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Keep up to date in 2009 with the latest press releases from our Media Team.
As the Southbank sizzled some Londoners chose the River Thames over the beach.
Today, as temperatures in London soared to the highest levels in years, a group of African and Asian Londoners wearing traditional dress, accompanied by campaigners, carr... More >> |
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Reacting to today’s announcement on climate finance as part of the government's Copenhagen manifesto, Tearfund’s Advocacy Director Paul Cook said:
“Finally we are seeing a developed country talking about numbers which, if genuinely new money, begin ... More >> |
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10 June 2009
Japan’s emissions announcement today reveals their total lack of ambition by unveiling a 2020 emissions reductions target of just 8 per cent on 1990 levels – going a mere 2 per cent further than its 2012 target under the Kyoto Protocol.... More >> |
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1 June 2009
The suffering and need of millions of Pakistan’s displaced people has the potential to be protracted, lasting for many months, according to UK relief and development agency Tearfund.
According to local sources, as many as 3.4 million ... More >> |
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1 June 2009
A new report by aid agency Tearfund says finance for climate adaptation is crucial to the success of a strong and fair Copenhagen climate deal.
What the World is Waiting for: Action on Adaptation, warns that rich countries will be resp... More >> |
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27 May 2009
The Rt. Rev George Katwesigye, the Bishop of Kigezi in Uganda, today challenged government donors to be more ‘faith literate’ and to release the largely untapped potential of the local church in tackling the sanitation crisis in the wo... More >> |
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21 May 2009
Tearfund is calling for international aid to be scaled up to reach some 250,000 displaced Tamil people and for them to be quickly allowed to return to their home areas.
The Christian relief and development agency reports appalling cond... More >> |
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30 April 2009
A year after cyclone Nargis tore through Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta taking the lives of over 125,000 people and seriously affecting another two million, relief programmes supported by Tearfund have brought hope to thousands of families... More >> |
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21 April 2009
As the government gets ready to unveil legally binding short-term emissions targets as part of the Budget announcements this week, Christian relief and development agency Tearfund is calling on Alistair Darling and Ed Miliband to annou... More >> |
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6 April 2009
People in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing urgent need in the turmoil of the conflict, according to Tearfund who are launching an emergency appeal today.
Christians are being called to give to Tearfund’s appeal for peo... More >> |
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2 April 2009
The G20 today made some significant progress on funding for stimulus packages, tackling tax havens and shadow banking. However the reported 1.1 trillion dollar programme of investment pledged to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) nee... More >> |
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30 March 2009
On the eve of this week’s G20 Summit, the Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Richard Chartres, has called for action to help the world’s poorest people who are suffering most in the current economic climate.
He was speaking to a congregati... More >> |
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19 March 2009
Church leaders will join campaigners in London at the front of a march for jobs, justice and climate – ahead of next month’s G20 economic summit.
The Bishop of London, Dr Richard Chartres, Father Joe Komakoma of the Episcopal Conferen... More >> |
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10 March 2009
British churches are participating in a miracle, according to Tearfund, which today announced a major milestone in its Work a Miracle campaign to tackle HIV.
Since the campaign began in 2006, more than £5 million has been raised and t... More >> |
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25 February 2009
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband and senior Church of England Bishops today urged people to cut their carbon emissions rather than give up chocolate this Lent.
At a launch at St Gabriel’s Primary School in Westmins... More >> |
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17 February 2009
A new and wide coalition of development agencies, unions, faith and environmental groups plans to tell world leaders attending the G20 summit in April that only just, fair and sustainable policies can lead the world out of recession... More >> |
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10 February 2009
Thousands of Christians will join in prayer this month (23 February to 1 March), to see real change around the world.
Tearfund’s Global Poverty Prayer Week is a call to the UK church to join with churches around the world in callin... More >> |
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30 January 2009
Churchgoing is not in decline, according to figures released by Tearfund today which show that one in four adults in the UK attend church at least once a year.
According to research carried out by Tearfund, 12.8 million adults in th... More >> |
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19 January 2009
More prayer is needed for Zimbabwe, according to Christian relief agency Tearfund who are supporting local churches to meet the desperate needs of thousands of families in Zimbabwe.
As Zimbabwe’s president and opposition leader be... More >> |
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Malnourished children and displaced families in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are set to receive support from local partners and international aid agency Tearfund, it was announced today (Monday 22 December).
Following a major appeal throug... More >> |
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