FROM THE FIELD

Oftentimes, LWR Parish Group members will ask, "do the quilts and other items really get to the people who need them?" The answer is a resounding "Yes!" Lutheran World Relief partners with trusted, well-managed organizations around the world to see that the quilts and other items do get to the people who are in the greatest need.

Spend some time browsing our "In The Field" library of stories about how LWR quilts and kits are put to good use overseas:

AROUND THE WORLD: LWR quilts and kits featured in Lutheran Woman Today magazine

AROUND THE WORLD: LWR quilts and kits featured in Lutheran Woman's Quarterly magazine

AFGHANISTAN: LWR kits encourage school attendance

AZERBAIJAN: An LWR quilt slide show

CHINA: School students send their thanks for LWR school kits

CHINA: More words of thanks from an LWR school kit recipient

ERITREA: LWR quilts and kits help ease the pain of war

LATVIA: Clothing, LWR school kits and LWR health kits send a message of love to children with developmental disabilities

MALI: LWR layettes encourage expecting mothers to seek prenatal and birthing care

MAURITIANIA: Nomadic families receive LWR quilts and kits

MOZAMBIQUE: 25,000 families receive health kits, clothing and quilts

NIGER: LWR Board Chair Kirk Betts' reflections about distributing quilts in West Africa

NORTH KOREA: Quilts give flood victims emotional comfort as well as physical comfort

PERU: LWR school kits make school attendance possible

PERU: Words of thanks from a Peruvian child

PHILIPPINES: Trevor Knoblich, LWR's Program Coordinator for Emergency Response, reflects on a quilt and kit distribution in the Philippines.

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: An LWR school kit for every child

SIERRA LEONE: 15,000 families benefit from clothing, quilts, school kits, health kits, layettes and soap

SIERRA LEONE: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone sends thanks for quilts, kits and clothing

THAILAND: LWR material resources add extra warmth and comfort to Burmese refugee camps