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Malawi: Southern Africa food crisis

Source: TearfundCountry: Malawi, Zimbabwe, ZambiaSteve AdamsFailed harvests across southern Africa have once again led to severe food shortages, which threaten to bring the region to its knees....

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Zimbabwe: Southern Africa emergency appeal

Source: TearfundCountry: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi11 million people. 3 countries. 1 crisis. Our window for averting a food crisis across southern Africa is already closing, as millions across the region...

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Malawi: Malawi: Holding their breath

Source: TearfundCountry: Malawi, Zambia, ZimbabweWilliam Kinzi (65) and his 50-year-old wife Edith fear they are fighting a losing battle to feed their family as food shortages grip their country. 'We...

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Malawi: Tearfund appeals for funds as southern Africa food crisis deepens

Source: TearfundCountry: Malawi, Zambia, ZimbabweTearfund is this week launching an emergency appeal for funds as more than 11 million people across southern Africa face acute food shortages....

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Zimbabwe: Southern Africa remains gripped by food crisis - relief is helping...

Source: TearfundCountry: Zimbabwe, Malawi, ZambiaThe severe food crisis affecting more than 11 million people across southern Africa will worsen if more aid does not reach people in critical need of...

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Malawi: Malawi, Zambia, Zimbawe: Tearfund's response, country by country

Source: TearfundCountry: Malawi, Zambia, ZimbabweMalawi Working with our partner churches and organisations in Malawi, Tearfund has been able to help 12,063 families to get through the hungry season....

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Nigeria: Feeling the heat: Why governments must act to tackle the impact of...

Source: TearfundCountry: Nigeria, Niger, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Sudan, EthiopiaThis report highlights two key points:1. Climate change jeopardises water supply for millions of people in developing countries...

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Zimbabwe: Churches at the forefront of relief in Zimbabwe's spiralling decline

Source: TearfundCountry: ZimbabweChurches are fighting poverty, hunger and HIV among Zimbabwe's decimated communities and helping to meet the basic day to day needs - says UK Christian relief agency...

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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe: Churches warn of Bulawayo water crisis

Source: TearfundCountry: ZimbabweChurches in Zimbabwe's second largest city, Bulawayo, are launching emergency distributions of water and warning of 'disastrous' water shortages that could lead to...

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Zimbabwe: UK relief agency launches Zimbabwe emergency appeal

Source: TearfundCountry: ZimbabweUK relief and development agency Tearfund is launching an emergency appeal to support Zimbabwe churches bringing help to the poorest families affected by Zimbabwe's...

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Zimbabwe: EU talks must place focus on Zimbabwe

Source: TearfundCountry: ZimbabweAs Zimbabwean leader, President Mugabe, flies into Lisbon for the AU / EU Summit (7-9 December 2007), Tearfund, a UK relief and development agency, is urging that the...

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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's growing post-poll tensions

Source: TearfundCountry: ZimbabweInternational development agencies, Progressio, Tearfund, Trócaire, the Foundation for Development and Partnership in Africa (FEPA), and Christian Aid warn that...

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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe churches open their buildings for victims of violence and...

Source: TearfundCountry: ZimbabweIn the fourth week since Zimbabwe went to the polls a violent crack down is clearly underway. As Zanu PF militias target those suspected of voting for the opposition...

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Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe riot police raid Tearfund partner

Source: TearfundCountry: ZimbabweThis afternoon (Monday 9 June), the Harare offices of the Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (ZCA) were raided and five staff members were taken to the Harare Central Police...

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Zimbabwe: G8 Summit: Zimbabwe church workers plead for decisive G8 action to...

Source: TearfundCountry: ZimbabweOn the opening day of the G8 Summit in Japan, Zimbabwean church workers at the forefront of aid efforts in the country issued an impassioned call to world leaders for...

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Zimbabwe: African leaders in slow lane over Zimbabwe

Source: TearfundCountry: ZimbabweOn the opening day of the G8 Summit in Japan, African leaders attending the talks appeared to ask for virtually nothing of their G8 counterparts in discussions aimed at...

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Zimbabwe: Tide is turning in Zimbabwe cholera outbreak

Source: TearfundCountry: ZimbabweEfforts by a Tearfund partner to stem the tide of cholera in Zimbabwe are showing signs of success.Months of preventative work have been going on in Bulawayo to fix the...

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Zimbabwe: New crop skills aim to beat Zimbabwe hunger

Source: TearfundCountry: ZimbabweIt's raining in Zimbabwe but no one is complaining.It's badly needed, evidenced by the dry grass which is steadily turning from brown to green as the soil is refreshed....

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Zimbabwe: Orphans face testing time

Source: TearfundCountry: ZimbabweMiclon surveys his field in silence. There’s nothing to say because there’s nothing to see.The soil is parched and hard as concrete and the little grass that is evident...

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Kenya: Join Up, Scale Up: How integration can defeat disease and poverty

Source: Tearfund, Action Contre la FaimCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Uganda, ZimbabweExecutive summaryDespite the extraordinary advances of the 21 st century, the devastating...

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