News from Tear Fund

Zimbabwe Emergency Appeal

Malnutrition, poverty, chronic unemployment, hyper-inflation, political repression, human rights abuses - a sea of suffering is engulfing the people of Zimbabwe.

About a third of the 13 million population is struggling to feed itself, hampered by bad harvests and ineffective government. Food aid is being provided but hopes that the coming harvest would be good have been undermined by extensive recent flooding.

Maize meal, a basic staple of the Zimbabwe diet, is in desperately short supply. Prices have rocketed as inflation has topped 26,000 per cent.

Tearfund is working with Zimbabwe's churches to reach the vulnerable - children, the elderly and widows - so you can be sure your help goes straight to those who need it most.

Donations to Tear Fund are making a difference -
Please give whatever you can (marked Zimbabwe Appeal) and pray today.
If you wish to donate to Tearfund by cheque, then please make it payable to Tearfund and send it to the following address: Tearfund, Freepost SEA919, Teddington, Middlesex, TWll 8BR.

Donations can also be made online via the web site at the address above where information is also available about gift aiding your donation.

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