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LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF

 

2005 News Releases

December 21, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Observes Tsunami Anniversary, Looks To The Future

December 14, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Receives Gates Foundation Grant To Fight Hunger In Niger

December 8, 2005

• Place Your Fair Trade Holiday Orders Soon!
  
  
• New Updates to LWR’s Wave of Giving™

December 5, 2005

• For Meaningful Holiday Gifts, Look to Lutheran World Relief

December 1, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Observes World Aids Day

November 29, 2005

• Earthquake Provides Lessons For Aid Agency As Relief Workers Race Against Winter: An Update From Action By Churches Together And Lutheran World Relief

November 22, 2005

• Situation Update: Pakistan Earthquake

November 17, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Advocates for Fair Trade in Supermarkets
  on National Day of Action

November 10, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Reaches $1 Million In Support From Foods Resource Bank

November 9, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief President to Host Online Discussion of Niger

• Lutheran World Relief Again Earns Seal of Excellence

November 4, 2005

• Song and Dance and Healing in Meulaboh, Indonesia (photo)

• Back in Business, Better Than Before (photo)
  

November 3, 2005

• “Never Delay in Action” (photo)
  
  
• Sight and Hope Restored in Cuddalore (photo)
  
  
• Good Wins Out Over Evil: “We Are Ready to Celebrate Diwali” (photo)

November 2, 2005

• Chili Farmer Keeps Hope for a Better Future (photo)
  
  
• A Village in Full Bloom (photos)

October 27, 2005

• Kidnapped Colombian Peace Leader Found Murdered (photo)

• Lutheran World Relief Tsunami Delegation Returns Home; Much Work Remains

October 25, 2005

• Lack of Sanitation Facilities in Pakistan “A ticking time bomb”

October 20, 2005

• 'Please Help Us! We Will Freeze To Death.' Quake Survivors Still Desperate For Aid

October 18, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief President Leads Delegation to Tsunami-Affected Countries

• Abducted LWR Partners in Sudan Released Unharmed, but Danger Continues

October 17, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief to Provide Quilts and Medicine for Pakistani Quake Survivors

• Colombian Peace Leader and Lutheran World Relief Guest Disappeared

October 14, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Announces $2 Million Grant From Evangelical Lutheran Church In America For Work In Sri Lanka
  
• LWR Expands Response To Central America Floods
  
• Touch, Taste And Breathe Fair Trade

October 11, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Assisting Survivors Of Deadly South Asia Earthquake

October 7, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Responding To Natural Disasters In Central America

October 5, 2005

• In Aceh, Indonesia, Life Returns To Normal; Hope Returns Too

October 4, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Calls On Delegates To Abuja Talks To Abide By Ceasefire And Seek Lasting Peace

October 3, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Provides Quilts And Kits For Katrina, Rita Survivors

September 29, 2005

• Highlights From Fall Meeting Of Lutheran World Relief Board Of Directors

September 26, 2005

• Clinic Supported By Lutheran World Relief And Act-Caritas Serves As Lifeline

September 23, 2005

• Announcing LWR Study Visit, Scholarships, Book Club, And Virtual University

September 15, 2005

• Encouraging Steps toward Peace in Colombia, Yet Questions Remain
  
  
• Lutheran Agencies' Response to Hurricane Katrina, and Beyond

September 13, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Celebrates Week for Peace in Colombia
  
  
• Lutheran World Relief Responding to Emergencies Worldwide through ACT

September 9, 2005

LWR PRESIDENT REPORTS ON RECENT TRIP TO NIGER:

• Even Though the Crisis Has Faded from the Headlines,
  There is Much Work to Do
  
  
• One Woman’s Story, Halima

September 8, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Celebrates International Literacy Day:
  Literacy Training in Burkina Faso Helps Women Fight for Rights

September 2, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Sends Health Kits to Hurricane Katrina Survivors

September 1, 2005

• Darfur Runs Risk of Becoming another Forgotten Emergency: An Update from Lutheran World Relief and ACT-International

August 24, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief President To Visit Niger; Available For Live Interviews From The Field

August 22, 2005

• ACT-LWR Emergency Assistance Reaches More Than 90,000 People in Need
  
  
• Lutheran World Relief Co-Sponsors Fair Trade Futures Conference; Scholarships Available
  
  
• Lutheran World Relief Readies for ELCA Global Mission Event in Baltimore
  

August 10, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Expands Response to Niger Food Crisis

August 1, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Affirms Commitment to Sudan

July 28, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Responding To West Africa Food Crisis

July 20, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief To Celebrate 60th Anniversary
  At Baltimore Global Mission Event

July 12, 2005

• From the Comfort of Your Own Home, Register Now for the LWR Virtual University

• The LWR Speakers Bureau Volunteer Their Time, Talents and Treasures

July 1, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Debuts New Fair-Trade Products: Organic Sisters' Blend Coffee and New Handcrafts Available at Women of the ELCA Triennial Gathering

• House Debates Colombia Policy, Raises Humanitarian Issues

June 30, 2005

• Six Months Later: A Tsunami Update From Lutheran World Relief

June 28, 2005

• Famine In Niger: Long-Term Solutions Needed
  

June 22, 2005

• Clean Water for Small Village in Southern Iraq
  
  
• Opening Books Opens a Whole New World: Literacy Program Empowers Women in Democratic Republic of Congo

June 8, 2005

• Where in the World is Lutheran World Relief? In Your Neighborhood!

June 7, 2005

• Colombian Peace Leaders Address Members of Congress: Visit Sponsored by Lutheran World Relief and Catholic Relief Services

May 31, 2005

• From Tsunami Relief to Rehabilitation: LWR settles in for the long haul
  
  
• Between love and hate, life with the ocean is rebuilt

May 13, 2005

• LWR Hires New Vice President for International Programs.

May 3, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Receives $539,000 Gates Foundation Grant To Help Displaced Sudanese Return Home.

April 26, 2005

• LWR Joins Advocates In National Call-In Day and Vigils for Peace to Call Attention to Colombia 's Plight

April 15, 2005

• In Kubum, LWR, through ACT/Caritas, Assists Cases of Severe Malnutrition in Children

April 12, 2005

• Fair Trade is Peace: LWR Sponsors World Fair Trade Day 2005
  
  
• Spring/Summer 2005 LWR Handcraft Project Catalogs Available; Plan Now for Your LWR Fair Trade Fair
  
  
• LWR’s Fair Trade Partner Expands Their Work with Small-Scale Sugar Growers
  
  
• Beat the Heat: Do Justice for Cocoa Farmers Now
  

March 29, 2005

• Just back from Nias, Lutheran World Relief Staffer Fears the Worst for Earthquake-Ravaged Nias Capital

• Lutheran World Relief Partners Working in Nias as Earthquake Hits

• Colombian Delegates Depart in Peace – Knowing Their Message Lives On
  in Many U.S. Communities

March 24, 2005

• THE LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF COMMUNITY QUILT:
  LWR Supporters Have Pieced It Together To Meet Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation Challenge Grant!

March 17, 2005

• Life in Darfur Camp: Dust is Abundant, But Food is Scarce

March 10, 2005

• Sri Lanka Workshop on Tsunami Work Led by LWR's Prabhat Failbus

March 3, 2005

• Update from Lutheran World Relief (LWR) Partner, United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India (UELCI), on Post-Tsunami Work in India
  

February 28, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Announces Achievement of $2.5 Million Goal
  for Matching Grant from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
  

• In Sri Lanka the War is Over Yet Still Challenges Tsunami Relief Efforts

February 25, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Launches New Website Dedicated to
  LWR's South Asia Recovery Initiative

February 24, 2005

• The Lutheran World Relief Community Quilt:
  Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation Challenge Grant Ends Tuesday, March 1

February 23, 2005

• Forgotten Emergencies
  An update on LWR's ongoing work

February 8, 2005

• Augsburg College Catches The Wave Of GivingT

February 2, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Benefits, Again, From Generosity Of Thrivent Financial For Lutherans

January 27, 2005

• One Month Later; Ten Years Ahead - Lutheran World Relief Sizes Up Decade Of Work To Come

January 21, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Shifts From Short-Term Relief To Long-Term Development

January 13, 2005

• A+ Rated Lutheran World Relief Tops $5 Million In Giving

January 10, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief President, Kathryn Wolford, Reports on Meeting With President Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell and USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios
  
  
• Evangelical Lutheran Church In America Becomes Major Donor To Lutheran World Relief’s Wave Of Giving™ Campaign

January 6, 2005

• People Do Homework Before Giving - Find Lutheran World Relief Makes The Grade
• Life Savings

January 5, 2005

• Lutheran World Relief Prepares for the Long Haul in South Asia

January 3, 2005

• Relief Experts Call for Responsible Response
  Cash, not 'stuff,' needed most urgently in South Asia

2004 News Releases >>

 

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