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CONVERSATION @ MITCHAM
Today we hear from Anne Dixon who co-ordinates English conversation classes for Mandarin speaking members of the community at Mitcham Baptist Church in Melbourne. Leaders within the the Mandarin congregation identified that some of their community were isolated from...
A YEARNING FOR LEARNING
What do you do when you have a child with special needs and the nearest support facilities are some 200 km away? Two mothers in Wongan Hills, WA, were in that predicament. They got together to see what they could do – and set up a practical support programme for...
IT MAKES OUR ANCESTORS HAPPY!
Building enterprises, building relationships and building skills– keeping traditional Pandanus Weaving in Kalumburu Community, WA. Watch the Weaving Workshop in Action!- Master Weaving WorkshopFebruary 13th 2018 marked the 10-year anniversary of the then Australian...
WUJAL WUJAL YOUTH LEADERSHIP CAMP
‘’I am so appreciative of my time at Wujal Wujal, I didn’t know that the culture here would be so strong and that people would be so willing to share it with us, I was so happy with how friendly everyone was, I had a great time’’ (Rivermount College Student) The Youth...
DECEMBER ISSUE OF HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS
Greetings all, Have a read of some great stories and JWF events in the December 2017 Issue of Highways and Byways - the Hobart John Wallis memorial lecture by Father Frank Moloney, written by Hobart JWF Branch chairperson Eva Dunn, two wonderful profiles of MSS...
THE SILENT BOOK RECEIVES A GREAT WELCOME OVERSEAS
After many book launches in Australia, Bernadette T Wallis mss, author of The Silent Book, took the book on tour, visiting Ireland, England and Canada. Speaking of her experience, Bernadette says: It was a privilege for me to have been in Ireland at a time of great...
OPENING NEW HORIZONS FOR JOY
The John Wallis Foundation is going to the Australian Catholic Youth Festival. The Foundation part funded 10 young people from around Toowoomba and the Darling Downs Qld to attend this festival, along with some 15,000 young other people aged 16 to 30. In the...
STARTTS WEEKLY YOUTH GROUP FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FROM REFUGEE BACKGROUNDS – COFFS HARBOUR
The John Wallis Foundation are proud to present the Annual Report of the year concluded 30 June 2017. “You can call in to the office and I will tell you all about the program; or you can brave the noise of sixty kids having fun and see for yourself what happens at our...
TASMANIAN SMALL GRANTS RECIPIENTS INSPIRE JWF VISITORS
On a recent visit to Tasmania, Liz McAloon, JWF Executive Officer, accompanied by Lorraine Groves mss and Corrie van den Bosch mss visited Bothwell and Oatlands, Tasmania where they met with grant recipients of the John Wallis Foundation 2017 Small Grants Program. In...
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