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October 2005


Nearly two-weeks after the earthquake in south Asia, Tearfund partners are still racing to bring aid to communities in need of help. A team of doctors from Emmanuel Hospital Association (EHA) are treating injured patients in the devastated area of U...
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As the UK public respond generously to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) South Asia emergency appeal, a doctor working for a Tearfund partner in Pakistan describes the scenes of suffering and trauma at a mission hospital northeast of the capita...
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Churches are playing a crucial role in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s steps towards the country’s first multi-party elections in 45 years, Dr Elaine Storkey, said on BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day, this week. Dr Storkey, just back from visiti...
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Poor people in developing countries suffer when the West defaults on its responsibility to ‘steward the earth’, Dr Elaine Storkey, Tearfund’s President, said on BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day this week. Addressing the issue of climate change she s...
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Tearfund’s partners in Pakistan and India have appealed for the prayers of Christians in the UK as both grieving nations race to meet urgent needs in the wake of Saturday’s devastating earthquake that claimed at least 25,000 lives. 'Everyone is shoc...
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Tearfund partners are responding to Saturday's earthquake that hit Pakistan, northern India and parts of Afghanistan, killing more than 20,000 people. 'Immediate needs include food, blankets and warm clothes,' says Kennedy Dhanabala, co-ordinator of...
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Pop legend Sir Cliff Richard recently welcomed the 1000th volunteer to join an army of Christians who sell fairly traded goods from the developing world through Tearfund’s fair-trade business Tearcraft. Pauline Horwill, a member of Christ Church, We...
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Christian relief and development agency Tearfund has appointed Matthew Frost, 40, former head of strategy at the Department for Education and Skills as its new Chief Executive. Matthew takes up the position on 10th October 2005. In his capacity as C...
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