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June 2003


David Trimble MP, Patricia Hewitt MP and Oliver Letwin MP were among more than 500 MPs lobbied by tens of thousands of local campaigners this weekend to call for trade justice for the world’s poor. This weekend’s ‘24 hours for Trade Justice’, organis... More

Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey of Clifton and his wife Lady Carey, are to continue their work promoting Christian action with the world’s poor by accepting the posts of Vice Presidents of Christian relief and development agency Tearfund.... More

Christian relief and development agency Tearfund is launching an emergency appeal for funds as many thousands of Ethiopians face starvation while waiting for crops that will not mature for several months. Each week there are reports of children dyi... More
Ethiopia (Photo: Marcus Perkins)

Tearfund partners, who are among those who have been displaced by the massacres in Bunia, northeast Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have appealed to the British government to ensure that sufficient numbers of troops are urgently sent to restore p... More

The world’s most famous football club, Manchester United, has responded to an on-air challenge by BBC Radio 5 Live to donate a full Manchester United strip for a street children’s football team in Malawi. BBC Radio 5 Live presenter, Rajesh Mirchanda... More

G8 Summit in Evian, France Stale crumbs are all that’s on offer to the developing world from this year’s G8 Summit in Evian, says Christian relief and development agency Tearfund tonight. The G8’s failure to deliver on key poverty issues such as wa... More

G8 summit in Evian "Evian should send a message of confidence for future growth,” said the official spokesperson for French President Jacques Chirac, as the G8 leaders flew into Evian today for the first day of their annual Summit. However, aid ag... More


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