Your partnership in 2022 saves children's lives
Lift up your neighbors in need today
Since 1945
Lutheran World Relief saves and improves lives in the poorest parts of the world.
We will persist until your love reaches every neighbor.
Here’s how we’re ending poverty
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Rural Economies and Agricultural Livelihoods
We partner with communities to create jobs and develop productive, inclusive and resilient economies rooted in agriculture.
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Environment
We promote sustainable farming practices so farmers and agribusinesses can improve productivity while conserving their natural resources.
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Humanitarian Assistance
We respond to natural disasters and complex crises, helping people recover, rebuild and reduce their vulnerabilities to future shocks.
Latest news
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Media
COP26: Lutheran World Relief’s Reaction to U.S. Government’s Renewed Climate Commitments
Lutheran World Relief and our Corus International family of organizations applaud the U.S. Government’s leader...
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Blog
Memories of a local disaster spur one congregation to support disaster relief worldwide
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Blog
Your partnership in 2022 is a godsend for neighbors who have the very least
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Blog
Filling market gaps and providing employment opportunities in rural areas
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Blog
Super Typhoon Rai devastates the Philippines
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Blog
Elevated risks and forced migration: The impacts of climate change on coffee farmers
Our Global Reach
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- Angola
- Bahamas
- Belize
- Burkina Faso
- Chile
- Colombia
- Djibouti
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Georgia
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Mali
- Montenegro
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Serbia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Make Quilts and Kits of Care
Since 1945, faithful friends have volunteered to make these tangible expressions of God's love for neighbors in need.
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Mission Quilts
Warm bedding. A swaddling cloth. Shelter from the elements. An LWR Quilt provides many blessings to people in need around the world.
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Kits of Care
School Kits, Baby Care Kits, Fabric Kits and Personal Care Kits: Assemble ordinary items into extraordinary gifts of love for people coping with war, disaster and poverty.
