NEW VICAR NEEDED FOR ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST REMOTE ISLANDS
2nd November, 2015 Looking for some time away from the hustle and bustle of daily life? The remote Ascension Island – located some 1,600 kilometres west of Africa and 2,250 kilometres east of South America in the South Atlantic Ocean – is advertising for a new Anglican vicar. The previous vicar, Father Don Wittich, spent […]
ANOTHER 1.2 MILLION CHILDREN AT RISK OF JOINING THE ESTIMATED TWO MILLION WHO HAVE DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL IN IRAQ, SAYS UNICEF
2nd November, 2015 More than a million more children are at risk of dropping out of school in Iraq and joining the estimated two million already missing school, thanks to the ongoing violence in the country, according to UNICEF. Peter Hawkins, the organisation’s representative in Iraq, said the impact of the conflict on education there […]
REFUGEES: RECORD NUMBERS CONTINUE TO POUR INTO EUROPE AS COLD SETS IN
STEFAN J BOS, of BosNewsLife, reports from Slovenia – one of the nations bearing the brunt of Europe’s refugee crisis…