PIM Pre-service training group (Vic/NSW)

Six people gathered in Adelaide in July for the pre-service training prior to commencing their volunteer placements in Asia, Africa and the Pacific. Lyn, a teacher from Victoria, leaves in August to spend two months in Zambia, working with the Mwandi Village Orphans and Vulnerable Children project. She will join Heather (SA) who also leaves in August, and who will be offering administrative support for the Mwandi OVC project. Sharyn and Alan (NSW) will be based in Samoa at Piula Theological College for two months, also leaving in August. Jimmy (Vic) is heading to Salamo (PNG) to work as a carpenter for 10 months. This is a shared project with AYAD (Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development). Julie (Jules) from NSW is going to Thailand for a year to work in an orphanage, particularly with children born to mothers with HIV/AIDS. She will also link up with HIV/AIDS education work. Sam (Vic) will be going to India in 2007, sharing in community development projects for a year.

For information about the People in Mission program, contact Kathy Periera, People in Mission Coordinator, Ph 02 8267 4230, kathyp@nat.uca.org.au