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Lionel’s life was changed by growing coffee. Here’s how.
Mrs. Lionel Philador had been farming coffee since about 1991, the year she married her husband. Even though they both worked hard to produce good coffee, they didn’t make a good income from it. Middlemen with unfair pricing often saw more of the profits from their hard work than they ever did. That’s why Mme. […]
When Women and Men Work Together for Gender Equity
For three years, Lutheran World Relief and the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future program have collaborated on an innovative approach to promoting women’s leadership in several Western Honduras agricultural communities. The Gender in Agriculture from Policy to Practice (GAPP) project sought to improve nutrition and access to food among these poor farm families through encouraging […]
Three Years after Typhoon Haiyan
On November 8th, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines. It was the strongest tropical storm ever to make landfall. With your support, people like Leonida, Antonio and Eduardo were able to start putting their lives back together. Here’s how.
How do Quilts & Kits get from the U.S. to the places they’re needed?
Follow Lutheran World Relief Quilts & Kits as they travel from Cambridge Lutheran Church in Minnesota to the highlands of Peru. We can’t control when disasters strike and we can’t end poverty overnight. But there are things we can do now to help people around the world reach their full potential. Learn how simple items […]
How Investing in Chocolate can be an Investment in a Culture
The Arhuaco, an indigenous community in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada mountains, are engaged in a 50-year plan to save their ancestral homeland and restore a vital eco-system damaged by years of land grabbing, illegal mining, and slash and burn agriculture. Learn about how LWR is working with the Arhuaco to increase their incomes and improve their […]
From Nicaragua: Thank You for Making School Kits
Kenya Gonzalez Casablanco, a teacher at La Carona Elementary School in San Ramón, Nicaragua, says “thank you” to all the people in the U.S. who assemble School Kits for their students.
Coffee Farming in Kenya: Lasting Solutions
Learn how extension officers and model farmers are helping other coffee farmers in Kenya improve their practices. This not only allows farmers earn more income for their families, but give their children more opportunities for health and education. Learn more about Ground Up: LWR’s Coffee and Cocoa Initiative Learn more about LWR’s work in Kenya
Meet Maxima, Cocoa Farmer
Maxima Ventura Roque is a cocoa farmer in Peru. Learn about how Lutheran World Relief is working to improve her family’s life by giving her the tools she needs to earn a better income. Video footage by: Brad LaBriola, Made Known Pictures
How Cocoa Farmers are Improving Their Incomes in Nicaragua
Lutheran World Relief improves the incomes of small-scale cocoa farmers in Rio San Juan, Nicaragua. Find out how.
How Coffee Farmers are Responding to Leaf Rust in Nicaragua
Throughout 2013, coffee farmers in Nicaragua were hard-hit by a fungus, commonly called “leaf rust.” This video talks about how farmers are responding. Video by Morgan Arnold, for LWR
A mining company and a nonprofit are working together to improve the lives of people in Peru. Here’s how.
More than half of the population of the district of Hualgayoc, Peru, lives in extreme poverty. The region also has a long history of mining, which has not been free of conflict. To change this reality, an unusual partnership formed between private enterprise, international donors, and local non-governmental groups. Learn more about this project Video […]
Meet Nevardo: Lasting Solutions for Sustainable Income
Nevardo Gomez and his wife live in Nicaragua. They have grown corn, rice and beans on their farm for 22 years, but those crops didn’t always generate enough income to support the family. Learn how Lutheran World Relief is teaching farmers how to grow quality cocoa, a cash crop that can thrive in Central America […]