We’re here to help
Call 1800 067 100
Email info@interserve.org.au
Your support is needed
Donations to the COVID-19 Relief Fund are tax-deductible.
Interserve is still serving people on the margins
People who are marginalised and vulnerable are most deeply affected by this crisis.
These are the people among whom we work.
Many communities are experiencing significant increases in case rates. In other places, numbers are unknown due to the challenge of implementing wide-scale testing. We are particularly concerned for people living in refugee or poor neighbourhoods, where access to healthcare, clean water and soap is limited.
Interserve workers have become part of these communities, serving alongside local friends. Each of our workers is responding to the unique situation where they are.
Our priority, as always, is serving those on the margins with the abundant love of Jesus.
Despite the difficult season we are all experiencing, Interserve workers are committed to standing alongside those deeply affected by this crisis. Through Him, we can offer hope in the midst of hopelessness, and your help keeps us going.
In the weeks before the pandemic reached West Asia, Interservers held a session about health and COVID-19 at their community outreach centre. People living as refugees often need to continue working, despite the health risks, in order to provide for their families. Interservers are seeking creative solutions to the difficult problems of caring for others in a time of self-isolation and social distancing. Read more.
Interserve workers in remote hospitals in Asia are treating patients with COVID-19. They are sourcing PPE and adapting oxygen compressors, training local staff in isolation procedures and setting up hygiene processes. One worker shared that she has been using her sewing machine to make face-masks for the hospital. She says she is slow, but every bit helps.
One Interserve couple who runs counselling training has moved to offering counselling sessions by online video-conferencing, which are very much needed at this time. They’re seeing people encouraged and strengthened through tough circumstances.
Pray
For the people among whom we work
Especially those in very vulnerable circumstances with limited access to sanitation and healthcare.
For Interserve workers
Most are in country, working in healthcare or in lockdown with their local friends. Other workers are attempting to return to their host country amid travel restrictions.
For our staff
COVID-19 has had a big impact on Australian society and on charities like ours. Please pray for wisdom for our leaders about how to navigate this time.
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GIVE
Donations to the COVID-19 Relief Fund are tax-deductible.
Or call 1800 067 100
The team will be happy to assist you.
Your support enables Interserve workers to
- serve in healthcare and hygiene education
- offer counselling and crisis support
- remain where they are already serving, alongside communities in Asia and the Arab world
- meet emergency needs when they arise.
Go
Applications are open
If God is calling you, call us.
Get ready
Preparation for service takes some months. You can get involved in training, reading, study and reflection.
God loves the world
This is a changing situation. Interserve is listening to the needs and mobilising to serve for the long term.
God loves the world, and we are likewise called to go love the world.
