A mother’s reflection on the children of the Syrian civil war This reflection was written by Nicole Hark, LWR’s Acting Senior Director for Asia & the Middle East, in reaction to the trending photo of Omran Daqneesh, a young Syrian boy photographed following his rescue from his bombed apartment building. I can’t seem to stop […]
The Thrivent Action Team at Hope Lutheran Church in Powell, WY made 100 Personal Care Kits for their project “Rub-A-Rub Dub, let’s fill up the tub.” by Lutheran World Relief If you are a member of Thrivent, you may know about an awesome benefit available to you: Thrivent Action Teams. Any Thrivent Member can form […]
by John Rivera Joel Kieti Mwangangi is an 88-year-old farmer who will have little to harvest this spring. In the villages around Kambu in eastern Kenya, farmers look to the heavens with brows furrowed with concern. April marks the shorter of two rainy seasons that are critical to these farmers who depend on these showers […]
Committing to a More Effective Crisis Response by John Rivera Lutheran World Relief president & CEO Ambassador Daniel Speckhard is participating in the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, a high-level assembly called by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to address the increasing number of international crises, including war, natural disasters and climate change that are forcing […]
Ismail Muaweri, left, and Patrick Kisembo, of the Nalubugo Credit and Savings Group in Mpigi, Uganda, dial in to access the group’s bank account. by John Rivera In the Mpigi region of southwestern Uganda, village savings and lending groups conduct business much as they do elsewhere. They meet regularly, members deposit their contributions to […]
Dadaab, Kenya. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst by John Rivera At Lutheran World Relief, we are extremely concerned about the news we received this week that the Kenyan government will close the Dadaab refugee camp, located on the border of Kenya and Somalia, and will seek to repatriate the mostly Somali refugees who live there. LWR, […]
by John Rivera Here at LWR headquarters in Baltimore, we occasionally get a visit from our partner staff from the field and when they do very often we’ll have a “brownbag” information session during lunchtime. For those of us who work mostly out of our Baltimore offices this is a real treat and a chance […]
Featured Image: Mount Everest, by Gunther Hagleitner, Creative Commons Attribution License, on Flickr.com. by Kat Fiske As I sat in the restaurant of a hotel in Kathmandu, I noticed a large expedition team preparing to depart for Mount Everest. As they went over their plans for the trek to base camp, I couldn’t help […]
by Dan Ruth“This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” (Luke 22:19) At the Last Supper that we remember this week, Jesus could have simply said, “Your sins are forgiven. Remember me.” But instead he broke bread and passed it to his disciples. “This is my body,” […]
by Nate King What are the Global Goals? This past September, 193 governments agreed upon the Sustainable Development Goals, an ambitious agenda also known as the Global Goals. The Global Goals are essentially a 17-point plan to end poverty, combat climate change and fight injustice and inequality. These goals replace and build upon the Millennium Development […]