The heaviest burdens fall on the smallest shoulders.
How do you tell a child that everything will be okay when you don’t know if it will?
In crisis, it is the most vulnerable — especially children — who pay the highest price. They are the ones whose homes, schools and childhood innocence are stolen away, replaced by fear, heartbreak and uncertainty.
Children did not cause their suffering, but they bear its crushing weight. Their futures are slipping away — and we are called to act now.
Will your congregation answer their cries for help?
HOW TO GIVE
- Mail a check to Lutheran World Relief, PO Box 17071, Baltimore, MD 21297-1061. Write “CHILDREN” in the memo.
- Give online by clicking here.
OUR RESPONSE
In Lebanon, over one million people have been displaced by escalating violence. Families are crammed into overcrowded shelters, struggling to access food, health care, and safety. Children are left deeply traumatized, their dreams of a brighter future slipping further away each day.
In Ecuador, asylum-seekers turned away from the U.S. are being relocated here without resources or support networks, facing prolonged uncertainty. Children are especially vulnerable, at high risk of homelessness, hunger, and exploitation. Without urgent intervention, they remain trapped in a devastating limbo.
These crises weren’t part of the plan when our budget was created last fall. The scale of these emergencies has grown beyond what we can respond to alone. But with your congregation’s help, we can reach children and families in crisis with:
- Safe places to live through immediate shelter support.
- Nutritious meals and clean water to ensure children’s health and dignity.
- Health and psychosocial care to address both the physical and emotional needs of children living through unimaginable trauma.
- Access to educational resources so that children have the chance to reclaim their childhood and future.