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                    World Humanitarian Day: Hero in South Sudan uses own loss to help others

                    • Niki Clark
                    • Aug 5, 2025

                    On World Humanitarian Day, we celebrate all the heroes that make us and the world better through their tireless service and generosity.

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                    You can help families who are losing hope in Sierra Leone

                    • Niki Clark
                    • Aug 5, 2025

                    Families in Sierra Leone live in fearful — and constant — uncertainty. Your love can bring hope. Will you help them?

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                    International Day of Friendship: Celebrating Connections

                    • Niki Clark
                    • Jul 25, 2025

                    On International Friendship Day, we celebrate the connections forged through struggles or service, reminding us they make us and the world better.

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                    Lutheran World Relief is older than (fill in the blank)

                    • Emily Esworthy
                    • Jul 22, 2025

                    Lutheran World Relief’s 80th anniversary celebration continues. LWR was founded in 1945, at the end of World War II. Just for fun, we thought about some of the developments we’v...

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                    Year 1 Update: How YOU helped hundreds of girls stay in school

                    • Emily Esworthy
                    • Jul 17, 2025

                    Education is the best solution to poverty. Yet poverty is the primary reason children, especially girls, drop out of school. Lutheran World Relief launched a pilot program to ke...

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                    [VIDEO] 80 years of Quilts & Kits

                    • Niki Clark
                    • Jul 3, 2025

                    From the very beginning, Quilters and Kit Makers have been at the heart of Lutheran World Relief. Watch 80 years of your compassionate, transformative love. 

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                    When a mother has nowhere else to turn, you light the way.

                    • Niki Clark
                    • Jul 2, 2025

                    Many mothers living in poverty fear they can't provide for their loved ones. Will you help them?

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                    How you make a difference for neighbors facing disasters in the United States

                    • Niki Clark
                    • Jul 2, 2025

                    As hurricane season begins, we reflect on your faithful ongoing support for U.S. neighbors facing disaster last year. Because of you, we have responded to multiple emergencies, ...

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                    Supercharging Public-Private Philanthropic Partners

                    • Jul 1, 2025

                    Corus COO Mahmoud Bah spoke at Corporate Council on Africa’s U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Luanda, Angola, during the “Supercharging Public-Private Philanthropic Partners” sess...

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                    How your love STILL stands with our Ukrainian neighbors

                    • Niki Clark
                    • Jun 24, 2025

                    More than three years on, your love still stands with our neighbors in Ukraine facing the turmoil of war. In 2024, you reached more than 122,000 women, men and children with des...

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