Answer God’s call to help.
Across the world, moms and babies are dying from
childbirth complications simply because they are poor.
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
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Innovative finance for resilience
The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) is working together with Lutheran World Relief and the Near East Found...
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Private sector engagement: Central America and the “business” of hope
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Your love can protect expecting mothers and their babies in the DRC
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Abundance begets abundance: Reformation Lutheran Church gives to Ukraine relief
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You can give a future to a child in Peru without one
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.
