Educational Resources

TEAR produces resources for Australian Christians to learn more about the needs of poor communities around the world. Designed for a wide variety of audiences, TEAR's educational resources will help inform, challenge, motivate and encourage you or your community to take action with the world's poor. Most resources can be downloaded or ordered online.

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A river is made one drop at a time

Related topics: Agriculture and Food Security, Community Development, Income Generation, Savings and Credit, Violence and Conflict

Format: DVD

Audience: Adults, Churches, Colleges, Families, Small groups, TEAR groups, Youth groups

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A river is made one drop at a time. So states a fascinating DVD presentation showcasing the vision and work of one of TEAR’s oldest overseas partners, SERVE Afghanistan. The presentation tells the story of the villages in which SERVE works, and introduces the people committed to bringing genuine change and lasting hope. Everyone who joins the TEAR Australia Partnership program receives a free copy of this DVD.

Annual Report

Format: PDF, Printed

Audience: Adults

Issue: 2006-2007

Annual Report documenting the values of TEAR, the activities for the past year, the financial reports and the staff of TEAR.

Awaken the Dawn

Related topics: Children, Community Development

Format: DVD

Audience: Adults, Churches, Colleges, Families, Small groups, TEAR groups, Youth groups

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Since 1982, local Christians have been working in Teso, Uganda, to bring development and a new dawn to poor rural communities.

Through the destruction of war, civil insurgency and the quiet despair of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Vision Terudo and the Development Secretariat of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God have responded to crisis after crisis with what can only be described as "grace under fire".

Babylon or New Jerusalem?

Related topics: Inequality

Format: PDF, Printed, Web

Audience: Adults, Colleges, Small groups, TEAR groups, Youth groups

Issue: Target 2, 2007

Bible Study from Target Magazine, 2007-2

For the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in rural areas. In this context, how does the call of Jeremiah 29:7, to “seek the peace and prosperity of the city”, compare with Revelation's call to flee Babylon? Which is ‘the Word’ for you or our society today?

Basti Life

Related topics: Community Development, Empowerment, Fair Trade, Income Generation, Inequality, Slums

Format: PDF

Audience: Adults, Churches, Colleges, Families, Small groups, TEAR groups, Youth groups

Families become paper-bag makers for survival and have to contend with unfair shopkeepers, debt collectors, and other hazards of slum life. It also explores the possibilities of positive social change through community development work in a Basti.

Revised and updated!

Beyond Survival Kit

Related topics: Agriculture and Food Security, Community Development, Inequality, Theological Reflection, Worship

Format: Printed

Audience: Adults, Children - Secondary, Churches, Colleges, Families, Small groups, TEAR groups, Teachers - Secondary, Youth groups

This resource kit comes with everything you'll need to explore the ways in which God’s people can work with poor, marginalised communities to help them move beyond bare survival and experience some of the ‘fullness of life’ that God offers.

Beyond Survival Poster

Related topics: Agriculture and Food Security, Community Development, Empowerment

Format: Printed

Audience: Adults, Children - Secondary, Churches, Colleges, Families, Small groups, TEAR groups, Teachers - Primary, Teachers - Secondary, Youth groups

A poster of images from Nepal.

Beyond Survival Video

Related topics: Agriculture and Food Security, Children, Community Development, Education, Empowerment, Health, Women

Format: DVD

Audience: Adults, Children - Secondary, Churches, Colleges, Families, Small groups, TEAR groups, Teachers - Secondary, Youth groups

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Clinging to near-vertical slopes in the remote and mountainous Mugu District in western Nepal are some of the poorest communities in the world.

Here only 5.1% of women can read, compared to the Nepal average of 22%. Infant mortality is 201 per thousand, compared to 7–8 per thousand in Australia and 17 per thousand for Australian Aborigines. Life expectancy in Mugu is only 36 years!

ChangeMakers Bible Studies

Related topics: Community Development, Inequality, Theological Reflection

Format: Printed

Audience: Adults, Churches, Colleges, Small groups, TEAR groups, Youth groups

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The Bible is crammed with evidence of God's abiding love for the poor, deep mercy and passion for justice. There are four study booklets in the ChangeMakers! series:

Awake to the World - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Seeing and Praying - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Eyes Wide Open
Seeing Faith at Work

These booklets provide an opportunity to prayerfully examine this evidence and explore its implications for Christian living.

ChangeMakers Bible Studies in Chinese (traditional)

Related topics: Community Development, Inequality, Theological Reflection

Format: Printed

Audience: Adults, Churches, Colleges, Small groups

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The Bible is crammed with evidence of God's abiding love for the poor, deep mercy and passion for justice. The Chinese language version of the Changemakers Bible studies contains all four titles in one volume: