LWR STUDY TOURS

Come taste, feel, see and hear life in the developing world. Experience the joys and challenges faced by many in the countries and communities where Lutheran World Relief works. Meet LWR’s regional staff and partners and learn how they work together to find solutions to their problems from within their own communities and resources.

Learn how you too can be part of this global partnership through LWR’s model of accompaniment. This journey will breathe new life into a traveler's thoughts on the Gospel. LWR Study Tour participants meet people from other countries, see their innovations, encourage them, rejoice with them, learn from them and return home impassioned and empowered to advocate on their behalf in the US.

LWR Study Tours focus on issues such as HIV/AIDS, food security, peace building, Fair Trade or healthcare.

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LWR Study Tour Update 2008 - 2009*

India: LWR Thrivent Builds Trip – October 10-25, 2008

West Africa: Burkina Faso and Mali – November 5-19, 2008
Come and celebrate the harvest!

Nicaragua – January 5-12, 2009

Colombia – February 10-22, 2009

Philippines – March 1-15, 2009

*LWR Study Tour Itineraries are subject to change due to unforseeable events.

Questions?
Contact Becky Thernes at
bthernes@lwr.org or call 410-230-2737

 

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LWR VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY

You don't have to go somewhere else to find your place in the world! You can make a change for the better right from your own home by participating in the LWR Virtual University, an 8-course series of reading, web-based discussion, and monthly phone conference ‘classes.' The LWR Virtual University flows from the belief that we all have a claim to learning, and that learning is the antidote to poverty and injustice. While the series is designed especially for members of the LWR Speakers Bureau, it is open to anyone wishing to train to join the LWR Speakers Bureau. Register now! Click here for more information.