Today’s guest post is by Katie Harrison, Head of Media & Corporate Communications at Tearfund. Katie visited Iraq in August and experienced first-hand what many refugees there are going through. Katie tweets at @KatieHarrisonTF. ———— When news broke of David Haines’ abduction… Read More ›
Overseas aid
“Some arrived in their pyjamas” – practically demonstrating God’s love to Iraq’s refugees
Today’s guest post is by Joe Ware, Christian Aid’s Church & Campaigns Journalist. This piece is taken from his recent interview with Father Jens. Joe tweets at @wareisjoe. ———— A Swiss monk working with Christian Aid in Northern Iraq has spoken of people fleeing… Read More ›
The Locust Effect – the most powerful book I’ve read in years
According to a ComRes poll for the Mirror in June, a quarter of Britons (24 per cent) have lost faith in the police. Back in February another piece of research also conducted by ComRes for the Christian human rights organisation,… Read More ›
Churches can empower communities in ways that government overseas aid never will
This week, three of my fellow bloggers have travelled to Cambodia with Tearfund to visit communities living in poverty being transformed through the local church. They are meeting people who are being given a hand up from poverty thanks to… Read More ›
Clearing up the mess that deliberately alarmist journalism leaves behind
Late on Friday night I received a message from a friend at Christian Aid who was considerably concerned about a Telegraph article that had just been published entitled Charity millions ‘going to Syrian terror groups’. The strap line under the headline… Read More ›
Was Enough Food for Everyone IF worth the effort?
It’s now a week since the G8 summit took place in Northern Ireland. The dust has had time to settle and we’re at the point where initial assessments of the successes and failures have begun to roll in. For those… Read More ›
An open letter to David Cameron
Dear Prime Minister Back in January of this year you recorded a video message setting out the UK’s position on global hunger. You said: “The UK is leading the fight against global hunger. The generosity of our people and the… Read More ›