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                    This Easter, let your love give children a new beginning

                    • Mar 18, 2022

                    Share Christ's love by helping transform the lives of more children and families through the gift of fresh, clean water.

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                    Your love is helping Ukraine refugees in Lutheran church shelter

                    • Mar 12, 2022

                    St. Martin's Lutheran is a stately, 465-year-old church in the heart of Krakow. In ordinary times, tourists stroll by it and marvel at nearby Wawel Castle, learning about its hi...

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                    [VIDEO] Ukrainian family arrives in Poland

                    • Mar 10, 2022

                    Your love is urgently needed. People are leaving everything behind, racing the clock to protect their families and get to safety.

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                    Beyond the immediate crisis: Ripple effects Ukrainian refugees face

                    • Mar 10, 2022

                    Here are the top three challenges Ukrainian refugees face in the longer term — and how you can help. 

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                    The IDEAL approach for elevating women’s voices in disaster risk reduction

                    • Roselle Agner
                    • Mar 8, 2022

                    Lutheran World Relief and our Corus International family of organizations is committed to addressing crises through a gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) lens, engaging ...

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                    Garbage banks earn women more money and more influence in Indonesia

                    • Rick Peyser
                    • Mar 8, 2022

                    The Starbucks Foundation and Lutheran World Relief are building on the success of Kopi Nande with the new MECIHO project just launched in the same region. MECIHO will continue t...

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                    Women entrepreneurs in Lebanon: Breaking gender barriers

                    • Robin Schmid
                    • Mar 7, 2022

                    Lutheran World Relief implements the USAID-funded Women’s Global Development Prosperity: Expanding Women’s Labor Force in Lebanon (W-GDP: EWLFL) Project. One of the pioneering w...

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                    Crisis in Yemen: Lutheran World Relief rushes cash assistance to fill gap in IDP support

                    • Sarah Kretschmann
                    • Mar 4, 2022

                    Amid one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our time, Lutheran World Relief (LWR) staff and partners conducted an urgent distribution of cash assistance for internally displ...

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                    Addressing root causes of migration in Guatemala

                    • Robin Schmid
                    • Mar 3, 2022

                    Recognizing that livelihood creation for youth in Guatemala will depend heavily on the agriculture sector, Lutheran World Relief will continue to focus on private sector collabo...

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                    In a post COVID-19 world, Thrivent Choice Dollars® are a godsend to families living in poverty.

                    • Feb 25, 2022

                    COVID-19 has pushed families around the world deeper into hunger and poverty. Here’s how directing 2021 Thrivent Choice Dollars® to Lutheran World Relief makes a real difference...

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