At a gathering for the aid agency Tearfund, the subject is their Zambia-based partner with a fascinating name, Reformed Open Community Schools (ROCS). This writer expects a story about a small network of schools. Instead, Marlon Phiri, who heads up… Continue Reading
Christian aid agency Samaritan’s Purse has decided not to accept $US300m in funds from the Trump Administration, according to a report on the Devex website. The funding is part of a larger, nearly $US2bn program through the State Department, in… Continue Reading
Rishabh Jain / Religion Unplugged NEW DELHI — In the bamboo-and-tarpaulin shelters of Thaizawl camp, 11 miles from the nearest town in the hills of Mizoram, a 75-year-old woman named Nuhawih survives on rice, lentils and salt. She walked for… Continue Reading
Vale Warwick Hood Olson AM (1936 – 2025) There are only a few Australian Christians who have impacted global organisations. Even fewer have massively changed three of them and created a household name in Australia as well. Warwick Olsen crammed… Continue Reading
Tim Swan CEO of Angican Aid issues an urgent update. We have just heard from Bishop Martin Gordon in Goma. He said that at least 3,000 people have been killed in his city. Many thousands have been injured, and hospitals… Continue Reading
The Other Cheek has examined the publically available information on the ACNC (Australian Charities and Non-profits Commission) website for Christian agencies involved in overseas aid. We would be keen to receive any corrections and/or clarifications. Are there other groups to… Continue Reading
Matthew Peterson via religion Unplugged After decades of lifting others out of devastating circumstances, these good Samaritans have found themselves in a crisis of their own. Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian relief organization, is no stranger to reducing tremendous suffering and… Continue Reading
Patrick Sookhdeo, founder of the Barnabas Aid charity, which supports persecuted Christians in the majority world, has been suspended along with other executives. “In the first part of 2024, a series of whistleblower allegations were made against a series of… Continue Reading
Australia’s Baptists sponsor 5,000 children in majority-world countries in Africa and Asia through Baptist World Aid Australia (BWAA), the largest branch of that global network of aid agencies. That is something for Australian Baptists to be proud of. But in… Continue Reading
Readers, please compare these statements from two aid organisations: Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) “The majority of Gazans are now crammed into the south, where hospitals are struggling to meet the mounting needs. “Recently, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins… Continue Reading