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Why Tearfund?

Our vision is to see people freed from poverty, living transformed lives, and reaching their God-given potential. But what makes us different? You can find out here.

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Deep, Lasting Impact

By partnering with Tearfund, you help address the root causes of poverty that lie beneath surface needs. Because our whole focus is on restoring broken relationships – with God, within families and communities, and with creation – our goal is to break the cycle of poverty so that we’re not needed anymore. Through our focus on local partnerships, you create lasting change that is efficient, effective, and local-friendly.


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A Focus on Training

A Focus on Training

Handing out food is easy, but that doesn’t help people provide for themselves. Instead, all of our development programs focus on training families so that they can fulfill their potential and escape poverty using their own God-given skills and resources.

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Strategic Involvement

Strategic Involvement

There's no end to the problems that need solving. So instead of trying to do everything, we have rigorous criteria that focus us on the areas of greatest need where we can have the biggest impact.

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National Leaders

National Leaders

Our team is small - just 12 Canadian staff. We don't believe in our staff living overseas; rather, we support and train 500+ Christian nationals to be powerful change-agents in their local communities. All of that results in both better development and much lower costs.

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Partnerships that Multiply

Partnerships that Multiply

We partner with incredible organizations like the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. These partnerships often double or quadruple the impact of your donations by increasing our reach to the most vulnerable.

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Committed to Work With Local Churches

The church is the most effective catalyst for bringing hope and transformation to a community. God’s people are the only ones who can address the broken relationships at the root of poverty.

Through Tearfund, you help local churches mend these broken relationships and transform the lives of the poor.

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Integral

Integral

The Good News of the Bible calls the followers of Jesus who have experienced a spiritual transformation to feed the poor, speak up for the oppressed, and to seek justice. Our goal is to equip and mobilize churches to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs around them and open up doors to a full life.

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Respected

Respected

Churches have strong local influence and can impact attitudes and behaviours in their communities.

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Embedded

Embedded

Churches can be found in the most remote places and are embedded in their communities. They can reach places we cannot. After we leave, the church will continue to be there.

Our Theology of Poverty

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Full-Life Transformation

The problem with many solutions to poverty is that they are incomplete. Poverty isn’t just physical – it’s also emotional, social, and spiritual, caused by broken relationships. We seek to help the whole person. Our goal isn’t just about helping people overcome poverty; it’s about people living life to the full and being part of God’s Kingdom-building, life-giving mission.

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Focus on the Whole Person

Focus on the Whole Person

We focus on the wellbeing of the whole person—not just the physical. We avoid handouts, address emotional suffering, and let people know that they are valued and loved by God.

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Community View

Community View

We work with local churches to identify the greatest areas of need in their own community. Through our church mobilization program, we help churches change their mindsets from an internal focus to an external one. Our goal isn’t cookie-cutter solutions but true transformation.

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Focus on Families

Focus on Families

We believe the best way to provide for children is to help their parents break out of poverty. Through training, we help parents grow and earn more so that they will be able to provide for their children with dignity.

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Care for Creation

Care for Creation

We recognize that the fall didn’t just impact humanity but all of creation. We work to create economic systems that respect God’s creation and encourage a thriving world.

Become an Outpour Partner

Join a community of devoted monthly donors who are passionate about helping end the cycle of poverty through God’s love. 

Monthly giving is the most powerful way to have a year-round impact on the lives of moms and families in the world’s poorest places. Your monthly contribution of $50 helps release one family from the grips of extreme poverty each year and strengthens the local church to transform their entire community. 

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