Keep up to date in 2010 with the latest releases from our Media Team.
16 March 2010
RESTORED
A new alliance to bring together Christians from around the world in a common goal to end violence against women is due to launch this summer (June 2010).
After five years as International Director of Tearfund, Peter Grant w... More >> |
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1 March 2010
UK Christian relief agency Tearfund has extended its emergency response to the rural and remote areas of Léogâne and Gressier. The areas, which are close to the epicentre of the earthquake, include a coastal mountainous region with area... More >> |
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Prayer changes our world, according to the thousands of people who will take part in a global poverty prayer campaign next week (1-7 March 2010).
22 February 2010
One Voice, which is organised by Tearfund, 24-7 Prayer and CompassionArt, calls churc... More >> |
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15 February
Senior Bishops are today (15 February) backing a call to cut carbon emissions during the forty days of Lent, which starts today.
Lent is traditionally a time of fasting, and abstaining from chocolate and alcohol are popular choices. The... More >> |
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1 February 2010
The ‘soft’ 31 January deadline for countries to associate themselves with the hastily brokered Copenhagen Accord, and propose 2020 mitigation targets has come and gone with no seismic shift in developed country action, says Tearfund.... More >> |
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20 January 2010
Exactly one week after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal total has increased to £31.5million counted so far as the public responds to desperate need of Haiti’s survivors.
In the middle of an extrem... More >> |
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15 January 2010
Thousands of churches in the UK are set to spend this Sunday (17 January) praying and giving offerings for people affected by the huge earthquake that devastated Haiti this week.
Actor John Hurt and presenter Kirsty Young have front... More >> |
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15 January 2010
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) announced today that online donations to the Haiti earthquake appeal hit £2 million in 36 hours.
The sums were raised before the first radio and television appeals by the DEC and mark an unpre... More >> |
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PRESS STATEMENT: HAITI EARTHQUAKE
'At Tearfund, we're today dispatching emergency funds to help survivors of the devastating earthquake that has hit Haiti, including the densely populated capital Port-Au-Prince and the surrounding area.
'Haiti is ... More >> |
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COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, December 18, 2009: After two weeks of negotiations United Nations climate talks have failed to reach the ambitious legally binding deal that developing countries desperately need, say Christian relief and development agency Tearf... More >> |
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Copenhagen, 18 December, 2009: Commenting on President Barack Obama’s speech at the summit, Tearfund’s Director of Advocacy Paul Cook said: ‘Obama highlighted the need to "act boldly and decisively in the face of a common threat" and that he came to ... More >> |
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16 December 2009
Copenhagen climate talks: responding to Hilary Clinton, US Secretary of State’s announcement today, Tearfund’s Advocacy Director Paul Cook said: ‘The proposal for $100 billion per year from developed countries for climate finance fr... More >> |
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December 16 2009
Commenting on Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s statement, Christian relief and development agency Tearfund said. ‘We welcome the Prime Minister’s persistence in pushing for developed countries to address the gaping sorrows of the left ... More >> |
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16 December 2009
Prince Charles spoke passionately about the threat that climate change poses to poor people and the planet today as he opened the ‘high-level segment’ of the climate talks.
Describing climate change the heir to the throne said: '... More >> |
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14 December 2009
Commenting on the UK government press briefing today, Christian relief and development agency Tearfund said: 'We welcome the fact that the UK government are positioning themselves as leaders in the fight to tackle runaway climate ch... More >> |
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14 December 2009
European faith-based development agencies say EU leaders meeting in Brussels for the last time before going to Copenhagen have failed to use this opportunity to show their commitment to a just and effective financing deal for a new ... More >> |
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11 December 2009
Copenhagen: As week one of the UN climate talks draws to a close, the Alliance of Small Island states (AOSIS), demand a two treaty approach to avert dangerous climate change.
Tearfund’s Director of Advocacy, Paul Cook said, 'The sm... More >> |
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More from Tearfund's coverage of the Wave: click here
More than 20 senior church leaders have gathered for a church service, with more than 3,000 Christians from their congregations, to support the London Wave, urging an ambitious, fair and effectiv... More >> |
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Churches can change their communities - pass it on!
3 December 2009
Sharing successes and ideas is vital if churches are to bring hope and transformation to our communities, according to hundreds of leading Christian organisations and churches.
In... More >> |
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Tearfund: Climate campaigner cycles from the Wirral to London to join historic march
Richard Avery, 48, will this Friday attempt the most ambitious cycling challenge of his life – a 200 mile ride from his Greasby home to London in just 24 hours.
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Nobel prize winners join top anti-poverty and environment groups in call for new economic approaches to support climate deal
Today, Monday, 30th November, leading poverty and environment groups were joined by Nobel prize winners and other internati... More >> |
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24th November 2009
1st December: World AIDS Day
Almost 30 years since the first person was identified with HIV, ignorance and stigma are alive and well, both in the UK and overseas, according to development agency Tearfund.
The United Nations e... More >> |
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24th November 2009
Checklist for Copenhagen Published by Climate Action Network
[Washington DC] A global network of over 500 organizations today released a checklist for Copenhagen, enumerating the essential elements required of any complete and ro... More >> |
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18 November 2009
Bribery Bill
‘We’re pleased to see that the Bribery Bill is in the Queen’s Speech. It’s long overdue, and we will continue to urge all political parties to support its passing through Parliament.
‘The churches and Christian organi... More >> |
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16 November 2009
NEWS RELEASE - ADVANCE NOTICE
Churches to join The Wave on Saturday 5 December
Heads of Christian Churches in the UK - including Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Archbishop Vincent Nichols, Catholic Archbishop of Westmi... More >> |
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6 November 2009
On the eve of a crucial UN meeting on corruption, faith leaders are calling on both rich and poor countries to take seriously their commitment to tackle corruption. In their letter, religious leaders from around the world state that ... More >> |
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6 November 2009
As a tempestuous week of climate talks in Barcelona draws to a close, while the vast majority of countries are still working towards a fair, ambitious and legally binding treaty in Copenhagen, rich countries are doing their best to d... More >> |
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Friday 30th October 2009
EU failure of ambition on climate finance reveals a demoralising lack of leadership.
Tearfund has dismissed the latest EU leaders discussions on climate finance as demoralising for poor communities hit hardest by climate ... More >> |
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28 October 2009
EU ministers must stop clowning around and announce ambitious figures for climate adaptation and mitigation in developing countries this week, says Tearfund.
Failure to do this will only prolong the current deadlock in climate neg... More >> |
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16 October 2009
National church leaders took to the streets this week (14 October), to prayer-walk the route of December’s The Wave march for climate justice.
Steve Clifford, General Director of the Evangelical Alliance, joined with Matthew Frost o... More >> |
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13 October 2009
Women in Christian leadership are being invited by Tearfund to take part in a trip to Malawi next year (February 2010), to spend time with women affected by poverty and HIV.
The trip will include visits to local churches which are r... More >> |
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2 October 2009
Christians and churches are being called to prayer by Christian relief and development agency Tearfund, as thousands of people face loss and trauma following a week of horrific disasters in South East Asia.
A week ago Typhoon Ketsan... More >> |
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29 September 2009
Tearfund welcomes the announcement, made by the Prime Minister today, to enshrine the existing 0.7 per cent aid commitment within UK legislation.
This will make the level of the UK’s commitment legally binding by 2013, and for ai... More >> |
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25 September 2009
G20 leaders have missed a crucial opportunity to combat climate change, say Christian relief and development agency Tearfund.
Tearfund, who work with the world’s poorest communities to help people adapt to the effects of climate c... More >> |
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23 September 2009
Rich nations have been taken to task by developing countries this week, as world leaders debate climate change at the United Nations in New York.
The high-level summit on climate change today heard a statement from China, pledging... More >> |
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21 September 2009
Tearfund urges developed countries to demonstrate leadership, urgency, and ambition on mid-term emissions targets and the levels of finance they are willing to commit, ahead of pre-Copenhagen meetings in New York and Pittsburgh.
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7 September 2009
Tearfund’s SuperBadger campaign is lobbying Foreign Secretary David Miliband for greater pressure to be put on Honduras to improve human rights and for a return of democracy to the country, which is one of the poorest in Latin Ameri... More >> |
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5 September 2009
G20 Finance Ministers meeting in London this weekend tackled vital financial issues, but missed a crucial opportunity to make progress on concrete proposals for climate finance.
Laura Webster, Tearfund’s Head of Public Policy says,... More >> |
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25 August 2009
Corruption and poverty mutually reinforce injustice whilst undermining equitable economic growth and sustainable development - according to faith based development agencies and faith leaders who have today written to the Secretary Gen... More >> |
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12 August 2009
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised a Tearfund partner organisation helping women who have suffered sexual attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mrs Clinton made her comments during a visit to Heal Africa’s hos... More >> |
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30 July 2009
A new Draft Bill to go before Parliament could significantly enforce wide powers to investigate and prosecute British companies committing bribery overseas.
CAFOD welcomes the publication of the Joint Parliamentary Committee report on... More >> |
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20 July 2009
Local churches are the answer to community needs, according to a report published by Tearfund today (19 July 2009).
In the Thick of It, a position paper making the case for Tearfund’s view that local churches are key players in interna... More >> |
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19 July 2009
We've been working with local churches around the world for over 40 years. It's been an adventure, and we've seen some great things happen through local churches as well as helping churches out when they're trying to meet the scale of t... More >> |
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13 July 2009
Welcoming the publication of One World Conservatism, the Conservative Party’s International Development Green Paper, Tearfund Advocacy Director Paul Cook said:
‘It’s very encouraging to see such a high profile given to debating the imp... More >> |
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10 July 2009
Welcoming the G8’s statement on food security, Tearfund pointed out that it is critical that these actions are coupled with mitigation and adaptation to climate change, and sustainable management of water, land and other natural resourc... More >> |
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10 July 2009
The G8 squandered the opportunity this week to put their money where their mouths are and deliver climate finance for poor countries to help in their response to climate change, Tearfund said today.
Following yesterday’s announcement, ... More >> |
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10 July 2009
‘We welcome The Major Economies Forum’s challenge to finance ministers to come back to the G20 negotiating table in September with finance proposals to support developing countries in their response to climate change.
`President Obama... More >> |
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9 July 2009
‘Like the G8, the seventeen nations that form the Major Economies Forum (MEF) are adopting a strategy of deferral and delay.
‘The MEF contribute 80 per cent of global emissions. Today they could have called on developed countries to del... More >> |
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8 July 2009
G8 leaders are in danger of squandering opportunities and plunging poor people into deeper climate chaos and poverty, as the annual world leaders’ summit gets underway. In what is a crucial year for climate change, where a post 2012 clim... More >> |
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6 July 2009
The doubling of central funding for faith groups is a strong and welcome signal that faith groups and churches are often taking the lead in the development of the world’s poorest countries.
Tearfund welcomes this commitment as outlined... More >> |
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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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