Tag Archive for: poverty

1000 Cubes for 1000 Chickens

By: Tyler Fisher

Solving 1000 Rubik cubes for 1000 chickens in 7 hours appears impossible, but Tingman is up for the challenge.  Read more

“Rebels Attacked… So We Lost Some of Our Families. I Lost My Dad.”

By: Berlinda Fortin

“We just came here with our free hands, because there was a war. Life in South Sudan was not easy, so we had to travel here.” Read more

Hidden Homeless: New Data Reveals a Crisis

By: Mike Crooks

The scourge of homelessness is getting worse in Australia. Read more

When Safe Water Flows, Everything Changes

By: Amanda Viviers

World Water Day on March 22 is observed globally each year to highlight the importance of fresh water. Read more

Women and Girls Suffering the Most In Global Food Crisis

By: Clare Bruce

As the world suffers an unprecedented global food crisis, it is women and girls who are bearing the greatest burden of hunger. Read more

Women Church Leaders Calling on Government to Share Vaccines with World’s Poor

By: Amy Cheng

Australia should share vaccines with poorer countries to reduce the impact of a “two-track pandemic”, according to women leaders from Australian church denominations and organisations. Read more

Meet the Australian Surgeon Changing the Lives of Women in Africa

By: Katrina Roe

Today, two million African women suffer from obstetric fistulas. Read more

The Five Big Drivers of Poverty in Australia

by: Rosie Kendall – CEO of CAP Australia

In their Post-Budget analysis , Dr Cassandra Goldie CEO of Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) stated that the 2020-2021 Federal Budget, announced last week, will leave millions of people stranded – saying that “we cannot allow the outcome of this crisis to be 1.6 million people left stranded in poverty on JobSeeker”. Read more

Compassion Week

By: Sharon Fitness

Each year ACCTV likes to dedicate one week to the remarkable efforts of Compassion and other like-minded organisations doing impressive work amongst the poor and marginalised throughout the world, particularly children.
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Mercy Ships Helps Gamai Reach for a New Life

By: Global News Alliance

Gamai was just a toddler growing up in Guinea, West Africa, when she pulled a pot of boiling water over and badly burned her arms.
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