Footsteps is a quarterly paper which aims to share information, ideas, contacts and experience in a Christian context at grassroots level. It encourages the practical outworking of integral mission in all aspects of local development work.
Each issue concentrates on a different topic. Recent issues have included topics such as literacy, theatre in development, financial management, pollution, facilitation skills, water and the impact of HIV on children. Over 70 issues have now been produced. This site contains back copies of all issues which you can search by topic.
It is produced in seven languages – English, French (Pas á Pas), Spanish (Paso a Paso), Portuguese (Passo a Passo), Chinese, Bangla and Hindi.
If you would like to be added to the Footsteps mailing list, e-mail footsteps@tearfund.org or write to Footsteps mailing list, Resources Development, 100 Church Road, Teddington, TW11 8QE, UK. Please provide your postal address and brief details of your work, and state your preferred language (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Bangla, Hindi or Chinese).
Readers are invited to contribute views, articles, letters and photos by writing to the address above.
Articles and illustrations from Footsteps may be adapted for use in training materials encouraging health and development provided the materials are distributed free of charge and that credit is given to Footsteps, Tearfund.
Please note that opinions and views expressed in the letters and articles do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor or Tearfund. Technical information supplied in Footsteps is checked as thoroughly as possible, but we cannot accept responsibility should any problems occur.
To look at the topics Footsteps has covered, click here.
To look at the Footsteps index, click here.