celebrating 20 years
CHANGES
in the world, Tearfund and
Footsteps over the last 20 years
ites – 1993
Footsteps favour
1985
Footsteps First issue of Footsteps to
pé.
Health produced by the Editor, Joy Pop
to
sent
and
A thousand copies printed
A
Tearfund partners around the world.
re
further seven issues edited by Joy befo
she leaves to work in Nepal.
World First test for HIV approved.
1994
1986
India begin printing
The Christian Medical Association of
ion within the Indian
6,000 copies of Footsteps for distribut
sub-continent.
nd the world.
Distribution reaches 22,000 copies arou
Reader survey carried out.
Footsteps
S.
World HIV is confirmed as the cause of AID
tal Panel on Climate
United Nations set up Intergovernmen
ntific findings relating to
Change to analyse and report on scie
climate change.
TWENTY YEARS AGO …
1989
Editor, Isabel
Footsteps After a gap in production, a new
steps to Health. Several
Carter, produces the last issue of Foot
er survey are made.
changes based on the results of the read
Health is no longer the only focus; each
issue has a theme, Bible studies are
introduced and national readers are
encouraged to contribute ideas and
.
Footsteps First Portuguese issue produced
1995
ted.
World The DVD (Digital Video Disc) is crea
1996
400 Footsteps
Footsteps Postal survey carried out with
s as very
rate Footstep
readers. Findings show that 84 per cent
cent of respondents had
good and appropriate. Eighty-six per
r work.
used information from Footsteps in thei
World Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is
developed to delay the onset of AIDS.
articles.
1997
In December 1989 the first issue of
Footsteps is produced. Copies are sent
to 1,800 readers.
Footsteps Guide My Steps, a collection
1991
uced.
First French and Spanish issues are prod
Footsteps
licly available.
World The World Wide Web (WWW) is pub
1993
Findings show
Footsteps Readership survey carried out.
r work,
s helpful in thei
that 87 per cent of readers find Footstep
ing others, and copies
train
79 per cent use the information for
are shared, on average, by 30 people.
8
dwashing
Footsteps 14. Han
e is vital,
in
after using a latr
to do this
but exactly how
arce is a
when water is sc
One solution
major problem.
(left).
is the Mukombe
ippy Tap’,
‘T
Another is the
steps 30.
featured in Foot
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of Footsteps Bible studies, is publishe
Footsteps favo
urites – 1998
Footsteps 37.
Benita’s tricycle
is
very popular w
ith
readers. Many
write to the Ed
itor
asking for the fu
ll
details of the
design.
celebrating 20 years
1999
Fo
otsteps Celebration of the 10t
h anniversary of
Footsteps. Footsteps is sent
to over 35,000 subscribers
in
165 countries around the wo
rld.
06
Footsteps favourites – 20
Footsteps 67: Biosand
filters purify dirty water
so that it becomes safe
to drink. Household sand
filters were first promoted
by Footsteps in 1998 (see
Footsteps 35).
2OOO
Footsteps First CD Rom contain
ing back copies of
Footsteps is available.
World Millennium Development
Goals agreed by 189
nations in September. These
are seen as the best way of
tackling issues of poverty aro
und the world. Targets are set
for 2015.
India’s population reaches 1
billion.
2OO6
2OO1
Footsteps Readership survey
carried out. Findings
show that over 90 per cent
of respondents share their
copy of Footsteps with other
people. Many people are also
translating parts of Footste
ps into local languages.
Footsteps Footsteps has a
new design, chosen by reader
s, and
includes colour photographs.
2OO7
Foot
steps Two Portuguese issues
are produced: one for Africa
and one for
Brazil. These are printed in Mo
zambique
and Brazil.
2OO2
Footsteps We celebrate our
50th edition! Footsteps is now
read
by over 45,000 subscribers
in seven
official languages (English,
French,
Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi,
Bangla
and Chinese).
Isabel Carter leaves Footste
ps to concentrate on climate
change work.
Rachel Blackman joins as Sub
-Editor.
All copies of Footsteps are ava
ilable
online on the tilz website ww
w.tearfund.org/tilz
Footsteps favourit
es – 2003
Footsteps 54. Outsid
e nearly every hous
e is an
area of bare ground
. This popular artic
le explains
how to turn this
unused space into
a
tiny garden to grow
crops or vegetables
.
eFootsteps (the electronic ver
sion of Footsteps) is now
available by regular email.
48,000 issues are printed in
seven
language versions; 113,000
people
download issues from the tilz
website during the year and
there
are over 615,000 hits on tilz
. Most
hits on tilz come from Brazil.
2OO8
Footsteps The branding of Tea
rfund, publisher of
Footsteps, is changed. Footste
ps is given a new design to
reflect this.
Maggie Sandilands leaves to
work for Tearfund’s HIV
team, and Rachel Blackman
leaves to work for the British
government. Rebecca Denni
s takes over as Editor.
2OO9
2OO4
Footsteps Maggie Sandilands
joins as Sub-Ed
Footsteps The separate Footste
ps office in Bridgnorth
is closed and Footsteps moves
into Tearfund headquarters
in
Teddington.
World The tsunami on 26 Decem
ber as a
Helen Gaw takes on the role
alongside Rachel Blackman.
itor
result
of an earthquake in the Ind
ian Ocean has devastating
consequences for coastal com
munities in the region.
of Editor for the future.
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