==Congregational Outreach Projects for 2009==

Project

Approved

Description

Hotham Mission: Outer Eastern Asylum Seeker Support Network (OEASSN)

$6500

6 months rental cost of accomodation for asylum seekers supported by OEASSN

Karinya Counselling Centre

$1000

Assist community with low cost counselling, by subsidising counselling cost for disadvanataged people, and people with disbilities

Desa AmalJireh (Jireh Community Village)

$1500

Provide funding for a Snoezelen Room for young disabled children to help develop them both physically and mentally. This room will help in their mental development and encourage their response to light stimuli and calm them. They are part of a group of about 30 orphans being cared for in the home. Their disabilities require a greater degree of facilities to aid them in their development.

Bush Fire Recovery Group

$1000

Replacing plants lost in bushfire. Local project getting gifts of seedlings from nurseries and potting them on to give to their neighbours to replant gardens.

Friends of Ermera

$5000

To provide running water to one village in East Timor – including training and upkeep for 2 years

SHARE Community Apeal (Vic-Tas Synod)

$1000

Youth counsellor in fire affected areas

GWUC Children and Families Ministry Team

$1000

Kids Hope Australia annual Affiliate fee, mentor training expenses, mentor resources

Kombi Krew

Food supplies for weekly soup kitchen to poor and homeless at Port Melbourne Church (through South Port Uniting Care). This is a new program.

Kombi Krew

$1000

Food supplies for breakfast program at Glen Waverley secondary College. The breakfast is offered fortnightly on a Wed morning between 0730 and 0900. This program has been running for 2 years and is seeking funding to continue.