The Thai city of Pattaya boasts of having five million visitors every year.
Many come to enjoy the beach. But take a walk past the bars and it’s clear plenty of men come for sex.
‘Blatant’ is how Tearfund’s Mandy Marshall describes the profile of t... More >> |
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Finding good news in Afghanistan is like panning for gold in a Welsh river – it is there but it’s not easy to find.
Most coverage concentrates on the security situation and almost daily it gives the impression that Afghanistan is in terminal decline... More >> |
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Conditions remain grim in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province with more fighting this week.
Getting aid through to the 250,000 people displaced by the conflict between government and rebel forces remains a considerable challenge.
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The crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo shows little sign of abating.
This week has seen renewed clashes between rebel forces and pro-government troops in the troubled province of North Kivu.
From the humanitarian perspective, conditions are... More >> |
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Disasters and statistics seem to go hand-in-hand. The number of people killed, the total made homeless, injured or orphaned and the financial cost of the aftermath – numbers are never far away from the headlines.
A year ago last November, Cyclone Si... More >> |
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Get your diary out – next Wednesday is World Toilet Day.
Not important enough to make a date in your busy schedule? Tell that to 2.5 billion people worldwide who don’t have a toilet.
That lack of a basic facility which we all take for granted is ta... More >> |
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has gone from being the world’s bloodiest forgotten conflict since the Second World War to headline news around the globe in a matter of days.
A flare-up in fighting between rebel and government forces has left the e... More >> |
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More than two weeks of rain have turned Honduras into a drenched disaster zone.
Through the local church, Tearfund is responding. With your support, we’ve given £45,000 to three Christian partners supporting thousands of people who have lost everyth... More >> |
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Please pray for a regional summit this weekend aimed at breaking the deadlock of the political crisis in Zimbabwe.
A power-sharing deal between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, agreed after the disputed presidential e... More >> |
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More than a million people are homeless in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province due to conflict.
Recently this conflict between rebel and government forces has intensified and worsened an already serious humanitarian situation.
Pl... More >> |
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Shares tumbling, banks closing, recession looming and panic spreading. The headlines over the past few weeks have taken an apocalyptic turn.
For the people of Zimbabwe, economic chaos is nothing new. The country’s recent history has seen the march o... More >> |
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Tearfund partners in Honduras are battling with the elements to help tens of thousands of people who have been hit by severe flooding.
A series of tropical storms in recent weeks has dumped many inches of rain on the Central American country, with m... More >> |
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The issue of slavery hit the international headlines this week following a court case in West Africa.
The government of Niger was found guilty of not implementing its anti-slavery laws and protecting Hadijatou Mani, now aged 24, from being sold into... More >> |
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`Visit the gifted land of varieties’ declared an ageing poster on the office wall of Ethiopian administrator Kassa Giemore.
When a Tearfund team visited Mr Giemore in July, this encouragement for tourism seemed incongruous in a region badly affected... More >> |
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Zambia will reach a crossroads in its post-independence history next week when its people go to the polls to elect a new president.
Next Thursday’s vote follows the death of President Levy Mwanawasa in August, who had been in power since 2001.
Zamb... More >> |
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Political wrangling has reared its head in Zimbabwe just weeks after a power-sharing deal was brokered.
President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai haven’t been able to agree on the carving-up of cabinet posts.
Talks stalled so ... More >> |
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By the time you have finished reading this article, another seven children aged under five will have died from an illness related to diarrhoea.
They will have become ill because of dirty water and poor sanitation. Clean water and decent sanitation, ... More >> |
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Fancy making a stand against poverty this weekend? Well you can as part of Micah Sunday.
Micah organisers want as many people as possible to literally stand up and pray.
Last year an incredible 43 million counted themselves in and stood up and pra... More >> |
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The church in Sierra Leone is playing a leading role in raising awareness and reducing stigma around HIV.
The Evangelical Fellowship of Sierra Leone and Scripture Union Sierra Leone are working with local churches to increase their knowledge of HIV ... More >> |
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His fellow villagers call him `Cauliflower Badri’, such is his pioneering work with veg.
Badri Dakal is a 30-year-old farmer in Nepal who is earning a good living growing a kitchen garden.
No big shakes there you might think. But consider that a ki... More >> |
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As politicians return from their summer recess, please pray that the Climate Change Bill will be high up on their agenda.
The Bill, introduced as a framework for the UK to cut its emissions, is in its final stages in Parliament and is due to be pas... More >> |
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Over 25? Know the power of prayer but want to take that abroad?
Now, we’re offering you the opportunity to work and pray with one of our partners in India, next April.
Tearfund really values your prayer support. Why not come and see for yourself ... More >> |
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Tearfund believes that a massive increase of global activity is required to even get close to achieving the MDGs by 2015.
At the UN High Level Event in New York last week, world leaders, business people and charities discussed progress towards achi... More >> |
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Kapoeta village has been celebrating this week, because it is the first village in southern Sudan where all exit routes have been cleared of mines.
Kapoeta changed hands several times during the war and each time a new group took over, they laid ne... More >> |
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The church in Zimbabwe is at a crossroads.
As the country’s politicians wrestle over a new power-sharing deal, the church must work out how to respond.
That’s the view of a Tearfund analyst from Zimbabwe as the new political landscape takes shape ... More >> |
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The winds of 100mph and the lashing rain may have blown through but it’s becoming clear that Haiti’s recovery from being hit by four tropical storms will take many months.
As the flood waters recede, Tearfund partners are looking to provide the basi... More >> |
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If the first casualty of war is the truth, then all too often the second is the civilian population.
The latest example of this comes from Sri Lanka where the government’s offensive against the separatist Tamil Tigers has left many thousands in the ... More >> |
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Three Tearfund partners are drawing up plans to feed 17,000 people who have been affected by tropical storms that have hit Haiti in recent weeks.
Please continue to pray for relief efforts and for rebuilding work.
Pray for the families of the 600 p... More >> |
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This Sunday is the International Day of Prayer for Peace which coincides with the UN International Day of Peace.
The aim is to encourage faith communities around the globe to seek peace in the world.
Pray today that God’s church will lead the way i... More >> |
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The flooding that hit millions in northern India a month ago well deserves the label of extraordinary.
It came about because the Koshi river in neighbouring Nepal became so swollen with monsoon rains that it changed course eastwards - by more than 7... More >> |
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Water is dominating life in the West African country of Niger.
One of our partners is asking for prayer because there is a lack of rain in the north, despite it being the rainy season.
In common with some other African countries, drought has taken ... More >> |
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More than 30 people have died in Bolivia following politically-motivated violence.
The unrest stems from controversial constitutional changes proposed by the country’s President Evo Morales, who’s also run into opposition over plans to redistribute ... More >> |
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Please continue to pray for Haiti where violent storms have affected 2 million of the population.
Three Tearfund partners are doing an assessment of the damage among the communities where they are working.
Some 575 people have died in recent weeks ... More >> |
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The numbers behind the story of the flooding in India are mind-boggling.
Up to 3 million affected in 2,155 villages; 300,000 homes damaged; and nearly a million people rescued.
Fatalities are harder to estimate. The Indian government says 78 people... More >> |
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The southern region of Mindanao in the Philippines has been a stranger to peace for nearly four decades.
But recently the conflict between government forces and armed Islamic groups hit a new low with a shattering outpouring of violence.
That viole... More >> |
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Please continue to pray for Haiti where violent storms have affected 2 million of the population.
Three Tearfund partners are doing an assessment of the damage among the communities where they are working.
Some 575 people have died in recent weeks ... More >> |
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One aid worker compared it to the exodus of the Israelites as he looked upon thousands of people on the move across the north India landscape.
He was talking from the flood-hit state of Bihar where surging waters have affected millions of people.
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An explosion of anti-Christian violence in India has left several people dead and forced many others from their homes.
The incidents have taken place in the state of Orissa, following the killing of a Hindu leader accused of inciting attacks against... More >> |
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More than 2 million people have been severely affected by floods in the Indian state of Bihar.
The area’s chief minister has described the deluge, caused by the river Koshi in neighbouring Nepal bursting its banks, as a `catastrophe’.
The authorit... More >> |
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United Mission to Nepal (UMN) is helping thousands of people who have been left bereft by severe flooding in the Himalayan republic.
The Tearfund partner is supplying food to people who have lost their homes and all their possessions after, as repor... More >> |
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Four months after Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar and work to reach isolated villages for the first time is still going on.
Tearfund now has three partners handling relief and recovery projects after the storm left more than 80,000 dead and 50,0... More >> |
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Six years ago, Africa witnessed one of its darkest and bloodiest nights.
It took place in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and centred on the town of Nyakunde, but the chances are the name won’t have registered in your mind.
At the time, the ... More >> |
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Rain is falling in Ethiopia, but it is erratic. The rains are not due in Kenya until November.
The current rains in Ethiopia and the upcoming rains in Kenya need to be successful or the region could be plunged into famine conditions. Lack of rain m... More >> |
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Hoe in hand, Girma Hesebo was busily preparing his land when we met him.
Standing next to him was his young son Tariku. But unlike many two-year-olds, he was lethargic and quiet, a bundle of inertia.
`Not long ago he was very big in size,’ said 30-... More >> |
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An upsurge in violence is severely hampering relief efforts in troubled western Darfur, Sudan.
Armed men on camels recently killed 12 farmers in Mesterie, western Darfur, and injured two others.
The attacks happened when the farmers were out work... More >> |
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Somalia is one of the countries worst hit by the current food crisis in East Africa. But because of the ongoing conflict there, aid agencies are struggling to reach those who are facing hunger with food. The UN’s World Food Programme claims that atta... More >> |
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More than 130,000 people are dead or missing as a result of a cyclone that has devastated five provinces of Myanmar (Burma).
Tearfund is working with church-linked and Christian partners in the country to bring aid to tens of thousands of survivors.... More >> |
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Zimbabwe is a country with so many prayer needs.
Here are some pointers to guide your prayers:
• Please pray for the increasing number of people who are struggling to survive, particularly those who are elderly, sick or vulnerable children. • Pray... More >> |
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