Month: July 2014

May 15, 2014 by jokhinmaung This is a Guest Post from Stephanie Beecroft, Advocacy Officer for EU-CORD, a network of 22 Christian Organisations in Relief and Development of which Tearfund is a member.  If you’ve kept up with any of the news coverage or the party campaigns for the May elections in recent weeks, you’d be… Continue reading Aid – Tearfund's Policy Blog

May 15, 2014 by jokhinmaung This is a Guest Post from Stephanie Beecroft, Advocacy Officer for EU-CORD, a network of 22 Christian Organisations in Relief and Development of which Tearfund is a member.  If you’ve kept up with any of the news coverage or the party campaigns for the May elections in recent weeks, you’d be… Continue reading Why the European elections matter for development – Tearfund's Policy Blog

October 4, 2013 by Rosanne White Over the last three weeks, all visitors to the UK might well be forgiven for thinking that the titan of British business is marigold manufacturing. Whether it be David Cameron rolling up his sleeves to mop up Labour’s mess or Ed Miliband preparing his hard hat for some serious… Continue reading Labour – Tearfund's Policy Blog

January 21, 2014 by Caroline Maxwell For the launch of Tearfund’s media report ‘Overcrowded and overlooked’ this is a guest blog post by Rupen Das. Rupen is the Director of one of Tearfund’s partnering organisations helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon. As the crisis in Syria and its neighbouring countries enters its third year, it is… Continue reading Caroline Maxwell – Tearfund's Policy Blog

October 4, 2013 by Rosanne White Over the last three weeks, all visitors to the UK might well be forgiven for thinking that the titan of British business is marigold manufacturing. Whether it be David Cameron rolling up his sleeves to mop up Labour’s mess or Ed Miliband preparing his hard hat for some serious… Continue reading Prime Minister – Tearfund's Policy Blog

October 15, 2013 by sarahwiggins1 Cyclone Phailin, although a frightening and powerful display of weather, was not the disaster it could have been. We have reason to be glad: the tremendous evacuation efforts of the Indian government, supported by the pre-emptive disaster risk reduction work locally by organisations including Tearfund, paid off and saved lives.… Continue reading Lives saved, but that’s only part of the story – Tearfund's Policy Blog

October 1, 2013 by sarahwiggins1 Last week I reversed into someone’s car and, sincerely sorry for the damage to their passenger door that I had caused, of course I immediately provided my details and paid to put it right – it diminished my household budget, but was the human thing to do. The leading climate… Continue reading Tearfund's Policy Blog

April 12, 2013 by stephaniekgill Yes that’s right, for those of us ‘special few’ who pride ourselves in working on this subject, today marks the launch of a WHO & UNICEF global plan with the ambitious title ‘Ending Preventable Deaths from Pneumonia and Diarrhoea by 2025 – The integrated Global Action Plan for Pneumonia and… Continue reading An exciting day in the world of diarrhoea… – Tearfund's Policy Blog

October 4, 2013 by Rosanne White Over the last three weeks, all visitors to the UK might well be forgiven for thinking that the titan of British business is marigold manufacturing. Whether it be David Cameron rolling up his sleeves to mop up Labour’s mess or Ed Miliband preparing his hard hat for some serious… Continue reading David Cameron – Tearfund's Policy Blog

October 4, 2013 by Rosanne White Over the last three weeks, all visitors to the UK might well be forgiven for thinking that the titan of British business is marigold manufacturing. Whether it be David Cameron rolling up his sleeves to mop up Labour’s mess or Ed Miliband preparing his hard hat for some serious… Continue reading Nick Clegg – Tearfund's Policy Blog