Australian aid agencies join in new alliance to help disaster response
Geelong, Australia Sixteen Australian aid agencies, including some of the largest, have joined in a new alliance which aims to help them better raise funds to address large scale international emergencies. The move – which involves faith-based agencies including World Vision, Tearfund Australia, Anglican Overseas Aid, Baptist World Aid Australia and Caritas Australia – has […]
Essay: The human faces of climate change
In an article to mark World Humanitarian Day, DAN SKEHAN, director of international programs at Baptist World Aid Australia, writes about how vulnerable communities have been adapting to the world’s changing climate for a long time…
Soccer-loving Pope Francis gets a new toy: a foosball table
Vatican CityAP Pope Francis has received dozens of soccer jerseys and game balls during his eight-year pontificate but he got a new football-themed toy on Wednesday: his very own foosball table. Pope Francis plays with Natale Tonini, president of Sport Toscana Calcio Balilla association, at the end of the weekly general audience, on Wednesday, 18th […]
Sight-Seeing: Hope in uncertain times
NILS VON KALM reflects on the importance of hope, what he describes as “possibly the deepest of human needs”…
Haitians grow impatient for quake aid as hungry crowd gathers
Les Cayes, Haiti Reuters A hungry crowd gathered outside an airport in southern Haiti on Wednesday as people left homeless by an earthquake that killed some 2,000 people voiced anger that government aid was slow to arrive five days after the disaster, leaving many without food and water. Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who flew to […]