Photo of the week: Smiling woman runs her shop as part of UCOA's West Timor Economic Empowerment Project

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New job position vacant. Uniting International Mission seeks an Executive Assistant.

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Successful trip for Knox to Milne Bay

 29/7/08

On July 1st 10 students and 4 staff members from Knox Grammar School in Sydney travelled to Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea and stayed in the village of Lelehudi for 5 days.

The trip was very successful, with the team achieving all that they hoped and learning more than they could have imagined.

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AddValue Gifts Appeal

For every dollar you contribute, we can access up to three more dollars from an Australian Government Grant to support projects in Africa, Asia and the Pacific. To find out more about this appeal, click on the image below.

Papua New Guinea Inflation goes up to 10.7%

28/08/08 INFLATION has shot up to 10.7%, indicating a general increase in the prices of goods and services over the past three months to June 30.

Figures supplied by the National Statistical Office (NSO) indicated an annual headline inflation (June quarter 2007 to June quarter 2008) increase of 3.2%. The March quarter recorded headline inflation at 7.5%.

The increase surpasses Bank of PNG’s earlier assumptions of an inflation at 9% for the remainder of this year, and would be a cause for concern in which BPNG is likely to further tighten monetary policy, increase its signalling kina facility rate (KFR) and other instruments at its disposal to counter price increases.
The NSO said the CPI (consumer price index) showed 3.7% in the June quarter this year, compared to 3.1% in March.

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Melghat Mother and Childcare project

Melghat is known for its high death rate amongst infants and children under five. Since this project began in 2003 there have been no deaths from malnutrition in any of the villages supported by the project. 

Your support is needed to help the project expand to other villages. 

UCOA 2007 Annual Report Available Now

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Lent Event 08

Thankyou to all churches who participated in this year's Lent Event. To give a secure online donation to Lent Event click here and fill out the simple form.  

Help us give the water of life

This year Uniting Church Overseas Aid aims to provide safe water and sanitation for 8 more rural villages in the Pacific. This will help around 8,000 people who lack access to safe, clean water.