Jesus’ love leads us to act. Will you follow?

Jesus doesn't look away. Neither do we.

Following Jesus is never passive. His heart breaks for the broken, and his love demands a response to the world’s deepest pain.

For Tearfund, this means turning faith into action. We follow Christ’s example by helping families recover from crisis, rebuild what was shattered, and reclaim their God-given dignity. This is where love leads: to a future where extreme poverty doesn’t exist and where hope is never extinguished.

From hunger to hope: Esther's story

This is what love in action looks like on the ground – in the life of one remarkable young woman.

In Uganda, extreme hunger often forces families apart. Esther, 20, cares for her five younger siblings while her parents work on a distant farm. They send back what they can, but despite all their hard work, it was rarely enough. For years, the family survived on just one meal a day.

‘If you don’t find food,’ Esther recalls, ‘it means you go to sleep hungry.’

But Jesus’ love didn’t stay at a distance. Through Tearfund's local partner, Esther joined a training group where she learned sustainable farming. Today, she has a thriving kitchen garden that feeds her family year-round. And with the extra income from selling their surplus vegetables, they have bought more land, built a new home and broken the cycle of hunger for the next generation.

‘It's not like the old days,’ Esther says. ‘Hunger won’t touch us again.’

Esther’s transformation is proof of what happens when faith refuses to watch from a distance. We refuse to let stories like Esther’s end in poverty. The question is: will you?

For nearly 60 years, Tearfund has followed Jesus into the world’s hardest places, refusing to let extreme poverty crush people’s hope.

We’re in this for the long haul, because Christ’s love demands nothing less.

Driven by that devotion, and together with our supporters, the impact is growing every single day.