Tearfund NZ 101

Question 1

What is our vision?

Answer 1

To see individuals and communities around the world transformed by hope, opportunity, and dignity.

Question 2

In which five ways do we work?

Answer 2

(1) We nourish communities.
(2) We protect the vulnerable from exploitation.
(3) We restore hope and peace after a disaster strikes.
(4) We sponsor children in need.
(5) We empower the poor to help themselves.

Question 3

In which year was Tearfund NZ birthed by Tearfund in the UK?

Answer 3

1975.

Question 4

What was the grant to us from Tearfund?

Answer 4

£10,000.

Question 5

In how many countries have we worked?

Answer 5

Over 46.

Question 6

How many children have Kiwis sponsored through us around the world?

Answer 6

35,000.

Question 7

How much do we raise each year?

Answer 7

$14 million.

Question 8

In how many countries do we work now?

Answer 8

24.

Question 9

How many partners do we work with now?

Answer 9

29.

Question 10

Where do we work to protect children and women from sexual exploitation and trafficking?

Answer 10

Cambodia, Fiji, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

Question 11

What are the “5P’s” of protecting children and women from sexual exploitation and trafficking?

Answer 11

Prevention, prosecution, protection, policy, and partnership.

Question 12

What is the recommended monthly donation to protect children and women from sexual exploitation and trafficking?

Answer 12

$30 or more.

Question 13

What percentage of children in the world are forced into child labour?

Answer 13

15%.

Question 14

How many children under the age of five die every day?

Answer 14

18,000.

Question 15

Which organisation do we partner with for child sponsorship?

Answer 15

Compassion International.

Question 16

If a child is sponsored, how much more likely are they to complete secondary education?

Answer 16

27-40%

Question 17

If a child is sponsored, how much more likely are they to complete university education?

Answer 17

50-80%.

Question 18

If a child is sponsored, which careers benefitting children are they more likely to pursue?

Answer 18

Nurse, pastor, social worker, or teacher.

Question 19

How much a month does it cost a supporter to sponsor a child?

Answer 19

$52.

Question 20

Is it possible for a sponsor to visit their sponsored child?

Answer 20

Yes!

Question 21

Summarise Jané’s story of child sponsorship.

Answer 21

Jané was living in a slum of Kolkata in India when his father died. His mother struggled to provide for the children. He became the man of the house. Much of these burdens were lifted when he was sponsored.

Question 22

How did Jané’s sponsors encourage him?

Answer 22

They told me that they believed in me, loved me, prayed for me, and were committed to seeing me complete the programme.

Question 23

Now that Jané is an adult, what have his sponsors enabled him to do?

Answer 23

He is currently studying at university.

Question 24

In the past 10 years, by how much has the number of people affected by disasters increased?

Answer 24

The number has doubled and is likely to increase in the future.

Question 25

What is the number of people who have had their lives disrupted due to conflict or disaster in the past 10 years?

Answer 25

1.7 billion people.

Question 26

How many people are displaced by persecution, violence, and war?

Answer 26

1/122 people.

Question 27

What is the number of natural disasters in the first decade of the 21st century?

Answer 27

3,496 (nearly five times the number of events in the 1970s).

Question 28

When a conflict or disaster strikes, we respond through the which organisation: a global network of Christian organisations that collaborate and share resources to effectively and quickly help those in need?

Answer 28

Integral Alliance.

Question 29

The UNDP estimates that for every $1 spent on disaster risk reduction saves how much in relief and repairs?

Answer 29

$7.

Question 30

How many people have died through disasters in the last 10 years?

Answer 30

700,000 people.

Question 31

According to the World (Disaster) Risk Index 2013, which country has the highest natural disaster risk?

Answer 31

Vanuatu followed by Tonga.

Question 32

Summarise Jacob Talla’s story of surviving Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu.

Answer 32

Jacob is the chairman of the Nasi Tuan (Tearfund’s partner) Coffee Cooperative Group. Jacob lost his home and livelihood in this disaster. He and even his grandparents had never witnessed such a bad storm. All his fellow coffee growers were in the same boat. Prior to the storm, the group would produce 16 tonnes of coffee beans in a year; this year they will produce just half-a-tonne. With the help of Nasi Tuan, next year they should produce 25-30 tonnes.

Question 33

What is the return from every dollar invested in a Self Help Group in Ethiopia based on a cost-benefit analysis?

Answer 33

$50 to $200.

Question 34

What is the number of women connected to a Self Help Group in Ethiopia?

Answer 34

200,000 people.

Question 35

How many staff members cover the Self Help groups in Ethiopia?

Answer 35

Just 200 people.

Question 36

By how much more effective is agricultural growth in low-income countries in reducing extreme poverty compared with growth in other sectors?

Answer 36

Three times more effective.

Question 37

How do we empower people to help themselves?

Answer 37

Through empowering girls and women, farming co-operatives, providing extensive training, and Self-Help Groups.

Question 38

What is the New Zealand equivalent of the international poverty line? This is less than the price of a cup of coffee.

Answer 38

$2.85 a day.

Question 39

What is the number of countries in which Tearfund NZ works, empowering local people caught up in the cycle of poverty?

Answer 39

9.

Question 40

What is the number of people whose lives have been impacted by our work?

Answer 40

300,000 people.

Question 41

Summarise Zeuditu’s story of her experience of being a part of a self-help group (SHG).

Answer 41

Zeuditu is the book writer of Michael Yirdan Self Help Group which is made up of 23 members. When they began the group in May 2008, each member saved just 50 cents per week. Today, they are saving up to 10 birr. This has resulted in the group saving in total 44,300 birr. Previously, the group could only give out loans up to 200 birr. Now, they give out loans up to 6,000 birr.

When Zeuditu tried to get a loan from other micro-finance organisations, they asked her for collateral which she didn’t have. Collectively, all the members of the SHG constitute the bank. She was able to get a loan and with it, she opened a traditional beverage business. Now, she has not only sent her child to school, but he has gone to university and graduated taking a job as a manager. She has also rebuilt her house and all the SHG members have running water in their homes.

The members of the SHG are financially sufficiently stable that they can dip into savings to help each other out if one person is affected by disaster or illness.

Question 42

What is the number of people worldwide who are estimated to drink water that is contaminated with faeces?

Answer 42

1.8 billion people.

Question 43

How many deaths occur every week from unsafe water and unhygienic living conditions?

Answer 43

30,000 deaths (90% are children under five years old).

Question 44

What per cent of the global disease burden can be prevented simply by improving access to clean water?

Answer 44

3.6%.

Question 45

What per cent of the world’s maternal deaths occur in developing countries?

Answer 45

99%.

Question 46

What is the approximate number of women who die each day due to preventable issues related to pregnancy and childbirth?

Answer 46

800 women.

Question 47

What ratio are deaths of children under 5 due to a water-related disease?

Answer 47

1 in 5 children.

Question 48

Summarise Anjela’s story of failed pregnancies.

Answer 48

Anjela is 29 years old and lives in Tanah Masa, Indonesia. She has had a number of failed pregnancies.

After losing two babies, she stopped going to church. After losing a third, she started to pray to God again. When her fourth child got ill, she visited the nurse and even the shaman for help but to no avail. Only when Tearfund’s partner visited the village and gave medical care did her child regain its health.

A lack of health and nutrition awareness and reliance on sometimes unhelpful ancestral beliefs has increased the impact poverty has on such vulnerable people. Our partners work to improve the health of these communities.

Question 49

How many people were directly impacted by our work between 2016 and 2017?

Answer 49

250,000 people.

Question 50

With how many partners did we work between 2016 and 2017?

Answer 50

29.

Question 51

In 2016-2017, how many countries did we work in?

Answer 51

24 countries.

Question 52

How many people were indirectly impacted by our work between 2016 and 2017? These are people connected to ones directly impacted – i.e. family members.

Answer 52

770,000 people.

Question 53

What is our postal address?

Answer 53

PO Box 8315, Symonds Street, Auckland 1150.

Question 54

What is our office address?

Answer 54

64c Stoddard Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand.

Question 55

What are our telephone numbers?

Answer 55

0800 800 777 and 021 564 663.

Question 56

What is our email address?

Answer 56

media@tearfund.org.nz