supplied by the UNHCR and the Kenyan government, more than 150,000 ...
