At long last, a gallery solution that works!

Why did I spend so long mucking around trying to get a gallery to work inside wordpress when all I needed to do was upload the photos to flickr and use this nifty little plugin by joe tan.

Behold the splendour of the photo albums.

Slum Survivor will go large at Blackstump 2007 from 29 September - 2 October. Up to 20 ‘Stumpers could be this year’s Slum Survivors. Check out the application page to find out more.

I’ve uploaded some photos from Slum Survivor 2006 into the photoalbum

Enjoy.

Some of the Slum Survivors, and TEAR’s own Steve Bevis were interviewed on ABC Sydney’s Sunday Nights program.

It’s the Postcard feature for Sunday 8/10/06: http://www.abc.net.au/sundaynights/stories/s1758960.htm

Sadly, I don’t think the interview made it into the audio stream of the program. They only stream the show’s first 2 hours.

The Slum Survivor resource kit is in final drafting stage. With a bit of tweaking, a few nice pics, and then some design work, it should be ready by the end of the year. Sorry for the long time lag on this, but if something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing slowly.

Once it’s done we’ll upload it here, and email out pdfs to everyone who asked for it.

You can also use the Contact Page to order your free copy.

Southern Cross has this (focusing on the Anglicans among the Slum Survivors):

A few of the Slum Survivors are going to be featured on John Cleary’s Sunday Nights program on 702 ABC Sydney, after 10pm this Sunday night.

Slum Survivor will feature in the Macarthur Chronicle soon, but I’m not sure when the new edition is out.

The SMH article gets a headline mention at Crikey.com.

The slum has been torn down, the challenges are over, rice and daal is off the menu (unless by choice), hot showers are once more permissable. The 10 Slum Survivors at Blackstump 2006 have survived. And can I say, your involvement was a beautiful thing: full of griping, smelliness, hard work, hospitality, competition, cooperation, Spirit-filled reflection, and a challenge held out to every participant at Blackstump to engage more deeply with poverty and faith.

I’ll be updating the gallery soon, with photos of Slum Survivor 2006 in all its glory. In the meantime, follow the link to see what the Sydney Morning Herald said about Slum Survivor.

I’d also like to share the wonderful note of encouragement that was left for us by one of the Blackstump festival-goers:

To all those who are in Stump’s slum challenge. I just wanted to write you all a letter of encouragement and so you know that I have been thinking and praying for you.

I haven’t been around when the challenges have been on, but I see you as I walk or ride past. I don’t know what it must be like to be you, but God knows exactly, so I ask him to please keep helping you. He hears all your crying out and feels all your pains, even on the inside. You are not alone, he is carrying you.

And when this little section of your lives has reached the end, I pray you may be able to say ‘It wasn’t easy - but it was worth it.’

I thank God for what he is doing for you. Love ur sister in Christ, Lizzy.

It’s on. Watch this space for pictures, stories, and reflections from Slum Survivor 2006.

And while you’re watching, tell us how you respond to global poverty in the new poll.