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                    Texas floods: How YOUR compassion is helping right now

                    Urgent aid is needed following flash flooding in Texas on July 4. Lutheran World Relief and our partners are providing emergency supplies to families affected by the floods. LWR’s response includes distributing Lutheran World Relief Quilts and Kits as well as emergency food, clean water, tarps, clean up kits, hygiene supplies and clothing. Lutheran World Relief is accepting donations for flood relief in Texas. Learn More

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                    Lutheran World Relief and JCOCO from Seattle Chocolate Company partner to transform lives — and the status quo — through chocolate

                    • Jun 16, 2025

                    In a unique partnership, Lutheran World Relief and Seattle-based chocolate brand JCOCO are joining forces to bring innovation and opportunity to farmers while promoting regenera...

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                    Lutheran World Relief expands coffee and cocoa portfolio with new project, new partners in Honduras

                    • Kat Fiske
                    • Apr 4, 2025

                    Lutheran World Relief is building on its decades of expertise in the global coffee and cocoa markets through a new project that will boost production and quality and create jobs...

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                    Investing in agriculture and youth entrepreneurship in Tanzania

                    • Aug 9, 2024

                    By investing in high-quality education for young adults, Corus organization Lutheran World Relief supported rural communities across Tanzania develop productive, resilient and s...

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                    Filling market gaps and providing employment opportunities in rural areas

                    • Jul 3, 2024

                    Village Enterprise Agents (VEAs) can provide employment opportunities in rural areas, especially for youth, if they have diversified incomes sources within the market system. Lu...

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                    Growing quality pyrethrum in Tanzania for a growing global market

                    • Nov 8, 2023

                    Corus International organization Lutheran World Relief supports a market system development approach in Tanzania to strengthen the pyrethrum value chain and support smallholder ...

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                    Supporting youth livelihoods in Honduras: Advancing technology for mental health

                    • May 4, 2023

                    Lutheran World Relief supports young people in Honduras with employment opportunities and mental health support through an innovative digital platform.

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                    Strengthening resilient communities: Climate-smart agriculture and disaster risk reduction in Nepal

                    • Robin Schmid
                    • Mar 30, 2023

                    Lutheran World Relief’s approach to climate-smart agriculture helps smallholder farmers adapt to and mitigate the effects of changing climates, while improving their own househo...

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                    New hope for Peru's young people

                    • Aug 8, 2022

                    In a remote valley in Peru known for violence and drugs, a flourishing chocolate industry gives young people better options.

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                    Advancing community resilience: Maximizing Opportunities in Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA)

                    • Robin Schmid
                    • Apr 21, 2022

                    Lutheran World Relief leads cacao programming for the six-country USDA-funded Maximizing Opportunities in Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA) project, helping farmers to ov...

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                    Abordando las causas profundas de la migración en Guatemala

                    • Robin Schmid
                    • Mar 23, 2022

                    Reconociendo que la creación de medios de vida para los jóvenes en Guatemala dependerá en gran medida del sector agrícola, Lutheran World Relief seguirá centrándose en la colabo...

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