Australian Lutheran World Service

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Australian Lutheran World Service

• Let your giving transform lives this Christmas

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• ALWS is providing significant support to the
  following programs in Asia/ Pacific
• PNG
• Indonesia
• The common features of the programs are that ALWS
  is helping to build the capacity of the churches
  for service and were working in close
  collaboration with other departments of the LCA

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ALWS began its partnership with the ELC-PNG in
1994. ALWS has established an office at Lae, with
Narelle Bowden-Ford as manager
The Church Partnership Program is primarily
funded by AusAID, supplemented by ALWS
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A unique feature of the program is that ALWS
the ELC-PNG are working in partnership with six
other PNG churches and their Australian partners
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A major component of the program is working with
the ELC-PNGs Lutheran Education Department to
provide professional development for their school
headmasters
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Helping the ELC-PNG increase awareness of and
response to HIV AIDS within the church and
wider society is an urgent priority
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Indonesia is also a new area of involvement for
ALWS, which has evolved since the 2004 tsunami.
In partnership with LLL, Board for Mission LEA,
ALWS will focus from 2007 on working alongside
the Lutheran-affiliated churches to build their
capacity to serve