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4 February 2010
Take a flight over Port-au-Prince or any of the towns near the epicentre of the Haiti earthquake and the physical damage is all too horrifyingly apparent.
Getting a handle on the psychological pain caused by the disaster is not so e... More >> |
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4 February 2010
Just a year ago, Medina Seyid was walking five miles a day just to fetch water for her family.
The widow and mother of three children collected supplies from a dirty stream and, because it was the only source of water around in her ... More >> |
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4 February 2010
It’s less than a month until One Voice – this year’s name for Global Poverty Prayer Week – gets underway.
Tearfund and its partners working around the world will be coming together from 1-7 March to pray for a breakthrough in stoppi... More >> |
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1 February 2010
Noel Michelle escaped with her life when the Haiti earthquake hit: but only just.
The accountancy student was in a class at university in Port-au-Prince when the tremors struck on 12 January.
Within seconds, part of the floor she w... More >> |
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1 February 2010
The army is on the streets of the Nigerian city of Jos after days of inter-religious bloodletting left more than 320 people dead.
They were sent in by the regional government after clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs brought ... More >> |
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1 February 2010
Incidents of waterborne illness are being radically reduced in Afghanistan thanks to the work of Tearfund’s Disaster Management Team.
Locals in two areas, Kapisa and Jawzjan provinces, are enjoying better health due to projects that... More >> |
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21 January 2010
‘In spite of 200 years of poverty and ineffective government in Haiti, we believe now is the time for the church to give as Christ has given – without reproach.
‘Right now in Haiti, the church itself – individual churches and the bo... More >> |
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21 January 2010
A new outbreak of religious violence in central Nigeria has led to the killing of more than 200 people and a dusk-to-dawn curfew being imposed.
The trouble has centred on the city of Jos where churches and buildings belonging to Chr... More >> |
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21 January 2010
Sri Lanka has slipped from the headlines since the country’s army defeated the Tamil Tigers last year.
In doing so, a conflict that had been raging for more than 25 years came to an end, but not so the suffering of ordinary people.
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21 January 2010
It’s just over a month since the talking stopped at the Copenhagen climate change talks.
In the end, the summit failed to come up with a strong and fair climate deal which developing countries desperately need.
So what now?
'We no... More >> |
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15 January 2010
Thousands of people in Haiti are tonight facing the fourth night of their earthquake nightmare.
A massive tremor south of the capital Port-au-Prince devastated countless homes and buildings, leaving many homeless.
Tearfund is respo... More >> |
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Haiti earthquake prayer points
The Caribbean island of Haiti is reeling after an earthquake caused devastation. Please use the following prayer points:
Pray for the people of Haiti as they deal with the aftermath of the earthquake, ask the Lor... More >> |
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22 October 2009
Typhoon Ketsana grabbed the headlines for the devastation it brought to the Philippines but parts of Cambodia are also still clearing up after feeling its destructive force.
Six provinces were affected by flooding sparked by the sto... More >> |
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5 October 2009
Nearly 300 people were killed when Typhoon Ketsana struck the Philippines and forced many thousands to flee their homes.
As well as roads, bridges ad buildings, the storm badly damaged the country’s vital rice crop.
This typhoon has... More >> |
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1 October 2009
It’s a quarter of a century since BBC reporter Michael Buerk brought news of the Ethiopian famine into our living rooms.
His report moved millions and, not long after, Band Aid was born. The rest, as they say, is history.
It would b... More >> |
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1 October 2009
More than 1,100 people have died on the Indonesian island of Sumatra following an earthquake which measured 7.6 on the Richter scale.
Rescuers are searching for survivors amid the ruins of hundreds of buildings that collapsed in the... More >> |
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