As a partner of the Australian Government, UnitingWorld receives funding to implement development and poverty alleviation programs in the Pacific, Asia and Africa.
[4] UCOA and UIM worked in tandem, but under separate mandates; UCOA to deliver development projects and humanitarian aid alongside partner churches;[5] UIM to support church leadership, advocacy and Christian discipleship within partner communities.
Today, UnitingWorld works in partnership with 22 overseas church denominations to support more than 250,000 people a year through sustainable community development projects.
[9] UnitingWorld's mission is to drive collaboration with the global Church to strengthen its shared ministry and address the causes and consequences of poverty, violence and injustice.
[10] It focuses on five areas: Poverty alleviation, gender equality, leadership, climate change and disaster risk reduction, and emergency response.