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LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF

2001 News Releases

December 21, 2001

• LWR Urges Both Sides in Sudan to Take New Step Toward Peace
• Year Ends With Final Gift for Peruvian Earthquake Recovery

December 14, 2001

• Afghan Aid Faces Same Challenges With Some New Success; LWR Triples Assistance
• Keeping 1,000 Children in School One Grandmother at a Time

December 7, 2001

• Watch Gifts Go to Afghanistan Tomorrow (And Notice Where the Presisdent Is)

December 3, 2001

• For World AIDS Day, Lutheran Leader Helps Launch Africa Initiative in Washington
• Head of LCMS World Relief Retires Amid Commendations

November 29, 2001

• The Tide Turns on AIDS, One Life, One Death at a Time
• Calls Needed Next Week to Help U.S. Ban Landmines
• Some Aid to Afghanistan Gets In, But Not Enough Gets Out
• Take a 40-Day Journey With Stand With Africa

November 20, 2001

• Lutherans To Stand With Africa In Washington AIDS Event
• Hopes High, Deliveries Still Low For Aid In Afghanistan
• Analysis Of Afghan Food Aid: Twice What it Was, Half Of What It Should Be

November 1, 2001

• Faith-Based Agencies Say Immediate, Safe and Substantial Aid Needed in Afghanistan, Separated From War
• "Three Guiding Principles for Humanitarian Aid in the Afghanistan Crisis"

October 16, 2001

• Food Aid for Afghanistan in Race Against Time, and News of Hunger Deaths
• "People are Angry and Afraid of the Bombing"

October 11, 2001

• On the Ground, Drought and Winter Drive Afghan Aid
• People Facing Drought, War and Winter: Humanitarian Facts From Afghanistan

October 8, 2001

• 10,000 Quilts From Lutheran World Relief's Maryland Warehouse En Route to Afghan Refugees Today

October 5, 2001

• $500,000 Gift Strengthens 'Stand With Africa;' $10,000 Supports First Step With Afghanistan
• LWR Board Adopts Long-Range Goals; Bids Goodbye and Welcomes Members

October 3, 2001

• Water, Shelter, and Winter Bedding Readied for Afghan Crisis

September 18, 2001

• "Be Encouraged That God Holds You in the Palms of His Hands"
• How to Help the Survivors and the Bereaved
• Afghans Caught Between War, Drought and Closed Borders

September 12, 2001

• Stateside Church Programs Assisting in Hijack-Disaster Aid
• LWR President Offers Condolences and Prayers for Peace
• Standing With America, Horrified: Goodwill Messages From the Middle East, India, Africa

August 29, 2001

• Israeli Soldiers Vacate Church; Bishop Urges Support for Further Withdrawals

August 28, 2001

• "Remove Troops From Church, Negotiate Again" -- LWR Calls On US to Address Israeli-Palestinian Violence

July 24, 2001

• Food, Clothing and Emergency Shelter on its Way to Flood-Stricken Families in India
• New Mothers, Infants, and Vulnerble Youth are Focus of LWR Kosovo Work

July 13, 2001

• Two Sudanese Peacemakers in Washington to Share Milestones In a Long Struggle For Peace

• A Tax Rebate Here Can Restore Someone's Sight Far Away

• Southern Peru Still Shaking; Much More Relief Aid Needed

• Jerusalem Hospital Journal: Coping, Closures And Quilts

• What Do I Tell My Son? A Mother's Morning Prayer For Peace

June 27, 2001

• LWR Aid Goes "Where There Is No Other Aid"
• Many Actions This Week in the Global Fight Against the AIDS Pandemic

June 25, 2001

• Earthquake Hits Peru

June 7, 2001

• Farm Aid Extended for North Korea; Dry Spring Threatens Harvests Again
• National Gathering Will Put Faith Groups in Action for Africa
• LWR Board Elects New Member, Reviews Programs

March 19, 2001

• January Earthquake Now Seen as India's Worst in 50 Years, Church Alliance Aided Some 250,000 Survivors
• In Washington, Some Stand and Sing With Africa
• Four Governors From Strife-Torn Colombian Zone Protest U.S.-Backed Destruction of Crops
• Aid Shipment Becomes Flood Relief

March 2, 2001

• Campaign To "Stand With Africa" Begins in U.S. Parishes, on Capitol Hill, And in 13 African Countries
• Editorial Urges Fresh Start For U.S. Policy in Colombia
• LWR Nominates India Partner For Gates Global Health Award
• India Earthquake Relief Work to Finish Soon; Rehabilitation Comes Next
• On-line Diary Traces East Africa Journey

February 14, 2001

• Fast Aid For Communities Hit by Second El Salvador Earthquake
• LWR-Related Rehabilitation Center, Staff Houses Shelled During Army Attack in West Bank
• A Mom, A Musician, A Dancer and A Bishop. . . On The Road in Africa

February 8, 2001

• Two Weeks After The Earthquake, What Do 35,000 Families Need?
• Lutheran Community Foundation Gives Employee Donations For India Earthquake
• Hope For Recovery Rises With New Roofs, And Corn Stalk Walls, In El Salvador
• Experts, LWR Board Survey Ten Year Horizon
• LWR Board Highlights: New Members, New Food Bank, Recent Audit

February 1, 2001

• Relief Workers Bring Help and Hope to Gujarat - "The Smell of Death Hangs Thickly in the Air."
• Aid Reaches Remote Areas in India Devastated by Earthquake

January 30, 2001

• "It Is A Journey Without Destination" - Earthquake Survivors Flee
• You Can Help - How $25 Can Make A Difference

January 29, 2001

• Death Toll in India Climbs; Church Workers Mobilize
• "I Could Not Believe My Eyes," Reports Churchworker Providing Aid To Earthquake Survivors

January 26, 2001

• Emergency Teams En Route To Help Local Church Volunteers; 80 School Children Feared Lost

January 24, 2001

• "We Thought We Had Been Forgotten"
• Sheltered On Church Soil, Hoping For A Home "Without Danger"

January 19, 2001

• For $56, Putting A Roof Over A Family Left Homeless After The Earthquake ...And The Chance To Help Hundreds More
• Church Aid Plan In Motion To Help 14,500 Salvadoran Families
• Drink 'Earthquake' Coffee. Help Stricken Farmers Recover

January 16, 2001

• Lutheran World Relief Responds To El Salvador Earthquake

January 15, 2001

• Major Earthquake Strikes El Salvador, Lutheran World Relief Responds

 

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