Features

Turning the tide against Brazil's shifting sands

It’s easy to understand why Brazilian farmer Pedro Santana Oliveira has struggled to feed his family when you try and get to his smallholding.

Church on journey of Discovery to help homeless

When it came to helping homeless people, Mark Amadi had all the motivation he needed. It wasn’t just because he was a pastor and therefore wired to care in the name of Jesus, although that helped. Mark and homelessness had history.

South Sudan: one year anniversary

On 9 July 2012, it will be a year since South Sudan became an independent nation. Many challenges confront the new nation’s leaders, including chronic poverty, weak infrastructure and tribal conflicts. Here we report on Tearfund’s work to support the world’s newest country.

Education rises from the rubble in Haiti

Haiti's 2010 earthquake devastated the country's education system. We report on Tearfund’s progress to help children return to the classroom.

Tackling the roots of hunger

As the US social activist Jim Wallis once said, 'Sometimes you can't just keep pulling bodies out of the river; you’ve got to send somebody upstream to see what or who is throwing them in.'

Ex-drug dealer brings hope to the marginalised

World Aids Day - Having been a drug user and dealer, Alexei found God while in prison and has turned his life around.

HIV in Russia

World Aids Day - Lyuba is a happy 30-year-old, who likes ice-skating, coffee with friends and going for walks with her seven-year-old daughter Yanna.

Global food prices

Millions of people in poverty around the world are going hungry as the price of basic foods goes through the roof.

The silent illness stalking Afghanistan

No one knows the true impact that years of war and instability have had on the mental health of people in Afghanistan.

Spotlight on the Central Asian States

See how Tearfund and the local church is helping people in the Central Asian States tackle deprivation.