The following article is written by David Tan, a year 12 student from Rangitoto College. As part of the College’s Gateway programme, David is getting some work experience at TEAR Fund. What the heck is “development”? It’s an important question. I wonder what happened to the $45 cheque I gave to TEAR Fund last month… it’s a lot of money for an unemployed seventeen-year old teen. I want lives to be transformed and dreams to [...]

We Kiwis have a real connection with farming.  It’s been the backbone of our economy from the start.  Many of us come from farms, have farming friends or family, or at least have stayed on a farm for a while. We’re not too happy when we see big chunks of our farmland being sold to overseas buyers but at least we’re sure the Kiwi land owner agreed to the sale and sold at a very [...]

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. [...]

Concerned young mother Emma Diack discusses the dire situation in Niger and fact that this desperate country is being largely ignored.

News from TEAR Fund emergency appeal. If you follow the news you’ll be well aware of the massive floods which are devastating Pakistan but do you realize that this flooding is becoming the biggest natural disaster in decades, affecting more people than the Haiti earthquake or the tsunami of 2004. Torrential monsoon rains swept into the northwest of Pakistan on July 22nd. They moved north to the Khyber devastating precious farmland particularly in the Punjab [...]

Alice Palmer Foreman talks to Frank about her recent trip to Uganda especially her visit to Living Hope and other Watoto projects.

Drew talks to Andrew Finlay about his time at TEAR Fund and his upcoming work in Vanuatu with Nasi Tuan.

By Carl Worthington In March this year I had the privilege of visiting villages in Paratawada, India. Each of these remote rural communities are served in different capacities through TEAR Fund NZ and their partner EFICOR. A large part of their vision is to provide water to the impoverished local people through water harvesting techniques. It was very hot the day we visited the Mazarkapadi Village. All of our team carried bottled water in our day packs. My dry thirst [...]

Drew chats with new International Programmes Officer Kevin Riddell about his work prior to TEAR Fund particularly his years in Iraq.

Tear Fund’s Advocate Manager – Beth Harper – talks about the Insight Tour she recently led to visit our partners in India.