I’ve got an iPhone and an Apple mini-mac.  Have you ever unwrapped a new, glistening, dripping-with-hotness Apple product? But I’ve been worried by what I’m hearing about them (see Caleb’s recent post).  I’ve heard that the casing for the new iPads already have a space ready for rear-facing cameras in the slightly-higher-retail-priced models to be put before our lusting eyes [...]

TEAR Fund Advocate Phil Ryburn describes his recent trip to India, particularly his time with Saahasee and Freeset.

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. There is a great Christian tradition that is often carried out this time of year in the lead up to [...]

The government is set to scrap Te Hurihanga (The Turning Point), a programme aimed at reforming our worst young male offenders aged 14-17yrs. The programme was launched in 2007 and has so far cost $5 million to establish and run since then. Te Hurihanga is a bicultural programme and Former Youth Court Judge Carolyn Henwood who developed the programme has [...]

Greetings from the republic of Aotearoa – a progressive and peaceful nation in the south Pacific which leads the world in caring for its multi racial populace and its natural environment. Yeah, right!  How sad that this statement is so far from the truth. Like so many nations Aotearoa has a shameful legacy of colonialism. The Maori people were cheated [...]

Joy Davidson talks about her experiences growing up in Zimbabwe, the changes she experienced and the situation for the people living there now.

Every year TEAR Fund’s Christmas Focus appeal focuses on a particularly needy area of the world.  In 2007 the focus was Darfur.  Last year it was Nepal with a particular emphasis on slave trafficking.  This year it’s Zimbabwe – which on the failed states index – runs a close second to Somalia as the most crippled country in the world.

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

Humans are mad.  There’s no question about it – as a species we are certifiably insane.  When aliens jump in their UFOs for a joy ride, I’m sure they swing by Earth, just to have a laugh at the crazy antics of the dominant species… or perhaps they discuss our self destruction with horrified bemusement.

Lawyer Jonny Moses talks about his work for the UN in Tanzania, prosecuting suspects from the Rwandan genocide.

Kim Workman talks about different models of justice and reforming our penal system in Aotearoa/NZ

Esther Ducai -TEAR Fund’s International Programmes Director talks about working with our indigenous partners and shares some 3rd world experiences.

TEAR Fund is deeply indebted to volunteers who carry out a number of important tasks in our Supporter Relations Department. Anne is one of our most loyal and loved volunteers. She has a keen mind, a great sense of humour and is over 80 years old. Every Monday morning we have devotions led by one of the TEAR Fund team. [...]

Integral mission or holistic transformation is the proclamation and demonstration of the gospel. It is not simply that evangelism and social involvement are to be done alongside each other. Rather, in integral mission our proclamation has social consequences as we call people to love and repentance in all areas of life. And our social involvement has evangelistic consequences as we [...]

On this episode of the Podcast we have the privilege of being able to hear from the Principal Youth Court Judge here in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Judge Andrew Becroft. We talk about his career, challenges and also look at the topic of justice from his perspective.

The following is reprinted with permission from the author, Dr. Howard Zehr, Professor of Restorative Justice at Eastern Mennonite University’s graduate Center for Justice and Peacebuilding and the editor of The Little Books of Justice and Peacemaking series. I have read the book in that series titled “Restorative Justice” which was authored by Dr. Zehr and would highly recommend it [...]