A few weeks ago as I was paddling across Purakanui inlet in a kayak – which was rapidly trying to become a submarine -  I passed a pleasant dad in a dingy rowing his two little daughters by the old boat sheds.  We chatted a bit, there on the water and it turned out that “Brian” and his family were from Christchurch.  Their house had been rendered uninhabitable by the earthquakes.  Some kind soul had [...]

An interview with Jenni Broom -  National Manager, Refugee Services Aotearoa – in which we follow the process of settling refugees in this country.

The following is reprinted with permission from Reuters AlertNet. Images used in this article were obtained from the author and are used with permission from the author. The views expressed in this article are the author’s alone. Through our partner in Sri Lanka, TEAR Fund is one of the few organisations with good access to those suffering through displacement. Written by: A writer in Sri Lanka She stood in the door frame of a former [...]

TEAR Fund has recently approved a sum of money to be sent to our partner in Pakistan to provide assistance to the many people who are now refugees after fleeing the Swat Valley area to the fighting between government forces and the Taliban. Pakistan is a country we are monitoring closely.

A first step has been made towards peace in Darfur with an agreement of “good intention” being signed between the government of Sudan and the main rebel group from the western Darfur region. The agreement comes after negotiations hosted by Qatar and jointly sponsored by Qatar, the United Nations, African Union and Arab League and they hold the hope that this will lead to broader conference on peace for Darfur. It seems that the agreement includes [...]

Allow us to introduce you to two great games. Most sites aimed at helping people to understand different humanitarian problems are very heavily geared towards readers (including this one). They present information that needs to be read. Not all people learn in this way though. For that reason, there are various online games you can now play to understand such situations better. Jonathan Read from Filmguide alerted The Humanitarian Chronicle to one geared at helping [...]