Action Ideas

"A Call to Live", World Vision's free Lenten study series, invites individuals and groups to

Lent Event is a challenge to re-evaluate our priorities and our use of God’s resources.

 

Heading towards Christmas, many options are presented as ways in which western children can make a positive contribution to children and families living in poverty. For example, kids might buy items to put in boxes that are then delivered to specific communities in the Third World or they may have great fun choosing a toilet (or maybe a goat) from a catalogue.

Suitable for use as a household, in church or even in school, this prayer idea for justice is based on Mark 4. Including both a “messy” and a “clean” option, this idea is suitable for people of all ages.

Each year UnitingJustice produces a collection of resources for World Environment Day. The 2010 resources highlighted that this year is the International Year of Biodiversity.

Recently the Victorian FairWear campaign was funded for six months to undertake a study into the barriers preventing schools from acquiring their uniforms through the accredited Ethical Clot

Following the launch of the Manna Gum website, all their newsletters and other publications are now more readily available.

Campaigns, such as Stop the Traffik have a range of great resources - but how suitable are they for children and their families?

The world faces a crisis in food supply. More than 2 billion people are affected by the daily struggle for adequate food.

An initiative of the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, 'Ride to Worship Week'  encourages people to bicycle or use other environmentally friendly forms of transport to g