Issues: Environment and climate change <Back to previous page Welcome to Tearfund Learn's blog. It's a lively and diverse forum where voices from around the world share their stories, learning and insights. Sign up to receive our latest blogs direct to your inbox First name Last name Email address Subscribe Active Filters: By Tearfund Learn, 04 October 2019 Q&A with Vincent Moyo, Country Director, Tearfund Malawi Our series of Q&As with country directors continues with Vincent Moyo, who has worked for Tearfund in Malawi since 2006. He shares his thoughts on… Read More By Sas Conradie, 08 August 2019 Everywhere is rubbish Last year I was privileged to have visited Angola for two weeks. Travelling around the country made a deep impression on me and changed my view of… Read More By Tearfund Learn, 27 June 2019 Q&A with Ashraf Mall, Country Director, Tearfund Pakistan Ashraf has worked for Tearfund for more than ten years. He steps down next month to take up a role with the Pakistan Partner Initiative working with… Read More By Tearfund Pakistan and Pak Mission Society, 29 March 2019 Meet the married E-guards who play a key role in cleaning up their community Mumtaz and Beenish are in their sixties. In fact, they are not quite sure of their exact ages. But they are sure about their love for their community… Read More By Sarah Onduko, 01 February 2019 Changing mindsets around plastic bags in Kenya Until recently, the use of plastic bags was very common in Kenya. Whenever we went shopping, we knew our purchases would be wrapped nicely in… Read More By Priscilla Souza, 07 June 2018 Churches and communities join forces to clean up polluted waters in Brazil The residents of communities around the Tejipió River in north-east Brazil suffer from regular floods. The factors that cause such floods are well… Read More By Nick Wyke, 08 May 2018 How solar power is saving lives in DRC Come nightfall, the residents of Madzangina lived in complete darkness. The village, in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has… Read More By Chris Szuskiewicz, 02 May 2018 Five ways to limit the impact of rubbish on the environment We all produce rubbish. Usually we don’t think about it. We just throw it away. But 2 billion people don’t have their waste collected and the world… Read More By Sara Shaw, 28 September 2017 Why advocate on climate change? What is advocacy? Advocacy is about influencing people and public policies to bring about change. It involves influencing those in power to act more… Read More 12 September 2017 A journey towards wholeness: ‘The best 10 weeks of my life so far’ Youth unemployment is a huge problem in Nigeria. Half of the country’s population is under the age of 30, and the public sector cannot absorb the… Read More By Richard Lister, 10 March 2017 Learning to be good stewards of our lives and land Do you ever get angry and then feel embarrassed? I do. I remember driving with four church and community transformation (CCT) facilitators through… Read More Load More Posts
By Tearfund Learn, 04 October 2019 Q&A with Vincent Moyo, Country Director, Tearfund Malawi Our series of Q&As with country directors continues with Vincent Moyo, who has worked for Tearfund in Malawi since 2006. He shares his thoughts on… Read More
By Sas Conradie, 08 August 2019 Everywhere is rubbish Last year I was privileged to have visited Angola for two weeks. Travelling around the country made a deep impression on me and changed my view of… Read More
By Tearfund Learn, 27 June 2019 Q&A with Ashraf Mall, Country Director, Tearfund Pakistan Ashraf has worked for Tearfund for more than ten years. He steps down next month to take up a role with the Pakistan Partner Initiative working with… Read More
By Tearfund Pakistan and Pak Mission Society, 29 March 2019 Meet the married E-guards who play a key role in cleaning up their community Mumtaz and Beenish are in their sixties. In fact, they are not quite sure of their exact ages. But they are sure about their love for their community… Read More
By Sarah Onduko, 01 February 2019 Changing mindsets around plastic bags in Kenya Until recently, the use of plastic bags was very common in Kenya. Whenever we went shopping, we knew our purchases would be wrapped nicely in… Read More
By Priscilla Souza, 07 June 2018 Churches and communities join forces to clean up polluted waters in Brazil The residents of communities around the Tejipió River in north-east Brazil suffer from regular floods. The factors that cause such floods are well… Read More
By Nick Wyke, 08 May 2018 How solar power is saving lives in DRC Come nightfall, the residents of Madzangina lived in complete darkness. The village, in a remote part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has… Read More
By Chris Szuskiewicz, 02 May 2018 Five ways to limit the impact of rubbish on the environment We all produce rubbish. Usually we don’t think about it. We just throw it away. But 2 billion people don’t have their waste collected and the world… Read More
By Sara Shaw, 28 September 2017 Why advocate on climate change? What is advocacy? Advocacy is about influencing people and public policies to bring about change. It involves influencing those in power to act more… Read More
12 September 2017 A journey towards wholeness: ‘The best 10 weeks of my life so far’ Youth unemployment is a huge problem in Nigeria. Half of the country’s population is under the age of 30, and the public sector cannot absorb the… Read More
By Richard Lister, 10 March 2017 Learning to be good stewards of our lives and land Do you ever get angry and then feel embarrassed? I do. I remember driving with four church and community transformation (CCT) facilitators through… Read More