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	Lutheran World Relief - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lutheran World Relief -- Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Lutheran World Relief (LWR) has been responding to emergencies and disasters since its founding in 1945.
		Working through partners and global relief and development networks, LWR works in 50 countries to provide not only relief but to combat the causes of poverty and restore the dignity it robs from peoples' lives.
		LWR is supported by the ELCA World Hunger Appeal, LCMS World Relief, individuals and parish groups.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lutheran_World_Relief (205 words)

	CLWR - Canadian Lutheran World Relief
		Canadian Lutheran World Relief is a Lutheran organization whose values are rooted in the Christian traditions of social and community responsibility manifested through diaconic engagement in the less developed world.
		Lutherans and the Lutheran Church in general were major victims of the War.
		The Lutheran World Federation was established in 1947 and Lutherans from around the world were able to coordinate their work and witness through this mechanism.
	www.clwr.org /whoweare/1a1-historydetail.php (2505 words)

	Charity Navigator Rating - Lutheran World Relief
		Lutheran World Relief (LWR) is an international relief and development organization founded in 1945 to respond to the needs of communities devastated by World War II.
		Since then, it has evolved from a relief agency shipping material resources to war-torn Europe to an agency that works with partners worldwide to respond to emergencies, seek lasting solutions to rural poverty, and work for peace and justice for all.
		LWR works with partners in 35 countries to help people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict, build livelihoods and recover from disasters.
	www.charitynavigator.org /index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/4031.htm (147 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Releases : "Lutheran World Relief Responding to Indonesia Earthquake" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		LWR partner organizations in Indonesia are already providing emergency food and medical care to survivors.
		LWR staff and partners in Indonesia are assessing the situation to determine additional response.
		LWR works in global development and relief on behalf of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod.
	releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=105-05272006&site=rss (323 words)

	Lutheran World Relief Partners Working in Nias as Earthquake Hits - March 29, 2005 - News - Wave of Giving - A ...
		LWR staff member, Jeff Rasmussen, who returned from the island of Nias last week, said, “Communications to and on Nias are difficult, as is travel there.
		Lutheran World Relief launched a long-term rebuilding effort for the countries of South Asia affected by what some people have termed the worst disaster in history.
		Lutheran World Relief is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), individuals and parish groups in international relief, development, advocacy and social responsibility.
	www.waveofgiving.org /news/032905.asp (1150 words)

	Network for Good :: Search for a Charity
		LWR is an international relief and development non-profit humanitarian organization with its headquarters in the United States.
		LWR will help support camp construction, including water and sanitation (improvement of water supplies, construction of and rehabilitation of latrines and hand-washing facilities, disposal of solid waste, vector control and drainage, and hygiene promotion for as many as 30,000 refugees in neighboring Chad, plus seeds and tools for gardening.
		LWR is a leader in working with both men and women for gender equity ensuring that women are full participants in family and community decision-making.
	partners.guidestar.org /controller/searchResults.gs?action_gsReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=13-2574963 (1589 words)

	About Lutheran World Relief
		Lutheran World Relief works with partners in 35 countries to help people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict, build livelihoods and recover from disasters.
		U.S. Lutherans, freed and empowered by God's grace in Jesus Christ and called to respond to God's love for all people and creation, put faith into action through the mission of Lutheran World Relief.
		LWR acts on behalf of U.S. Lutherans, the ELCA, and the LCMS as a common expression of our faith through international relief and development.
	www.lutheranworldrelief.org /about/index.asp (456 words)

	Lutheran churches
		The Lutheran World Federation is a global communion of Lutheran churches, with central offices at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland.
		Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod formed an autonomous Canadian church and three districts: The Alberta-British Columbia District, with offices in Edmonton, Alberta; Central District, with offices in Regina; and East District, with offices in Kitchener, Ontario.
		It is supported by the Lutheran Asia Church Leaders' Conference for the enhancement of communication and a sense of fellowship between the various Lutheran church bodies in the countries of Asia.
	www.ecumenism.net /denom/lutheran.htm (1048 words)

	Lutheran World Relief - Disaster Response, Fair Trade, and Advocacy
		In order to meet global challenges, relief organizations are increasingly turning to political advocacy as part of their development strategy.
		Every day in 35 countries, Lutheran World Relief works to combat the causes of poverty and the dignity it robs from people’s lives.
		Lutheran World Relief Providing Assistance to Flood-Affected Families in India
	www.lwr.org (196 words)

	Lutheran World Relief: Maintaining Core Values for 60 Years
		As Lutheran World Relief (LWR) celebrates its 60th anniversary of service on behalf of U.S. Lutherans, Lutheran theology continues to inform LWR’s mission and ministry.
		LWR has always remained a place where the priesthood of all believers is front and center.
		A recent and bold expression of this commitment was last year’s “90 Ton Challenge,” led by LWR and the Women of the ELCA, to double the amount of fair-trade coffee purchased by U.S. Lutherans.
	www.elca.org /lutheranpartners/archives/051112_05.html (545 words)

	Press Releases: USA: Hurricane Katrina - Aug 2005, Lutheran World Relief provides quilts and kits for Katrina, Rita ...
		IOCC is cooperating with Lutheran Disaster Response and the Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, as well as the Salvation Army and churches of many different denominations.
		Lutheran Disaster Response, a cooperative ministry between the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, is leading the Lutheran response to the hurricanes, working with local synods to provide food, shelter, medical care, counseling and other needs.
		All monetary donations for hurricane relief should be made to LDR, either through the ELCA Domestic Disaster Response (800-638-3522, www.elca.org) or LCMS World Relief and Human Care (888-930-4438, www.lcms.org).
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/RMOI-6GU42B?OpenDocument (736 words)

	Equal Exchange - Lutheran World Relief Coffee Project
		Read about small-scale farmers in the developing world and the ways in which LWR is helping them.
		Equal Exchange and Lutheran World Relief introduce new “Organic Sisters’ Blend” in honor of women around the world.
		LWR works in relief and development in some 50 countries.
	www.equalexchange.com /lwr (284 words)

	Church World Service, Lutheran World Relief Scale up Assistance in Niger
		The numbers of people who have died as a result of the famine can only be estimated, but reports from the villagers give a sense that many people, and especially children, have succumbed to the diseases brought on by malnutrition.
		It is with the future in mind that CWS partner LWR, with a 30-year history in Niger, has scaled up its response to the food crisis.
		LWR will expand its existing programs in Maradi, Tillaberi, and Tahoua, which are among the areas worst affected by the food crisis, providing supplemental food rations, purchased from local markets in Niger and neighboring markets in Nigeria, to approximately 93,000 people.
	www.churchworldservice.org /news/archives/2005/08/313.html (887 words)

	The News Bulletin: Lutheran World Relief Tops $5 Million In Giving
		As the relief and development arm of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod and a strong partner with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, LWR has diligently worked to attack poverty at its root causes and respond to disasters while epitomizing good stewardship of the money entrusted to it by national Lutheran church bodies, individuals and groups.
		LWR will focus on restoring livelihoods and constructing temporary housing, with an eye toward long-term housing solutions, disaster shelter construction and training, and psychological counseling for survivors.
		LWR works in 50 countries to provide not only relief but to combat the causes of poverty and restore the dignity it robs from peoples’ lives.
	www.legalrecord.net /index.php?action=doc&doc=1538 (924 words)

	Get Involved with LWR Projects, Women of the ELCA
		Lutheran World Relief calls you to show loving-kindness by sharing in its LWR Parish Projects program.
		Lutheran World Relief, a stewardship partner of women's groups for more than 60 years, makes it possible for your gifts of quilts, health kits, school kits, sewing kits, layettes, and soap to reach the people who need them.
		LWR offers a study visit to Tanzania in January 2007 for Women of the ELCA participants.
	www.womenoftheelca.org /getinvolved/lwr.html (287 words)

	Lutheran World Relief Assisting Earthquake Survivors
		Lutheran World Relief is accepting donations to bolster its overall response to the calamity through the global network of church-related humanitarian organizations, Action by Churches Together.
		LWR is working with partners on the ground with years of experience in the region, allowing the highly rated organization to have an immediate impact.
		Financial support of LWR's response to the earthquake allows LWR and its partners to buy what they need as close to where it's needed.
	www.dakotavoice.com /200510/20051011_2.asp (710 words)

	Lutheran World Relief Responding to West Africa Food Crisis : ArriveNet Press Releases : Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		LWR is working with local non-governmental organizations on the ground in Niger in the communities of Tillaberi, Dakoro and Tahoua, providing both immediate food aid to last through the October harvest, and seeds to ensure a harvest for next year.
		Lutheran World Relief, with a 30-year track record in Niger, has already begun working with partners there to address the problem.
		LWR is accepting cash donations to facilitate rapid' assistance to people in danger during this food crisis.
	press.arrivenet.com /politics/article.php/676128.html (804 words)

	Featured articles #4, September 2005 Lutheran Woman Today
		Like the products featured in the LWR Handcraft Project, the new Women of the ELCA items are created by artisans living in impoverished regions of the world who rely on income from their handcrafts to feed their families, educate their children, and acquire medical care.
		The creation of the handcrafts for Women of the ELCA is part of their continued efforts with Lutheran World Relief to support fair trade artisans and their communities.
		Brenda Meier is the communication associate for parish projects and partnerships at Lutheran World Relief in Baltimore, Maryland.
	www.lutheranwomantoday.org /back/05issues/0905article4.html (837 words)

	The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - LCMS World Relief and Lutheran World Relief: Who's Who?
		LCMS World Relief) based in St. Louis at the LCMS International Center, is the arm of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod devoted to disaster relief, development and care for those in need, both in the United States and overseas.
		One of LWR's many strengths is the organization's ability to keep development (fundraising) costs low; this is due in part to LWR's collection of material goods and the fact that the ELCA and the LCMS provide core budget support for LWR.
		LWR is not a mission organization and is not involved with proclaiming the Gospel.
	www.lcms.org /pages/internal.asp?NavID=8639 (944 words)

	Lutheran Church–Canada: News Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Canadian Lutheran World Relief and its affiliated agencies are providing disaster relief throughout the affected area.
		Lutheran Laymen's League of Canada is collecting funds to provide LHM spiritual counselling materials, tracts and booklets for the affected families and emergency workers.
		Funds donated to LCC for Thailand and the International Lutheran Council are eligible for matching grants through LCMS World Relief and Human Care, the emergency response agency of our sister church.
	www.lutheranchurch-canada.ca /news/01_05_05_tsunami_faq.html (342 words)

	InterAction.org \| Members
		Lutheran World Relief expresses Christian love through actions to alleviate suffering caused by natural disaster, conflict or poverty; through development efforts to enable marginalized people to realize more fully their God-given potential; and through education and advocacy efforts to promote a peaceful, just and sustainable global community.
		LWR provides technical and financial assistance for the formation and operation of cooperatives, revolving loan funds and guaranteed loans.
		LWR supports hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, mobile clinics, community-based primary health care, improvement of water supplies and sanitation, midwife and first aid volunteer training and mother/child health programs.
	www.interaction.org /members/detail.php?id=136 (345 words)

	Wave of Giving - A rebuilding campaign for South Asia - Tsunami
		Lutheran World Relief created Wave of Giving to fund our rebuilding efforts in South Asia—and what an effort this once-in-a-lifetime disaster will take.
		As we transition from the relief phase into the recovery and development phases, LWR is looking years ahead.
		LWR is hard at work in places like these, too, on your behalf and with your help.
	www.waveofgiving.org (544 words)

	Lutheran World Relief Still Committed to Post-Tsunami Reconstruction \| Christianpost.com- Christian News Online , ...
		The Eco-village project, led by LWR partner organization Sarvodaya, consists of 55 family homes, all with environmentally friendly features such as rainwater harvesting and solar panels for heat and power.
		Three other similar villages in Kallutara and two in Galle are also underway, reported LWR Wednesday, and the Lutheran agency will provide the furnishings for each of the homes, approximately 200 in all.
		Lutheran World Relief's tsunami recovery programs have been funded by gifts to the Wave of Giving campaign for South Asia, which is now fully funded.
	www.christianpost.com /article/missions/2023/section/lutheran.world.relief.still.committed.to.post-tsunami.reconstruction/1.htm (492 words)

	The Lutheran World Relief Community Quilt - Alternative Gift Catalog
		The LWR Community Quilt© is an exciting way for you to support LWR’s work, and to share it with others.
		Being part of a group that commits to funding an entire quilt multiplies the benefits to communities LWR serves, while you and your group grow from the challenge.
		Your support of Lutheran World Relief through the LWR Community Quilt enables us to continue, and expand, the wide-ranging work we undertake on your behalf.
	quilt.lwr.org (319 words)

	InterAction.org \| Media
		Lutheran World Relief marks the occasion this year with a call to the U.S. government to increase its funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities to finance innovative health initiatives worldwide.
		In addition to advocating for more funding for essential medications, LWR works in the developing world to slow the spread of this devastating disease.
		But LWR's work to help people living with the disease, and to help prevent its spread, continues every day of the year.
	www.interaction.org /newswire/detail.php?id=4632 (687 words)

	Agencies Continue Tsunami Relief Efforts: Lutheran World Relief Receives $3 Million - Joy Junction
		Lutheran World Relief (LWR), an international relief and development organization, has received a $1 million immediate gift and an additional $2 million challenge grant from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans to support its relief efforts in tsunami-ravaged Southeast Asia.
		According to a press release from LWR, the funding will be used at once to provide clean water, food, shelter and basic supplies, as well as to repair and rebuild clinics, schools and community centers.
		The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is also continuing its response in India, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the Andaman Islands to assist those affected by last Sunday's disaster.
	www.joyjunction.org /bulletin/forums/showthread.php?t=908 (888 words)

	Media Release - Lutheran Social Services, Inc.
		Austin - The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod World Relief and Human Care has given $38,700 to build volunteer support and improve the lives of abused and neglected children.
		The grant helps underwrites volunteer coordinators at the five residential treatment centers in Texas and Louisiana operated by Lutheran Social Services, which serve about 550 troubled and abused children annually.
		Lutheran Social Services is the social service arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.
	www.lsss.org /mediareleases/media_05worldreliefgrant.htm (259 words)

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