The HOPE Day of Giving is HOPE worldwide Australia's annual appeal to raise funds for humanitarian programs across the SPA (South Pacific and Australia) region. The appeal opens online at the beginning of the year. Contributing churches and community groups start collections in different cities from April onwards. The online appeal is left open till the end of the year. Our goal is to raise $40,000 for priority programs which are not able to be funded from other sources (government/grants/private donors). Last year we raised over $35,000.
The appeal will support ongoing needs in Papua New Guinea and Fiji in addition to fund volunteer service trips to these countries through the SPA Corps program and HOPE volunteer program.

Papua New Guinea: 

1. Supporting Primary Health Care.  HOPE worldwide PNG operates a total of 5 clinics in Papua New Guinea, providing essential healthcare for over 75,000 people annually including pregnant women, children and people living with chronic diseases such as HIV, Diabetes and Tuberculosis. The most remote clinic is in Kalvery, Simbu province Central Highlands where the community has very limited access to health care. This was rebuilt through a HOPE Volunteer Corps program in 2022. Another rural clinic in Moroma (the Moroma Sub Health Clinic), serves a remote community of 10,000 and was repaired as part of HOPE Volunteer Corps in 2016 and December 2024. See https://www.hopeww.org/hvc.  In addition to health services, hundreds of water filters are being provided to remote communities with water-borne diseases due to drinking contaminated water. This is dramatically reducing diarrhoea illness in communities. See www.wtw.org 
2. Supporting Primary Education. HOPE worldwide PNG supports the primary education through teacher training, providing school supplies including school books for children in the remote highlands where they are not available and lap tops to high school and university students. In partnership with UNICEF, HOPE worldwide PNG is also reducing violence against children in the home and at school through a community based parenting program

Fiji:

1. Supporting vulnerable communities in Fiji by utilising volunteers to build homes for the homeless at Koroipita model town, Lautoka (www.modeltowns.org). In addition, clean drinking water for remote highland and island communities through donated water filters.

2. Supporting primary education. The Nausori Boarding school, in the Nausori highlands was rehabilitated by HOPE volunteers as part of a HOPE Volunteer Program in December 2023. The school was opened in February 2024 and serves families living in the mountains who do not have access to schools. Ongoing support includes building repairs, school supplies and teacher training.

3. Food aid in Fiji- partnering with local supermarkets to provide food vouchers for over 200 families living in poverty and unable to afford basic food due to unemployment, low wage and the very high cost of living.

Donations: If you prefer to donate by direct bank transfer, please use th efollowing: BSB: 012290 Account: 479410473, SWIFT code/IBAN: ANZBAU3M.

For more information, please visit our website www.hopeworldwide.org.au, or email mark.timlin@hopww.org,
Thank you for your support!