Tag Archive for: social justice

Wesley Mission’s Long-Serving, Faithful CEO Rev Keith Garner Gets Ready to Retire

By: Beth Rivers

Reverend Keith Garner AM who has served as CEO of Wesley Mission for the past 15 years, and a total of 40 years in the field of leading faith-based organisations, has just announced his retirement – leaving some big shoes to fill. Read more

A21 Global Summit – Find Out How You Can Be Part of the Solution to End Human Trafficking

By: Laura Bennett

Over the duration of this pandemic, the reality of human trafficking and the online exploitation of young girls and women, in particular, has been an increased area of concern. Read more

Moving Aussie Film ‘Hearts and Bones’ is Close to Home for Former Refugee Andrew Luri

By: Laura Bennett

Sudanese-Australian Andrew Luri had never acted before he got the gig to star alongside Aussie A-lister Hugo Weaving in Hearts and Bones – but the first-timer certainly proves his worth in the poignant Australian drama. Read more

Mum Thanks God for Her Daughter’s Miracle

By: CBM Australia

Here is a heartfelt letter from Frenil, a mum in the Philippines whose 13 year old daughter received a Miracle thanks to someone giving on Miracles Day. The letter was written in July 2020. Read more

When an Aussie Mum Witnesses the Miracle of Sight

By: CBM Australia

Never in her wildest dreams, would mum-of-three Mariska Meldrum have pictured herself standing in a small shack on a remote island in the Philippines, watching someone have eye surgery.
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Dr Catherine Hamlin, the Aussie who Change Ethiopia, has Died Age 96

By: Clare Bruce

Dr Catherine Hamlin, the Australian woman who changed the face of Ethiopia with her dream of eradicating obstetric fistula in that nation, has died Wednesday at her home in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more

When the World Sends You Garbage, Send Back Music

By: Sheridan Voysey

Cateura is a small slum in Paraguay, South America, built on a rubbish tip. Desperately poor, its villagers eke out a living by recycling and selling whatever they can find in the garbage. But from these unpromising conditions something beautiful has emerged – an orchestra. Read more

Rend Collective Band Leader Chosen by Sponsor Child

By: Kim Wilkinson

On the eve of their sell-out Australian tour, Rend Collective’s Gareth Gilkeson opened up about being one of the last to be chosen as a Child Sponsor. Read more

I See You… Miracles Day through the Eyes of Radio Listener Lyn Wake

By: Lyn Wake

Like many Australians, I have always loved travelling, and experiencing the unique sights, sounds and flavours that accompany exploring a new country. Read more

Gungor, Katie Noonan & East to Headline Beyond Festival

By: Clare Bruce

Another incredible lineup is set to grace the stage and get revellers dancing – and thinking deeply – at Beyond Festival this year in the Kangaroo Valley. Read more