When you choose to direct Thrivent Choice Dollars® to Lutheran World Relief, your love reaches neighbors who need water, food and health care. That choice that can be their chance at a new life.
THANK YOU!
Here are just a few of the places where these funds are making a difference. Remember, the deadline to direct 2019 Thrivent Choice Dollars® is March 31!
Tanzania
Samweli (pictured above) is now a vibrant teenage boy, but it wasn’t always that way. Just a short time ago, he was diagnosed with Burkitt’s Lymphoma, a treatable form of pediatric cancer. Thrivent Choice Dollars® support our work to provide diagnosis and treatment to families who would not otherwise be able to afford care. Read more.
With the help of Thrivent Choice Dollars®, Lutheran World Relief is responding to widespread damage in the Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian.
The Bahamas
We all watched in horror as Hurricane Dorian ripped through the Bahamas. Thrivent Choice Dollars® help us respond quickly to emergencies. In the Bahamas, we are helping families rebuild their homes so they can resume their lives. Read more.
In partnership with Smile for Africa, we supported the distribution of non-food items in Zimbabwe at the Ndingire and Dzingire primary schools in Kopa, Chimanimani, which was devastated by the cyclone.
Zimbabwe
Cyclone Idai – which hit Zimbabwe in March 2019 – severely limited the communities’ access to safe drinking water. With the help of Thrivent Choice Dollars®, 25 schools in heavily affected areas received water filters. Read more.
Williams Saravia, 30, shows off the processed cocoa (in tablets used to make hot cocoa) he sells in his hometown Los Jicaros, just outside of San Miguel, El Salvador. (Photo by Oscar Leiva Marinero for Lutheran World Relief.)
El Salvador
Williams Sararvia was desperate. He was only making $6 a day as a laborer in El Salvador and considered migrating for his family’s survival. With the help of Thrivent Choice Dollars®, he instead learned to grow cocoa and turn it into chocolate. Now he’s an entrepreneur able to support his family! Read more.
The deadline to direct 2019 Thrivent Choice Dollars® is March 31!
Remember, the deadline to direct 2019 Thrivent Choice Dollars® is March 31, 2020. To find out if you are eligible or to direct Dollars® visit thrivent.com/thriventchoice.
THANK YOU!