August 17 @ 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Does your church have what it takes to be the 2024 IPDC quiz champions?
The Uniting Church Synod of WA International Partnerships and Development Commission (IPDC) invite you to gather one or more tables of eight and join them for the first ever IPDC Quiz Night!
Enjoy a fun-filled night while helping to raise money for the work of the Black Pearl Network in Papua, Indonesia. This is your chance to show off your knowledge and make new friends in the Uniting Church family!
When: Saturday 17 August 2024
Time: 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start
Where: All Saints Floreat Uniting Church, 48-50 Berkeley Crescent, Floreat
Tickets: $15 (+bf) – plus bring some gold coins for fun games between rounds.
About Black Pearl Network
The quiz night will be raising funds for the Black Pearl Network (BPN) which is overseen by a charitable organisation, the Creative Living Centre, and is a project of local WA Uniting Churches under the supervision of the Uniting Church Synod of WA.
The BPN has worked alongside our indigenous Papuan partners in the Papuan provinces of Indonesia since 2008.
The Papuan provinces of Indonesia experience disproportionate poverty compared to other regions of Indonesia; this is especially true for those of indigenous Papuan heritage. According to the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade the Papuan provinces and other Eastern Indonesian provinces have the highest poverty incidences in Indonesia.
The two main projects delivered by BPN’s Papuan partners are low-cost English language tuition and provision of clean water.
English language tuition helps to alleviate poverty by:
- Giving students greater opportunity for employment in government or tourism.
- Enabling students to further their education by obtaining scholarships to study overseas enriching the professional knowledge and training in Papua on their return.
- Assisting those living in Papua to communicate effectively with the rest of the world.
Clean Water – The BPN is working alongside Papuan Universities to deliver a simple but effective rainwater collection system known as the ‘first flush’ system. More information can be found at blackpearlnetwork.org
- Access to clean drinking water is a basic human right, and something that we here in Australia often take for granted.
- Water-related diseases of diarrhoea and typhoid are two of the four leading causes of under-five mortality in Indonesia and are in high prevalence in the Papuan provinces where access to clean drinking water is limited.
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