NEWS FROM
LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF

2002 News Releases

December 19, 2002

• Food Now Plus Harvests Later, Yet Millions Are at Risk in Africa
• Iraq Aid Planned With Local Churches in Jordan, Iraq and Syria
• LWR Quilt Has Walk-On Role in ELCA Christmas Special
• No Baby Born in Bethlehem

November 27, 2002

• On World AIDS Day This Year,
  15 Church Leaders Pledge to Fight H.I.V. in Africa

November 21, 2002

• Three Years After Super-Cyclone, Villages Have Shelters That Double as Schools, and More
• In a Parched Zimbabwe Village, Almost Every Family is in Need
• Ohio Seminary Student Who Knows What AIDS Means Wins LWR Study Visit Scholarship

November 15, 2002

• New U.S.-Japan Partnership will Strengthen Christian Service Work in Asia
• Awards Honor LWR, A General, and Two Advocates for Justice

October 22, 2002

• Praying for Peace in Iraq but Making Plans to Cope With War
• Prospect of War Raises Voices of Experience, Peace
• LWR to Receive Wittenberg Award
• Grassroots Training to Equip Midwest Advocates for Colombia

August 8, 2002

• LWR Helps Provide Medical Care to Palestinians in Occupied Territories

August 7, 2002

• Aid Helps Feed North Korea

August 6, 2002

• Martha Batalden, Longtime LWR Employee and Speaker Dies at 88

August 2, 2002

• LWR Assists African Food Crisis
• It's an African Adventure for the Whole Family

July 31, 2002

• Snowstorm Devastates Peru and Bolivia

July 19, 2002

• LWR and Partners Fight AIDS Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
• LWR Helps Four African Nations Deal With Emergencies

June 13, 2002

• Service Resuming at LWR Partner Hospital in Liberia That Was Attacked and Sacked Last Month

May 30, 2002

• LWF Leaders Seek Sharon Meeting to Lift $4 Million Tax Claim Against Refugee Hospital in Jerusalem
• Peacemaker From Sudan to be Honored in Washington
• Colombia, Peace and Governance Among Topics Before LWR Board
• Correction: Liberian Hospital Damage Not as Bad as Reported

May 13, 2002

• LWR Partner Hospital Attacked in and Looted in Liberia; Patients and Staff Safe

May 8, 2002

• LWR Promotes Fair Trade Coffee With Help From the Ford Foundation
• "You Are a Powerful Church. Raise Your Voice For Peace in Colombia," Peacemakers Tell Lutherans
• Visit Jenin On-Line
• Put a Face With The Facts on Afghanistan

April 26, 2002

• The Mid-East Crisis in One Home, One Hospital Ward
• Ecumenical Convoy Brings Aid to Jenin's "Ground Zero"
• Lutheran World Relief Staff News

April 18, 2002

• U.S. Parish Gifts Reaching Palestinian Homes and Hospital: Extra Truck Joins Convoy

April 17, 2002

• Aid With International Backing Reaches Hard-Pressed Palestinians
• Fair Trade Coffee on PBS Farm Show This Weekend
• Voices For Peace in Colombia Will Soon be Heard in America

April 12, 2002

• Help Needed: Food and Medicines For Palestinians
• Bethlehem Pastor Tells ABC News That War Won't Work
• PBS Show Covers Coffee That is Fair to Farmers and Good For Lutherans
• East Africa Odyssey: Join LWR Study Visit On-Line
• Afghanistan Earthquake Aid Delivery Completed
• An Open Letter To U.S. Secretary Of State Colin Powell in Jerusalem

April 3, 2002

• Bethlehem Church and Parsonage Shelled Today; Were Set to Host Lutheran World Relief Group Next Weekend
• In Their Own Words: People Need Hope. Act Before It's Too Late for Palestinians
• LWR Group Visits People Active Against AIDS in East Africa

March 27, 2002

• Aid On Its Way to Earthquake Survivors in Afghanistan
• LWR President is one of "Maryland's Top 100 Women"

March 20, 2002

• U.S. Brings "Important" Aid Promise to World Development Meeting
• PBS TV Show Reports on Church-Backed Relief Work in Afghanistan
• War Movie Hero, Ex-Pentagon Spokesperson, 80 Organizations Tell White House: Sign The Landmine Treaty Please
• West African Agriculture Specialist Joins LWR Staff

March 7, 2002

• Jerusalem Hospital Has To Go To Its Patients
• How Many Zarehs Are There? Finding Hunger in Afghanistan
• LWR Coffee Project Partner Featured on NPR

March 6, 2002

• LWR Response to Allegations of Misconduct Against Refugees in West Africa

February 12, 2002

• A 747 Lands in Kabul with Gifts for Babies, Mothers, and More
• "We Are Still Standing Because of Them" - Trail of Wartime Aid Leads to 23,000 Homes
• Emergency Aid Needed for Liberians Fleeing Fighting
• Sudanese in U.S. Meet for Peace

February 2, 2002

• Three Days in Kabul: A Reflection

January 31, 2002

• Preparing to Pick Up (Some of) the Pieces in Kabul
• U.S. Relief Groups Hear From Afghan Leader
• Lutheran World Relief Board Updates

January 29, 2002

• First Day in a Camp on the Moon
• Water, Food, Shelter and Other Aid for Survivors of Congo Volcanic Eruption; Earthquakes Now Causing More Damage, Loss of Homes
• Churches Offer Shelter

January 22, 2002

• Lutheran World Relief Makes Initial Grant of $25,000 for Volcano Relief in Congo
• New Signs of Hope as Church Aid Programs Gain Momentum in Afghanistan
• Long, Hard Road to True Victory in Afghanistan

January 15, 2002

• Emergency Shelter is Priority; City of 400,000 Fled Advancing Lava

 

 

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