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August 2003


Christian relief and development agency Tearfund welcomes the UN resolution to increase the protection of aid workers in conflict zones calling it a “step in the right direction”, but warns that it doesn’t go far enough in addressing the underlying i... More

A team of ten young people are back on home soil this week after spending their summer holidays in Rwanda helping to rebuild communities affected by the genocide in 1994. Their visit comes almost 10 years on from the genocide that killed an estimated... More

Christian relief and development agency Tearfund will be hosting a number of live events across the country this autumn, to thank Christians for their commitment to tackling poverty and show them how God is working in the world’s poorest communities.... More

As Liberian rebels withdraw from Monrovia and west African peacekeepers, backed by US troops, open the way for humanitarian aid to reach thousands of hungry victims of the conflict, Tearfund's partners in the capital are preparing to deliver desperat... More

The UK's leading aid agencies, including Tearfund, this week launched a crisis appeal to support emergency work in the war-torn country of Liberia. At the same time Tearfund partners in the capital Monrovia renewed their call for prayer for the count... More

Tearfund is immensely saddened by the news that Maheshe Chishagala Evariste, a water and sanitation supervisor for the Baraka water supply system has been killed in South Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Maheshe Chishagala Evaris... More


We are Christians passionate about the local church bringing justice and transforming lives - overcoming global poverty.
So our ten-year vision is to see 50 million people released from material and spiritual poverty through a worldwide network of 100,000 local churches.

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