The following was written by Catherine Rivera-Puddle My husband muttered under his breath as another motorcyclist zipped out in front of our car, oblivious to us or the tons of other motorcyclists and cars clogging the road. “I really wonder if these people have brains sometimes” he said through gritted teeth. To us it seemed that people in the town where we had come to work had a major death wish, especially on the roads. [...]

Frank interviews Steve Tollestrup about Compassion Day, the current tours and child sponsorship particularly in Haiti

Sarah Jeffries, TEAR Fund’s National Events Manager, talks to Drew about the upcoming Compassion Day radiothon and tours.

Drew interviews Armin Chermue about her experiences growing up as a Compassion sponsored child in a remote, impoverished hill village in Thailand.

The second part of Frank’s interview with Grant Norsworthy where he relates his deeply moving experiences in Rwanda…

Frank interviews singer/artist/speaker/thinker and all round nice guy Grant Norsworthy about attitudes to giving and Child Sponsorship.

Compassion International, the organisation TEAR Fund NZ partners with in Child Sponsorship, runs a programme that unites them with bloggers. From time to time they take groups of bloggers on trips to see the work done in the developing world first hand and those bloggers write while on the trips, giving their readers a close proximity to what is happening and what sponsorship is achieving. One of those bloggers is a wonderful lady whose blog I follow [...]

Our child sponsorship programme around the world is run by our partner organisation Compassion International. Today, I thought I would offer you a video that explains Compassion International a little. If you would like to sponsor a child through TEAR Fund NZ and our partner, Compassion, call us on 0800 800 777 or click here.

Long before coming to work at TEAR Fund, my wife and I decided to sponsor a child. I thought I would share a little about why. Firstly, we’re big fans of Tear Fund and their ethos of partnerships with other organisations in the developing world and because of that we have chosen to support a few of their initiatives. We believe in what TEAR Fund is doing. Our sponsor child’s name is April. Her birthday [...]

As part of a determined “giving strategy” (which I may explain here at some stage), I sponsor a child in the Philippines. Her name is April. April has been our sponsor child since 2005 and will be for as long as she is within the age to receive the support we have to offer. Prior to sponsoring April, I didn’t know much about the Philippines and certainly felt no connection to the region, investing money [...]