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The Humanitarian Chronicle is the unofficial blog of TEAR Fund NZ. It is a place for anyone and everyone to engage in discussion around world issues. Predominantly these will be things that TEAR Fund is involved with. Writers will include TEAR Fund staff, advocates, partners and sometimes supporters.
The blog will also feature events, press releases and updates on things TEAR Fund is doing.
TEAR Fund is a development and relief organisation that partners with local Christian organisations and churches in developing countries. Our partners use local staff who work directly with the poorest people, helping them find their own solutions, cutting out the middleman and reducing costs. Our key activities are child sponsorship, Microenterprise, community development projects and disaster relief.
Our mission statement is:
The purpose of TEAR Fund is to glorify God by extending his kingdom in ministry to the poor, oppressed and disadvantaged, and to encourage God’s people in New Zealand to live out the values and principles of his kingdom, by sharing with those in need.
For more information about TEAR Fund, visit www.tearfund.org.nz
If you want to stay up to date with the site and all the latest discussions, subscribe to our RSS feed. Alternatively you can follow this blog and more about TEAR Fund on Twitter.
Any opinions expressed on this blog are held by the individual writers and are not necessarily those of TEAR Fund New Zealand.
This week on up:link we catch up with Steve Tollestrup, the Executive Director of TEAR Fund New Zealand, and talk about the contentious referendum about to be held that will ask the question “Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?”
There’s been a lot of talk lately about Christian relief agencies like TEAR Fund throwing money away. “You’ve got to give a hand up not a hand out!” That may sound sensible and impressive but it’s based on a shallow understanding of what Christian relief organizations actually do.
When disaster strikes – a cyclone in Myanmar [...]
Today is a significant part of Lent, it is Palm Sunday and represents the beginning of Holy Week. For the context of Today, take the time to read Mark 11:1-11 and consider.
Today represents the day when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a humble donkey and the people received him as a King, laying their cloaks and [...]
TEAR Fund now has a Podcast. The Podcast is called up:link and is an audio feature you can get each week that includes interviews with guests involved in development and advocacy around the world. It also offers comment on issues around the globe and covers themes such as development amongst poor communities, justice, advocacy, campaigning [...]
In this Podcast we talk to Patrick McDonald, head of the Viva Network and advocate on child issues. Patrick was recently in New Zealand for TEAR Fund’s Compassion Day.
