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Food Should Not Be A Luxury

A story of God’s Creation

October 5, 2020

Before God rested from the task of Creation, He provided for His children, giving “every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it” for food.

For many of our brothers and sisters around the world, traditional farming practices, changing weather, and war prevent them from enjoying one of the most important provisions that we all need to survive.

When you support Tearfund Canada, you are helping people access what God has already made available. Whether it is introducing swamp rice farming in West Africa or conservation agriculture in the dry, arid climates of East Africa, new agricultural practices help poor smallholder farmers produce more food for their families – sometimes as much as 5x what they produced before receiving training from our church-based partners!

These kinds of results have caught the attention of the Canadian government. Through the Canadian Foodgrains B ank, they have asked the Church to spread conservation agriculture even faster and train 50,000 farmers in East Africa by 2020! It is exciting for us to be part of seeing so many more people become secure by meeting their most basic need: food.

We believe God’s creation CAN support His children, and that no one should go hungry or be malnourished. With your support, the Church – in Canada and overseas – is bearing witness to the goodness of God.

You can impact a family’s life by bringing an end to poverty

“This is God’s mysterious work”

In Aweil East County, South Sudan, widow Ajak Ngong Anei struggled to care for her two adult children. With no crops and only wild fruit to survive on, hope seemed lost. But through Tearfund’s food assistance program, she received rations to last three months. Calling it “God’s mysterious work,” Ajak now has food on the table and renewed hope for the days ahead.

Finding her God-Given Identity

When Françoise joined a church-led food security program in the DRC, she didn’t expect it to transform her life. Learning sustainable farming and rabbit care not only gave her the ability to feed her family, but also opened her eyes to her God-given identity and potential. Now, she’s inspiring other women to dream, work, and provide for their families—breaking free from long-held cultural limits.