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Anifa’s life transformed

3 weeks ago

It has now been two months since Cyclone Kenneth hit parts of Mozambique. One of the areas affected by the cyclone was Chimoio, in the District of Chiure. People in the communities there have been experiencing diarrhea-related disease and loss of crops....

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Personal insight drives strategic direction

2 months ago

By Bob Mitchell CEO There is nothing like seeing our work firsthand to make it come alive. Recently, it was my privilege to lead a group of AOA board members (travelling at their own expense) to visit AOA funded programs in Kenya and the Middle East. ...

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Dramatic health learning

2 months ago

Our ‘Towards Abundant Life’ program in Mozambique aims to build community resourcefulness to reach their health and wellbeing goals. ANCP Program Manager, Vanessa Little, recently witnessed how the project was positively changing the way couples approach famil...

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She smiths her own future

2 months ago

Anglican Overseas Aid supports Akhaya, a bold organisation supporting women’s rights and empowerment in Myanmar through strengthening women’s leadership, education about sexual harassment and domestic violence, and building women’s business capacity. We are...

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Restorative change in the Solomons

2 months ago

By Kylie Wingjan Acting International Programs Manager AOA’s Safe, Strong Communities program in the Solomon Islands uses restorative justice principles alongside pastoral care to reduce gender-based violence. This project is supported through funding f...

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Changing climate, steadfast beliefs

2 months ago

By Renee Kobelt Communications Officer Islands and coasts are battered by wind and waves while the land bakes through droughts. Lives are lost, incomes dry up as yields dwindle, and homes and history are swallowed up as the sea claims the land. As t...

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CAN DO: Cooperation in action

2 months ago

At AOA, we believe we are stronger together. That is why we are a part of the CAN DO (Church Agencies Network Disaster Operations) consortium, made up of eight faith-based organisations working in the Pacific region with local church partners to increa...

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Sacred Journeys: Antoinette and Joanna

2 months ago

Antoinette and Joanna have been on a sacred journey of transformation. In Vanuatu, our partner Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) teaches women how to save money through Saving and Education Groups. Through these groups hundreds of women are learning to save...

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Emphasising local work in communities

3 months ago

We recently took part in the Asia Pacific Humanitarian Leadership Conference in Melbourne. Two of our staff, along with Ethel George from our partner in Vanuatu, made significant contributions to the conference. The first presentation we contributed was by ...

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How your donations have been spent in Ambae!

4 months ago

Last year we provided $10,000 from our Rapid Response Emergency Fund to our friends in Ambae, Vanuatu. This was to assist them with their recovery and rehabilitation efforts following the volcanic activity that had forced the evacuation of the entire popul...

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Livelihoods and Women’s Empowerment Program, Vanuatu

5 months ago

The Livelihoods and Women's Empowerment Program is implemented by the Anglican Church of Melanesia in the Vanuatu. The project has been running since 2012, funded through the Australian Government’s Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP) as well as from do...

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Building safe communities in Kenya

6 months ago

As some of our projects are funded through the Australian Government's aid program, we are required to report back to the Government on the progress of these projects. One of these projects is the Imarisha project in Kenya, which seeks to build safer communiti...

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Vanuatu: A Pacific Island of great contrast

7 months ago

As one of our closest neighbours and one that many of us have at least some degree of familiarity with, Vanuatu is a Pacific Island nation of great contrast. In August, our Acting International Programs Manager, Kylie, visited our work there. Here, she ref...

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Staring down stigma in Gaza

7 months ago

In August last year, our own Nils von Kalm, and independent evaluator, Tim Budge, visited our Australian Government-funded project in Gaza, the Ahli Arab Hospital. They went to plan future work with the hospital and their support of women with breast cance...

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Successful disability project wraps up in India

7 months ago

For two years Anglican Overseas Aid has been supporting a project giving new hope to people with disabilities in India through our small grants program. The project finished in July 2018 and was evaluated afterwards by Rebekah Pederson from the University o...

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$360,000 raised for East Africa Food Crisis Appeal!

7 months ago

The food crisis in East Africa has been out of the news for most of the last year. Thankfully though, the people are not forgotten. The work of recovery for them continues. It seems like a long time ago that we reached out to you with our East Africa ...

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Appeal Updates – Vanuatu and Indonesia

7 months ago

AMBAE, VANUATU Try to imagine yourself living in a tent for months, away from your home, with no idea when you will have more stable accommodation. You feel insecure, have no income, and the tropical wet season has arrived. This is what the majorit...

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30 years of stewardship

7 months ago

This year, we are celebrating our 30th Anniversary. Born in September 1988 out of a desire to show the love of God, Anglican Overseas Aid is an Anglican response to a suffering world. We have come a long way since the early days in 1988 when the late Arc...

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Australia Day Honour for our CEO!

7 months ago

We are extremely proud to announce that our CEO, Revd Dr Bob Mitchell, has been made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "significant services to the community through charitable organisations and to the Anglican Church of Australia". Congratulation...

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