During Lent, the congregation of Lord of Life Lutheran Church was invited to help educate girls in Sierra Leone — and they responded with extraordinary generosity.
As Jamaica continues to recover from Hurricane Melissa, which pummeled the island nation on October 28, 2025, Lutheran World Relief is deploying mobile clinics to hard-hit and h...
In Honduras, 1 in 4 young adults cannot afford college yet also lack the necessary skills to get a job. With your support, Lutheran World Relief filled the gap for hundreds of y...
Within days of the Ebola outbreak declaration in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Corus organization IMA World Health was working alongside the Ministry of Health t...
You can share your love with neighbors in crisis by making Personal Care Kits. They are one of the most requested items and provide hope and dignity to those in their darkest mo...
Super Typhoon Sinlaku has devastated our neighbors in the Northern Mariana Islands. Here’s how your love is supporting those in the hardest-hit communities
Managing our trash is an important way to protect the health of God’s creation, from plants to animals to humans. Learn why trash is such a problem — and how you are helping to ...
The U.S. Department of State is partnering with IMA World Health in our rapid response to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC.
Great news! A group of caring donors was inspired to give an additional $25,000 to our Love Thy Neighbor matching gift challenge. Your love goes TWICE as far in reaching our nei...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing another Ebola outbreak, and global health organizations are racing to contain a deadly virus that is spreading rapidly through vul...
When a fire displaced the quilters of St. John's Lutheran, a neighboring church stepped up. Read how this ministry has found meaning and hope in disaster and fellowship.
Lutheran World Relief, parte de la familia de organizaciones Corus International, está ampliando oficialmente su presencia y profundizando su compromiso con el pueblo ecuatorian...
Because of your generosity, women like Marta Adelia Cruz de Maravilla in El Salvador are building more disaster-resilient communities and creating opportunities for women leader...
Lutheran World Relief, part of the Corus International family of organizations, is officially expanding its presence and deepening its commitment to the people of Ecuador.
Your love goes TWICE as far in reaching our neighbors in need when you give to the Love Thy Neighbor matching gift challenge by June 30.
In a collaborative step toward strengthening Jamaica's resilience after Hurricane Melissa, Lutheran World Relief and Cari-Med Group Limited have entered into a landmark agreemen...
Lutheran World Relief se presenta como nuevo actor de desarrollo en Ecuador y apuesta por alianzas público-privadas para un impacto sostenible
Lutheran World Relief presents itself as a new development actor in Ecuador and commits to public-private partnerships for sustainable impact
Corus International Advances Global Brand and Engagement Strategy with Appointment of Jim Olson as Chief Communications and Collaboration Officer
This Mother’s Day, we are grateful for you — and for wonderful mothers like Pagit, a farmer from Indonesia, who work hard to give good gifts to their children and serve as leade...
LWR Quilts and Baby Care Kits are “blessing multipliers” to mothers and newborns in rural African health facilities through the power of partnership.
Last spring, we shared the story of young Dipak BK — a Dalit farmer from Nepal — and his wife, who married for love despite their parents’ disapproval. Through Lutheran World Re...
Corus International et Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire annoncent aujourd’hui le lancement d’une nouvelle initiative de 15 mois visant à renforcer les coopératives de producteurs agricoles...
Corus International and Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire announced the launch of a new 15-month initiative to strengthen agricultural producer cooperatives and expand access to finance for...
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ongoing conflict and displacement continue to place women and girls at extreme risk of violence. Through the World Bank–financed S...
2026 marks 34 years of recognizing National Quilting Day and LWR’s quilters across the country marked the day with celebrations big and small. Here are a few!
This World Health Day, check out the highlights from our efforts to contain the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and how your love — and more than 25 years of h...
Disasters are becoming more frequent and resources are running out. Donate to our emergency campaign and help neighbors in need.
Corus International is strengthening its global education and technology portfolios with two leadership moves aimed at scaling impact and accelerating growth. Hannah Graham, for...
Only one more day to direct your 2025 Thrivent Choice Dollars® to Lutheran World Relief before they expire!
Happy Easter from Lutheran World Relief! The love of Christ is alive and active every day. Here are some unexpected and hard-to-reach places where we see Christ’s love at work, ...
Spring means a fresh bloom of flowers — which are an important source of income for farmers around the world. Here are three places Lutheran World Relief supports flower farmers...
Discover how Gifts of Love like hygiene kits and cash cards provide immediate relief and long-term hope to families facing emergencies.
2026 marks 34 years of recognizing National Quilting Day, but LWR’s quilters started a revolution of kindness decades earlier.
Violence in the Middle East is escalating, and the situation is changing rapidly. Lutheran World Relief is mounting an emergency response to help families who are fleeing for sa...
Join us on April 7 for a Facebook Live event, featuring LWR’s Fred McCray, Jr. — our senior director for humanitarian assistance. In this special session of Coffee & Conversatio...
For 25 years, IMA World Health has strengthened health systems in the Democratic Republic of the Congo through long-term partnership, reform and national impact.
See how your support brings medical care and hope to Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa. Read the latest update on LWR's emergency response.
IMA World Health is deeply saddened to report the brutal killing of a colleague who was a nurse and health care worker affiliated with the JESI Plus Project, during an armed att...
You don’t need to be wealthy to make a difference. We’re busting five common myths about gifts in wills, showing just how easy it is for you to extend your love and create a tru...
National Quilting Day is on March 21, 2026! Discover the impact of quilting ministries and access helpful resources.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a sweet treat for someone you love — and support your neighbors near and far!
Charlotte Kirkegaard of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Osage, Iowa has quilted for Lutheran World Relief for more than two decades. In the process, she’s inspired her family, h...
Give by March 20 and join our Hunger Challenge to Save Lives. Your gift saves lives, helping neighbors like Ngalula in the DRC who have faced unfathomable loss create lasting so...
For nearly two decades, Corus organization IMA World Health has worked alongside government institutions, local partners and communities to strengthen health systems across Sout...
With your support, our data-driven program helps girls in Sierra Leone overcome poverty and stay in school.
Download your copy of the latest Quilt & Kit Ministry Guide, which contains all the information you need to manage your ministry.
One year after Lutheran World Relief began our domestic expansion, we’ve responded to disasters and emergencies across the U.S. Here’s what your love made possible.
This New Year, make a resolution that lasts for generations to come and by considering a gift in your will to Lutheran World Relief. We have free resources to help you protect t...
There are just a few more days to double your love for our neighbors in need. Give today to our extended Christmas match.
As 2025 comes to a close, so does Lutheran World Relief’s 80th anniversary celebration. Here’s a look back at what has changed — and what has stayed the same — across these 80 y...
Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire and Corus International announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at strengthening the development, structuring, and professionaliz...
Ecobank Côte d’Ivoire et Corus International annoncent la signature d’un Mémorandum d’accord visant à renforcer le développement, la structuration et la professionnalisation de...
This blog highlights how Lutheran World Relief and communities across El Salvador are strengthening disaster preparedness and safeguarding vital water resources through support ...
The devastating floods and mudslides caused by Cyclone Ditwa have brought immense loss and hardship to our neighbors in Indonesia. LWR has worked in Indonesia for more than 20 y...
Christmas Match bonus money has been secured! But you must donate by December 25. When you do, your gift will be matched dollar for dollar! Double your impact for neighbors in ...
When you give to Lutheran World Relief on Giving Tuesday, your gift will reach neighbors in need faster, stay longer and extend to the hardest-to-reach places. And if you give i...
In 2025, your love made it possible for a total of 803,181 quilts and kits delivered to 15 countries, including the U.S. See where in this world your blessings made a differenc...
Your love brings abundance and peace to neighbors in Burkina Faso this Thanksgiving! Download our free 30-day devotional, Sowing Seeds of Gratitude, today!
This free, downloadable cookbook features nutritious foods that your neighbors around the world enjoy every day — thanks to your love and generosity. This holiday season, may yo...
Give a goat through Lutheran World Relief this Christmas and transform an entire community!
Just in time for Christmas, a group of caring donors who want to help your neighbors has challenged you to send a donation by December 25. When you do, your gift will be matched...
As we continue celebrating our 80th anniversary, we are thankful you trust us to carry your compassion to the people and places who need them most ... until your love reaches ev...
Hurricane Melissa has wrought devastation in Jamaica and the Caribbean. Your support is needed urgently to help our neighbors survive and recover after this terrifying storm.
Cross-sector collaboration is driving lasting change in Honduras. Through two high-level dialogues with private companies, government and civil society, Corus International orga...
Did you know that livestock is one of the most powerful tools in building resilience?
Ingathering Season is approaching quickly. Here are some quick tips and tricks that you can use before, during and all the points in between to make the season a success!
One year after Hurricanes Helene and Milton, your impact has been great. So is the continued need.
Starting January 1, 2026, Baby Care Kits for Lutheran World Relief must include only new or handmade items. Watch the video for details from the Quilt & Kit Ministry team.
Neighbors around the world are facing disaster, war, violence and hunger. Will you share your love for those in emergencies?
For 80 years, you have served our neighbors in their greatest hour of need. You go where no one else goes, and you stay as long as needed to minister to neighbors affected by po...
The Israel-Gaza War began two years ago on October 7, 2023. Although it has been challenging to get aid into Gaza, the compassion of our Lutheran donors has persisted. Lutheran ...
Neighbors in Ukraine are still in great need three years after war began. Your compassion can help those living without access to care, income or food. Your love can bring hope....
The earthquakes that devastated Myanmar in March 2025 were the most powerful in a century. A food crisis quickly followed due to damaged markets, livelihoods and infrastructure ...
Corus International et MANSA BANK ont signé un protocole d'accord (MOU) visant à établir un partenariat à long terme afin de relever les principaux défis du secteur éducatif en ...
Corus International and MANSA BANK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to establish a long-term partnership aimed at tackling key challenges within Côte d’Ivoire’s e...
Lutheran World Relief, a Corus International organization, has signed two new strategic partnership agreements under the Opportunities for a Circular and Inclusive Diversificati...
Two weeks after moving to a new town, Ronda Hatfield joined Spirit of Joy quilters and was inspired by the LWR Affinity Pin. So much so, she decided to make a quilted banner out...
Hungry children struggle at school. Education is the best tool to fight poverty. Help us break the cycle and those suffering from hunger, both in the U.S. and around the world.
Lutheran World Relief and AHPROCAFE have launched a new partnership to support smallholder coffee farmers in western Honduras through the OCIDA project. The initiative expands a...
On World Humanitarian Day, we celebrate all the heroes that make us and the world better through their tireless service and generosity.
Families in Sierra Leone live in fearful — and constant — uncertainty. Your love can bring hope. Will you help them?
On International Friendship Day, we celebrate the connections forged through struggles or service, reminding us they make us and the world better.
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...
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...
Urgent aid is needed following flash flooding in Texas on July 4. Lutheran World Relief and our partners are providing emergency supplies to families affected by the floods. LWR...
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.
Many mothers living in poverty fear they can't provide for their loved ones. Will you help them?
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, ...
Lutheran World Relief has launched SOS III, the third phase of its disaster risk reduction initiative in eastern El Salvador, expanding efforts to strengthen community resilienc...
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...
Mobile and digital solutions are key to strengthening health systems, especially in countries where health care facilities and workers can be inaccessible, overstretched or disr...
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), or Kala-Azar, is one of the world’s deadliest neglected tropical diseases. In South Sudan, years of conflict have devastated health infrastructure, ...
It’s been over three decades since the Flying Quilts video was produced, showcasing your impact on our neighbors in Tanzania. But the message about the love you bring to the wo...
In a unique partnership, Lutheran World Relief and Seattle-based chocolate brand JCOCO are joining forces to bring innovation and opportunity to farmers while promoting regenera...
In a unique partnership, Corus organization Lutheran World Relief and Seattle-based chocolate brand JCOCO are joining forces to bring innovation and opportunity to farmers while...
FOR ONE DAY ONLY, your gift will to our 2025 Love Thy Neighbor Matching Gift Challenge will TRIPLE your lifesaving impact for children like Mashingo in DRC.
Corus organization IMA World Health is meeting the urgent needs of trauma victims and vulnerable community members in partnership with HEAL Africa hospital, Panzi Foundation, an...
Lutheran World Relief is responding to catastrophic weather in the South and Midwest, aiding over 10,000 people with financial support and essential supplies like LWR Quilts & K...
When an armed militia invaded her village near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Fela Mbahibwe tied her children together and ran. They arrived at a displacement camp wi...
Neighbors in El Salvador are learning to protect precious water sources — and reduce their risk for disaster — while creating more sustainable incomes and stronger communities. ...
Organisasi Corus, Lutheran World Relief, dengan bangga mengumumkan peluncuran proyek MECIHO Accelerator (MECIHO-A) di Indonesia, yang didanai oleh The Starbucks Foundation. Proy...
Corus organization Lutheran World Relief is proud to announce the launch of the MECIHO Accelerator (MECIHO-A) project in Indonesia, funded by The Starbucks Foundation. The MECIH...
A group of compassionate donors has come together to kick off a $130,000 Love Thy Neighbor matching gift challenge. Your gift will double its impact for children like Mashingo i...
When is Mother’s Day? Although we celebrate Mother’s Day on May 11, 2025, Mother’s Day is every day. Even with the best resources, motherhood is hard. For our neighbors experien...
Corus International has signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with the Tanzania Coffee Board (TCB) and the Cereals and Other Produce Regulatory Authority (COPRA) to boo...
Our mission in the church is not to exist for ourselves, but for the sake of the world. As we celebrate 80 years of Lutheran World Relief, we are grateful for our supporters who...
Your love brings quilts and kits to displaced school children in Mali. Gifts such as these are lifechanging. For the children, it means they can continue their education better ...
Lutheran World Relief has partnered with FreeWill, a free and secure service that provides a simple online solution. You can create a legal will or amend an existing one in as l...
For 80 years, you have served our neighbors in their greatest hour of need. You go where no one else goes, and you stay as long as needed to minister to neighbors affected by po...
Dalit youth and women in Nepal have limited opportunities to break the cycle of poverty. Lutheran World Relief helps these vulnerable populations generate income by providing te...
As church attendance decreases, Lutheran churches are closing in larger numbers than ever before. With the sale of their church buildings and disbursement of their assets, closi...
In places like South Sudan, your heartfelt gift helps families in the hardest-to-reach areas access vital food, water and medicine. When Nyadech’s four-year-old son Wany came d...
The deadly earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand devastated thousands, stealing lives and destroying entire cities. Our neighbors that survived are left with nothing, exce...
Corus organization Lutheran World Relief is building on its decades of expertise in the global coffee and cocoa markets through a new project that will boost production and qual...
Lutheran World Relief is building on its decades of expertise in the global coffee and cocoa markets through a new project that will boost production and quality and create jobs...
You might have heard about families caught in the crossfire in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the news, but did you know that at this very moment your...
As National Quilting Day approaches on March 15, 2025, we invite you to explore the resources at lwr.org/nqd. And take a listen to stories of your impact — it’s profound! Your l...
Women and youth in Nepal, particularly from Dalit and indigenous populations, often struggle to make ends meet due to lack of marketable skills and economic opportunities. Luthe...
Our homeless neighbors in North Carolina were on the brink of getting their lives back together when Hurricane Helene viciously tore them apart all over again. Gratefully, your ...
Across the Democratic Republic of Congo, some 6 million children suffer from chronic hunger. Your love can save the lives of our hungriest neighbors. Join our 2025 Hunger Challe...
Hurricanes Helene and Milton ravaged the southeastern United States. This report on Lutheran World Relief’s hurricane response provides details on how our donors supported their...
In 2024, your love made it possible for a total of 689,814 quilts and kits to reach neighbors in 16 countries. See where in this world your blessings made a difference to those ...
When a massive earthquake devastated Türkiye in 2023, Çağla Sağlam lost everything. In a single moment, she became a single mother of four children, with no home, food, water...
The escalating conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has triggered a massive humanitarian crisis, with over 5 million people displaced across North and South Ki...
Two years after an earthquake devastated our neighbors in Türkiye, your love remains, helping to rebuild lives. Read the stories of our neighbors your compassion has supported. ...
Your love can save the lives of our hungriest neighbors. Join our 2025 Hunger Challenge by February 28 and be the answer to someone’s prayer. Will you share your compassion toda...
Families in Western North Carolina and California need help and support as they continue to recover from disasters. From emergency support to longer term assistance, your compas...
Discover the inspiring story of Mado, a 2-year-old girl in the DRC whose life was saved by the power of simple but effective solutions. In February 2016, Mado’s critical conditi...
Baleswor Mehta, 38, his wife Sunita Devi Mahato and daughter Nirmal Kumari Mahato, 12, live within a stone’s throw of the Koshi River in Nepal. Because of your generous heart, t...
Your love in 2024 provided children like Mariam the lifesaving aid they needed to survive and thrive. Will you join us in 2025 to reach even more children?
Your compassion provided immediate relief to a Ukrainian children’s hospital attacked last July and vital medical equipment to re-establish care.
On this International Migrant Day, you will come across many statistics about people who have fled their homes, but behind these numbers stands a much bigger, truer fact. They ...
Make a resolution that lasts for generations. Creating a will or trust and including the people you love and things you care about is the ultimate act of Christian stewardship. ...
Escalating violence in the DRC is forcing millions of innocent families to flee their homes in search of peace and safety. Many end up in displacement camps, which are vastly il...
On November 19, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress Promotion des Filières Horticoles au Togo (PROFIT) Project officially launched amongst 200 key ...
Across DRC, approximately six million children suffer from chronic malnutrition. Assistant Nurse Tangiza Tangiza, who works in Kasai province, has seen hundreds of children repe...
In DRC, where approximately six million children suffer from chronic malnutrition. This contributes to the prevalence of stunting in the country, which often has devastating con...
Like the traditional Thanksgiving feast in the United States, pachamanca is a special meal of celebration and gratitude in Peru. But families in the Castrovirreyna region were n...
The Israel-Hamas conflict has intensified, with violence spreading into Lebanon and leaving more than 1.2 million neighbors fleeing their homes for safety. In the immediate afte...
Some 3.5 billion people around the world do not have access to a clean and safe toilet and millions suffer as a result. With your support, Lutheran World Relief is improving inf...
Just in time for Christmas, a group of caring donors who want to help your neighbors has challenged you to send a donation by December 25. When you do, your gift will be matched...
The VRAEM region of Peru, where 77% of families live in poverty, is notorious for producing the coca leaves used in illegal cocaine production. With support from a Lutheran Worl...
South Sudan continues to endure one of the world’s worst and longest-lasting humanitarian crises. In addition to war and generational poverty, seasonal rains have caused widespr...
Corus organization IMA World Health has been working for decades to improve water, hygiene and sanitation in almost every province in the DRC.
A Pennsylvania congregation assembles over 820 LWR Personal Care Kits, a feat 13 years in the making.
Rush aid to Florida, North Carolina and beyond to support Hurricane Milton and Helene relief. Lutheran World Relief is responding to Hurricane Milton and other disasters by prov...
When disasters strike around the world, your caring heart is the first comforting beat your neighbors feel when they’ve lost everything. Because of you, we are able to respond i...
In Sierra Leone, girls are in crisis. In a country where 57% of people live in poverty, young girls are trapped in a cycle of hardship and missed opportunity. Education is a cri...
To create a space for inter-institutional dialogue on this crucial topic, the private setting of the Larco Museum restaurant was the meeting place for 17 organizations on Septem...
Your compassion allows us to walk with our neighbors for the long term, accompanying them until they are strong enough to walk on their own. Now, after more of a decade of partn...
The number three often signifies unity and harmony. Think of a three-legged stool or a triangle, for example. And of course, and most significantly, there is the Holy Trinity. A...
For over a decade, Corus organization IMA World Health has been committed to fighting trachoma in Tanzania. We partnered with the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and various stakeh...
A new wave of violence between Israel and Hezbollah is escalating in south Lebanon. More than 120,000 families have been displaced in the past year. Following a bombing on Septe...
Send aid to the Southeast to support hurricane relief. Lutheran World Relief is responding to Hurricanes Milton and Helene and other disasters by providing LWR Quilts and Kits, ...
The Lutheran World Relief Quilt & Kit Ministry is expanding to reach neighbors in need in the United States. This means that quilts and kits will now comfort families here in th...
Your love has no bounds or boundaries when it comes to helping our neighbors in need. That’s why health care workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being taught sign la...
Often the immediate days, weeks and months following crises are filled with chaos and people on the move, making it hard to reach people when they need it most. Cash transfers c...
La salud mental y emocional juega un papel crucial en la calidad de vida de las personas, afectando su autopercepción, su capacidad para enfrentar desafíos y su salud física. Si...
Mental and emotional health is vital to an individual's quality of life, influencing self-perception, resilience in facing challenges, and overall physical well-being. Yet, vari...
Noshaba Zafar presented a poster on "Tackling Twin Epidemics—HIV and Gender-Based Violence (GBV)" at the International AIDS Conference in Munich. The two crises of HIV and GBV, ...
There are still many mothers around the world like Laxmi, who are working hard to break the relentless cycle of poverty. But they can’t do it without your help. Will you help mo...
Deba Souko held a simple prayer for her grandson Aliou: that he would grow up healthy and strong enough to care for her one day. Recently, however, she worried it would take a ...
All humanitarian workers are heroes in our book. But Marc Bombite is something straight out of a Marvel movie. On World Humanitarian Day, we celebrate all our humanitarian heroe...
By investing in high-quality education for young adults, Corus organization Lutheran World Relief supported rural communities across Tanzania develop productive, resilient and s...
In December 2023, a fuel tanker exploded in Totota, Liberia, killing 89 people and badly burning nearly 100 more. Working in partnership with Lutheran Development Service and th...
Over the years, we have seen more than a few friendships develop in some of the most unlikely of places. On International Friendship Day, we celebrate these connections. Some a...
For Susan Heidtke, quilting literally runs in her blood. A lifelong member of St. John’s Lutheran’s Church in Jackson, Wisconsin, she is carrying on a tradition three generation...
Mary and her children fled her village in South Sudan only to face hunger. Your love brought bounty and blessings when it provided the resources to cultivate her own garden. Can...
Missiles struck one of the largest children’s hospitals in Ukraine on Monday, July 8, during a Russian attack on Kyiv. Lutheran World Relief responded immediately, rushing to pr...
In Kharkiv, Ukraine, increased and life-threatening violence, forced evacuations and a state of constant fear have blanketed many of our most vulnerable neighbors — including ch...
Village Enterprise Agents (VEAs) can provide employment opportunities in rural areas, especially for youth, if they have diversified incomes sources within the market system. Lu...
Pabanbati Chaudhary, a mat maker in Nepal, struggled to provide for her family. Thanks to your compassion, she and other women in her community received much-needed training to ...
Refugees and IDPs (internally displaced people) have experienced unspeakable hardships. Their needs and dreams often mirror our own — to provide for their families, to see their...
The war in Gaza is spilling over into Lebanon, as Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire. Emergency food and supplies renew hope for families caught in the crossfire. Lutheran Worl...
Despite considerable progress, maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) remains a pressing public health issue in Nepal. Lutheran World Relief partnered with fellow Corus Inte...
Pat Colson was an incredibly involved quilter with her church’s quilting group. It wasn’t long before her husband Steve joined her and now the dynamic duo is unstoppable in thei...
Quilting and kit making are integral parts of our LWR’s identity — and those incredible neighbors who participate in it. We’d love to hear your groups’ names and stories and lea...
For more than a month after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse on March 26, there were 11 ships stuck in the Port of Baltimore. Many of these crews were unable to leave their...
It’s nearly time to (In)gather! Find ways to make sure you — and your neighbors in need — reap the benefits of your compassionate work.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, where cultural beliefs often result in violence against women, Lutheran World Relief takes a holistic approach to stop gender-based violence...
Corus International celebrates IMA World Health's more than twenty years of vaccine programming this World Immunization Week.
Will you love your neighbor and double your impact? Give by June 28 and neighbors like Nageswor and his family benefit from twice your compassion!
The purple yam is feeding an entire community in the Philippines AND creating environmentally sustainable benefits for its watershed ecosystem.
Frequent flooding in Nepal has made it even harder for the poorest Dalit communities to make ends meet. Lutheran World Relief helps flood-prone communities by providing educatio...
The Golladay family has been keeping their quilting group going strong with four generations.
MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and led by Corus organization IMA World Health, supports the DRC'...
The Corus International family of organizations is committed to addressing water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) crises around the world.
The Russian war in Ukraine began on February 24, 2022. As the war continues beyond the two-year mark, Lutheran World Relief offers thanks to our donors for your generous respons...
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook the Jajarkot district of northwestern Nepal on November 3, 2023. Although media coverage was small, the damage was significant. More than 35,000...
MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience, funded by the United States Agency for International Development and led by Corus organization IMA World Health, is increasing food availa...
By investing in women, we can foster economic growth and pave the way for a better future for all. Meet the Corus changemakers who are transforming their communities.
They hope others will be inspired to do the same and add their little bit to help safeguard the future of others.
Nyakuaw is a single mother in South Sudan. Your kindness helps neighbors like her build better futures for their families.
Our neighbors are suffering more than ever before. Here’s how directing 2023 Thrivent Choice Dollars® to Lutheran World Relief makes a real difference.
As the war in Ukraine enters a third year, Corus International joins more than 50 Ukrainian and international non-governmental humanitarian organizations in calling for all atta...
Anta and her beautiful family had all they needed. They worked on a large farm and managed a thriving business. She loved watching her grandchildren play. Life was good. But an ...
The new guide is filled with inspiring stories, vital information for your ministry and updated recommendations. Here are some highlights.
On February 6, 2023, the massive earthquake in Türkiye left thousands of families in crisis. In the immediate aftermath, Lutherans responded by providing hot meals, clean water,...
I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. — Matthew 25:35 NRSV
We unite with the global community to call for investment and action to end Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Corus organization IMA World Health has worked to address NTDs fo...
Grace Lutheran Church of Needham, Massachusetts made the difficult decision to close their doors. But the congregation, led by Pastor Elizabeth Nees, realized that that wasn’t t...
Lutheran World Relief periodically updates our Quilt & Kit Ministry Guide, which includes the latest assembly guidelines for LWR quilts and kits. The 2024 Quilt & Kit Ministry G...
For three generations — more than 75 years — compassionate and generous people like you have shared your God-given spirit of love and leadership, putting Lutherans at the forefr...
With the generous support of the American people, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded Lutheran World Relief $2.3 million to implement a three-year ...
In 2023, you made it possible for a total of 551,700 quilts and kits to reach neighbors in 14 countries through the Lutheran World Relief Quilt & Kit Ministry. Thank you to all ...
Thanks to your generosity, Lutheran World Relief reached 40 countries in 2023. Your commitment to helping neighbors in need means traveling to the front lines of war, disaster z...
Corus International was proud to sponsor the 2024 Chocoa conference to advance environmental responsibility and private sector collaboration in the cocoa and chocolate industrie...
When you share your blessings with children and their families who are hungry, thirsty, scared and alone, you are helping to deliver Christ’s love to them. At times when your mo...
This New Year, make a resolution that lasts for generations to come. Protect you and your loved ones, direct what God has entrusted to your care, and make a lasting commitment t...
When he retired, Werner Fick wanted to stay active and volunteer. Inspired by a photo of a young girl from Central America who had received an LWR School Kit, Werner decided he ...
Lutheran World Relief, International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Encuentros SJM partnered to relaunch LWR's digital platform for refugees and migrants in Peru. The VenInformado I...
Frya Barnes, a spry 89-year-old, has been collecting items for Baby Care Kits for 30-plus years at her church, Our Saviour Lutheran Church in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. She uses the ...
Right now, critical support is reaching neighbors in desperate need in Gaza, Lebanon, Morocco, Libya and beyond through your support of Lutheran World Relief. But aid is running...
The story of Mountain Harvest is a testament to the power of the Corus Interntional partnership to bring together multi-dimensional, holistic solutions needed to achieve lasting...
With the Advent season upon us, we wait in anticipation and hope for the birth of our savior. His arrival brings both the fulfillment of God’s promise of the newborn Messiah and...
Guatemala faces overwhelming health and nutrition challenges. To address these challenges, Corus organization Lutheran World Relief implemented a project aimed at improving pers...
Your love provides critical aid to God’s most vulnerable families facing the threat of famine and relentless hunger. You’ll reach children in the hardest-to-reach places — Ukrai...
Your love has given Rajendra and his family (pictured here with his 6-year-old daughter Annu) a safer and brighter future.
One day to fight hunger. Your day to save a child’s life. Giving Tuesday starts now. On this global day of giving, join together with friends, family and neighbors across the wo...
Start a Christmas tradition and you can change the world! Shop the Gifts of Love catalog together with your loved ones and select heartfelt, life-changing gifts for families str...
Your continued support allowed for immediate and urgent action. We are distributing tarps and blankets, as well as water jars and mattresses for at least 400 families in both Ja...
Corus International organization Lutheran World Relief supports a market system development approach in Tanzania to strengthen the pyrethrum value chain and support smallholder ...
Your love can go twice the distance, bringing double the compassion to our neighbors in need this Christmas. Donate by December 25 to reach God’s hungry children — with twice th...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has signed a $ 29,879,180.00 award with Lutheran World Relief (LWR), a Corus International organization, through its Food for Progress ...
After war, famine or natural disasters turns the lives of children and their families upside down, your love can do a world of good — no matter how far.
On October 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food for Progress Traceability and Resilience in Agriculture and Cocoa Ecosystems (TRACE) Project will officially ...
Lutheran World Relief, alongside the Corus International family of organizations, is committed to providing mental health and psychosocial support for youth in Central America, ...
Lutheran World Relief, junto con la familia de organizaciones de Corus International, se compromete a brindar apoyo en salud mental y psicosocial a los jóvenes en Centroamérica ...
Near the Russian border, Ukrainians impacted by the horrific war received LWR Quilts and Kits. Because of your generous spirit, these families — who shared stories of devastatio...
Corus is partnering with the Genç Hayat Foundation (GHV) in Turkey (Turkiye) to provide psychosocial aid, WASH support and educational programming to those affected by the earth...
The earthquake in Morocco has created a humanitarian crisis for thousands of people. Through Lutheran World Relief, compassionate Lutherans are providing aid and humanitarian as...
When it became clear that their attendance had dwindled to the point of needing to close, the congregation of St. Ansgar Lutheran Church in Portland, Maine, found a silver linin...
Corus organization IMA World Health leads our integrated primary health care approach by working through health care facilities and community-based health care providers to adva...
The Rev. Tim Krick, who works with congregations on behalf of Lutheran World Relief, recently visited some of the communities your compassionate support is reaching in Ukraine. ...
In February 2023, a massive earthquake destroyed the Halal family’s home in Türkiye. Since then, they have lived in a hot, cramped tent. They haven’t been able to shower. Their ...
Corus organization IMA World Health has built and supported integrated, holistic and sustainable health systems that increase access to quality health care in low-income countri...
We believe gender equity is not just a goal — it's a necessity. And because of you, it’s becoming a reality. Your love is empowering women from around the globe to champion incl...
As Lutheran World Relief celebrates International Youth Day, we are committed to amplifying youth voices and improving their choices through equitable access to employment oppor...
On February 5, Amer Hac Abdullah was a loving husband and the father of six children. Early the next morning, when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook Türkiye to its core, he lost ...
Lutheran Disaster Response, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)’s ministry to provide short- and long-term recovery when disasters strike in the United States and ...
You are an answer to prayer for your neighbors in war-torn Ukraine. In communities where hospitals are destroyed and health care is hard to find, you are bringing health care to...
Lutheran World Relief collaborates with trade associations, producer organizations, exporters and research institutions through MOCCA. Through MOCCA in Ecuador, Lutheran World R...
Lutheran World Relief se enorgullece de participar en el Salón del Cacao y Chocolate 2023 en Lima, Perú, con el objetivo de promover la colaboración en las industrias del cacao ...
Lutheran World Relief is proud to participate in the 2023 Cocoa and Chocolate Salon (Salón del Cacao y Chocolate) in Lima, Peru to advance collaboration in the cocoa and chocola...
Thank you for loving your neighbors in Ukraine. Because of you, thousands of people have received essential care when they had nowhere else to go. In many hard-hit communities, ...
Read on to learn how a gift in your will can make a life-changing difference. If you need more information, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. God bless you!
Making quilts and kits to help neighbors in need through Lutheran World Relief is a delightfully hands-on ministry. And the more hands we have, the merrier! Here are some ideas ...
Thank you for being a refuge to families on the run — and for being a caring neighbor to those who are far from home.
Right now, you can show neighbors in Ukraine, and around the world, they are loved.
IMA World Health (IMA) is poised to leverage its long-standing partnerships in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to increase access to safe drinking water and improve sanit...
Corus International has been awarded a $1 million grant from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) to support agricultural livelihood recovery in Ukraine.
En medio de los retos de la pandemia de COVID-19, Lutheran World Relief aprovechó la tecnología para crear oportunidades para las empresarias migrantes a través de su plataforma...
Amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lutheran World Relief leveraged technology to create opportunities for migrant women entrepreneurs through its digital platform V...
With seven representatives from Corus in attendance, the WILD Forum was a catalyst for thought-provoking discussions, exchange of actionable insights and collaboration with impa...
Your Lutheran World Relief Mission quilts provide warmth, shelter and a tangible gift of love to neighbors in need. Did you know quilts also help children grow up strong and hea...
If you make and assemble quilts or kits for neighbors in need around the world, then you are a member of the Quilt & Kit Ministry at Lutheran World Relief — and this important u...
Today and every day, we recognize the strength, dedication, resilience and sacrifices of mothers around the world.
Lutheran World Relief supports young people in Honduras with employment opportunities and mental health support through an innovative digital platform.
For families struggling to survive in the Democratic Republic of Congo, your support has made a world of difference through Lutheran World Relief. In March 2022, the M23 rebels ...
To address food system complexities, Corus International announces the launch of its Food Safety First Costing Tool. Funded by the Agribusiness Market Ecosystems Alliance (AMEA)...
After disaster claimed lives and houses, your love reached people when they needed it most.
Grace Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Iowa, has been involved in the Lutheran World Relief Quilt & Kit Ministry since 1948 — just three years after LWR was founded. The church's ...
Mahmoud Bah joins Corus International on May 1.
Roselvina De León González used to struggle to feed and provide for her family. In the region of Guatemala where they live, it is common for young adults to migrate to other cou...
The USAID-funded MOMENTUM Integrated Health Resilience project, led by Corus organization IMA World Health, works in fragile settings, where health services are inconsistent or ...
Lutheran World Relief’s approach to climate-smart agriculture helps smallholder farmers adapt to and mitigate the effects of changing climates, while improving their own househo...
Supported by the Corus International family of organizations, mobile health clinics provide emergency health assistance for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Yemen.
The Corus International family of organizations is committed to addressing water, hygiene and sanitation (WASH) crises around the world.
His death for our salvation is the purest definition of loving thy neighbor.
For nearly 20 years, Corus organization IMA World Health has built and supported integrated, holistic and sustainable health systems that increase access to quality health care ...
Through the MECIHO project, Lutheran World Relief expands women's leadership and civic engagement and improves mechanisms and services that support the advancement of healthier ...
Because of kind and generous people like you, families who lost their homes in the quakes are getting safe, longer-term housing.
Corus organization Lutheran World Relief joined USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance on a recent Marketlink's webinar, Inclusion in Economic and Livelihoods Programming: L...
Now more than ever, the devastating war in Ukraine is causing severe food shortages around the world, causing widespread hunger and pushing people to the brink of starvation in ...
Right now, the best way to help is to make a donation now to quickly deliver lifesaving aid.
Nearly a year ago, millions of people living in Ukraine were forced to flee their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs. Because of your love and generosity, th...
On January 30th, IMA World Health (IMA), in collaboration with regional and district health authorities and the Tanzanian NTD Control Program, is conducting a surgery camp in Ma...
IMA World Health (IMA) has been working to address NTDs for more than 20 years in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
Yemen’s economy has collapsed. Seven years of civil war, plus the impact of COVID, the Ukraine war and natural disasters, has driven up prices and wreaked havoc on families alre...
Tanzania is the world’s second largest producer of pyrethrum, and for smallholder farmers , particularly those who use best practices for production and harvesting, it can provi...
Before her passing, Barbara Brumbaugh (right) made an estimated 500 Baby Care Kits over the past 20 years, inspiring friend and fellow Prince of Peace Lutheran Church (Goshen, I...
This holiday season, join Grandma Jan and her family with a simple act of neighborly love that can transform lives.
The United Nations Security Council has passed a legally binding resolution to provide a “humanitarian carve-out” — a standing humanitarian exemption — to the asset freeze measu...
Now more than ever, with the devastating war in Ukraine, severe hunger throughout Peru and floods and famine threatening South Sudan, needs are greater than ever. Our most vulne...
Even amid tragedy, your love is transforming lives. Because of your support, Lutheran World Relief is helping refugee families in the Palabek Refugee Camp in Uganda diversify th...
For 21 years, the congregation of Bethel Lutheran Church in Winchester, Virginia has come together in late summer for Harvest Sunday. And for 21 years, all the proceeds raised h...
The hardships facing women are intensely challenging, no matter where they are located. And while this inequity is universal, in places like Guatemala it is particularly problem...
From cocoa market systems assessments and clonal garden baselines to Cacao Movil platform data and Cocoa Flavor Map information, MOCCA was able to provide significant support to...
The World of Good Emergency Response Fund was established to ensure your love and support can be put to immediate use on the front lines — providing emergency food, water, shelt...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding Corus organization Lutheran World Relief $21.3 million under its Food for Progress Program to launch a cocoa productivity and marke...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is funding Lutheran World Relief $21.3 million under its Food for Progress Program to launch a cocoa productivity and marketing project in Nig...
As IMA World Health recognizes World Sight Day, we honor our critical partnerships that are advancing efforts to control and eliminate trachoma, a neglected tropical disease (NT...
The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) is working together with Lutheran World Relief and the Near East Foundation to provide small-scale farmers with access to fairly priced l...
We should engage with the private sector and strengthen local capacities to help make partnerships demonstrably more reciprocal and mutual. Addressing the root causes of migrat...
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), IMA World Health has been a data leader through our long-standing work to implement a National Health Information System through the i...
in the Democratic Republic of Congo, mothers worry every day about the health of their newborn babies. With one of the world’s highest mortality rates for pregnant mothers and t...
Since the start of the Ukrainian conflict in late February, Lutheran congregations across the U.S. have come together in creative and collaborative ways to provide relief and su...
Through the USAID-funded Expanding Women’s Labor Force in Lebanon project, Lutheran World Relief is helping Lebanese women build their own businesses. Via online modules and one...
So many children in Nayeli’s village are suffering from anemia and malnourishment. Your love — and your gift — can give them the gifts of good health and happiness.
Corus International announced Frances Woodard, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is joining the international nonprofit as its Chief People & Diversity Officer.
Corus International announced Frances Woodard, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is joining the international nonprofit as its Chief People & Culture Officer, effective today.
Ukrainians traumatized by cruelty and violence have lost faith in humanity. You are helping to restore it.
Injured by bombs or suffering from chronic problems, Ukrainians need medicine and treatment. Your support can save lives.
In remote areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo, health workers facing emergency childbirth situations can save the lives of mothers and babies — with your help.
Milly DeLesDernier doesn’t let her lack of vision stop her from a life of service. Of the 428 school kits completed this summer by her home congregation, Epiphany Lutheran Churc...
In a remote valley in Peru known for violence and drugs, a flourishing chocolate industry gives young people better options.
Since the start of the Ukrainian conflict in late February, Lutheran congregations across the U.S. have come together in creative and collaborative ways to provide relief and su...
Como un esfuerzo por ayudar a combatir la desinformación, aclarar los mitos y dudas generadas entorno a las vacunas, compartir información responsable y validada y promover las ...
Your love is bringing physical comfort and essential needs to those who have fled violence in Ukraine.
93-year-old quilter Audrey Fisher has helped make more than 18,000 quilts for Lutheran World Relief and has dedicated her life to serving others through her gift of sewing.
Breaking the cycle of poverty doesn’t happen overnight. The long-term work we do today is made possible, in part, by generous gifts in wills left by those who have gone before u...
The Reuer Welton family's support of Lutheran World Relief began back with Kate's volunteer sting at the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya during college. Teaching their children the...
Drought, death, fear and hunger plague the people of Burkina Faso leaving mothers like Ramata wondering if today is the day they won't be able to feed their children. Will you h...
Lutheran World Relief, con el apoyo del Centro Filantrópico contra Desastres (CDP por sus siglas en inglés), lleva a cabo la implementación del proyecto comunicacional Promovien...
IMA World Health has won a grant from the Osprey Foundation to fund faith-based approaches to ensuring COVID-19 vaccine equity in Africa that will result in more shots in arms t...
Lutheran World Relief is proud to sponsor the 10th annual CHOCOA conference to advance social responsibility and private sector collaboration in the cocoa and chocolate industri...
Your gifts are embracing families in Ukraine with the critical support they need right now, such as shelter, essential items and medical supplies.
Rising food prices and shortages are threatening families already on the edge of hunger.
Lutheran World Relief (LWR) continues to expand our digital platform VenInformado, which provides Venezuelan refugees and migrants with critical, accurate and up-to-date informa...
VenInformado es una plataforma digital que brinda información validada y actualizada sobre procesos legales, migratorios, de refugio, emprendimiento, salud mental y otros trámit...
After hyperinflation destroyed their livelihoods in Venezuela, refugee-entrepreneurs are building successful businesses in their adopted country of Peru.
Lutheran World Relief lidera la programación del cacao para el proyecto Mazimizando las Oportunidades en Café y Cacao en las Américas (MOCCA), financiado por el USDA en seis paí...
In a hard-to-reach valley in Peru, agriculture expert Elsa Ospino braves danger to make a women's cacao cooperative a success.
Nelsonville Lutheran Church, along with Peace Lutheran Church of Amherst—both of the Tomorrow River Parish—provided the initial funds for our Ukraine gift match. To date, the ma...
Lutheran World Relief leads cocoa programming for the six-country USDA-funded Maximizing Opportunities in Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA) project, helping farmers to ov...
Ingatherings are regional gatherings where congregations and groups can drop off quilts and kits they’ve assembled to be delivered to an LWR warehouse. Here are a few tips to ge...
Give by June 30 and double your love’s impact to help God’s most vulnerable children
Did you know estate gifts fund nearly a quarter of our emergency response efforts? That means gifts in wills help us hit the ground running when neighbors need us most.
Lutheran World Relief leads cacao programming for the six-country USDA-funded Maximizing Opportunities in Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA) project, helping farmers to ov...
Your love and support can provide new chances, new beginnings and new hope for our most vulnerable neighbors.
Escaping the violence in Ukraine is only the beginning of a long journey for refugee families. Here’s how you’re helping.
Reconociendo que la creación de medios de vida para los jóvenes en Guatemala dependerá en gran medida del sector agrícola, Lutheran World Relief seguirá centrándose en la colabo...
Share Christ's love by helping transform the lives of more children and families through the gift of fresh, clean water.
St. Martin's Lutheran is a stately, 465-year-old church in the heart of Krakow. In ordinary times, tourists stroll by it and marvel at nearby Wawel Castle, learning about its hi...
Your love is urgently needed. People are leaving everything behind, racing the clock to protect their families and get to safety.
Here are the top three challenges Ukrainian refugees face in the longer term — and how you can help.
The Starbucks Foundation and Lutheran World Relief are building on the success of Kopi Nande with the new MECIHO project just launched in the same region. MECIHO will continue t...
Amid one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our time, Lutheran World Relief (LWR) staff and partners conducted an urgent distribution of cash assistance for internally displ...
Recognizing that livelihood creation for youth in Guatemala will depend heavily on the agriculture sector, Lutheran World Relief will continue to focus on private sector collabo...
The Corus International family of organizations stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
Lutheran World Relief and our Corus International family of organizations stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
IMA World Health and our Corus International family of organizations stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
Rick Peyser, Corus International’s/Lutheran World Relief’s Senior Director, Private Sector Partnerships, shares about how migration is connected to the impacts of climate change...
To address gaps in youth employment in rural Honduras, Lutheran World Relief is strengthening youth technical capacities required to enter labor markets and increasing access to...
Hunger is one of the world's oldest and most persistent problems. But why? Take a moment to learn what drives hunger – and how you can help.
Countless families like hers in forsaken parts of the world face crisis. The situation is dire. That’s why our 2022 Hunger Challenge to Save Lives is so important right now.
When you give, you are joining forces with people, like Diane, who share your values and your desire to help God's children in need.
Adama and his pregnant wife, Jeneba, are only two of the thousands of displaced people your love is reaching and helping.
When it comes to international disasters, Bethel members have long trusted Lutheran World Relief to express their love and God’s love to people in the time of greatest need.
In honor of World NTD Day, IMA World Health is pausing to acknowledge the hard work and partnership that has helped to bring the global goals for controlling and eliminating neg...
The new year brings renewed strength in God's promises and in our resolve to do God’s work here on earth. The reality is that so many of our neighbors are suffering. Without you...
Families in the Philippines have been left reeling after Super Typhoon Rai (known locally as Odette) slammed the country December 16, claiming lives and leaving widespread devas...
This third week in Advent, join us in praying for families who have been forced far from home, and in giving thanks for the compassion of those who help them.
Last spring, as it seemed we might be turning a corner on the COVID-19 pandemic, the highly transmissible Delta variant was surging in Nepal, threatening families already strugg...
Around the world, disasters are on the rise and our neighbors in the poorest and most forsaken communities suffer the most from them. This first week of Advent, pray with us for...
Lutheran World Relief collections, often called Ingatherings, are key to getting thousands of quilts and kits to LWR’s warehouses for processing, packing and shipping overseas. ...
Goats are one of the most meaningful gifts you can give to a family living in poverty. Find out what makes them one of our most versatile Gifts of Love!
As the season of giving approaches, find out why hens and chicks are one of our most popular Gifts of Love — Lutheran World Relief's collection of alternative gifts.
IMA World Health, part of the Corus International family, was awarded a $573,000 grant by the END Fund to support the continuation of urgent Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) services...
IMA World Health was awarded a $573,000 grant by the END Fund to support the continuation of urgent Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) services in South Sudan.
IMA World Health and our Corus International family of organizations applaud the U.S. Government’s leadership in addressing climate change through the President’s Emergency Plan...
Lutheran World Relief and our Corus International family of organizations applaud the U.S. Government’s leadership in addressing climate change through the President’s Emergency...
Corus International applauds the U.S. Government’s leadership in addressing climate change through the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE) announc...
The Maximizing Opportunities in Coffee and Cacao in the Americas (MOCCA) project has contributed significant data and research to the recent article Rehabilitation and Renovatio...
Suzan's children are sick from hunger. Not only do you have the opportunity to make a difference in Suzan's life, but when you make a gift by December 31, you can double your i...
Education is one of the strongest tools a community has for breaking the cycle of poverty. You can help more children access it by making Lutheran World Relief School Kits!
In this edition of our series, Jim Pijloo shares how he got involved as a Key Leader of Ingatherings in Southern California and how he manages the task.
Ingatherings are key to getting quilts and kits to our warehouses. In this edition of our series, Key Leader Janice Hawkins shares how she coordinates these events.
As IMA World Health recognizes World Sight Day, we honor our critical partnerships that are advancing efforts to control and eliminate trachoma, the world's leading infectious c...
Through the Relief to Resilience (R2R) project, Lutheran World Relief distributed food rations and facilitated the purchase of cereals and animal fodder at subsidized prices for...
Lutheran World Relief was awarded a $500,000 expansion grant by The Starbucks Foundation to fund the Multisectoral Collaboration for Inclusive Health & Opportunities for Women (...
Longtime Lutheran World Relief donors, use their donor advised fund to share love with neighbors in need. Rather than manually writing checks or entering credit cards to offer g...
As we observe World Food Day, here are four common ways your generosity reaches neighbors who are hungry.
With World Food Day approaching, we're sharing four places where our neighbors are urgently struggling with hunger.
Haiti is still reeling from the effects of the August 2021 earthquake, a devastating blow to a country already dealing with too much. Last month our Chief Humanitarian Officer, ...
In the Sahel region of west Africa, we are confronted with one of the world’s most challenging humanitarian environments. A series of crises in recent years has led to a steady...
The Improving Health and Nutrition in Guatemala’s Western Highlands project, implemented by Lutheran World Relief in collaboration with FundaSistemas, is working to better nutri...
Lutheran World Relief has worked in close coordination with local partners throughout the Northern Triangle to increase market-based entrepreneurship and employment for youth.
IMA World Health supports Haiti's health system at the national, departmental and communal levels, providing tailored assistance and capacity strengthening that boosts engagemen...
In Peru, there are more than 1 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants, each with unique needs relating to legal status, health, education, shelter and employment. LWR develope...
The Association of Integrated Development "OX EEK" Santa Maria Cahabón (ADIOESMAC) is a Guatemalan cacao farming cooperative that participates in the Maximizing Opportunities in...
Rev. Dr. Jon Diefenthaler says transforming and saving lives is "part of the ministry to which our Lord has called us." He has seen firsthand how giving to Lutheran World Relief...
Don Alfonso shares about his success in the cocoa sector thanks to the MOCCA program. The company Mikkel Friis-Holm Ottosen, located in Denmark, recently launched a line of choc...
Gerber Manuel Caal participated in the MOCCA project and now works as a community trainer sharing his new knowledge with fellow growers in the cocoa sector.
Send your love to Aichata, her children and other hungry families living in displacement camps in the besieged Sahel region of Africa.
Staff from IMA World Health and Lutheran World Relief are mobilizing to respond to the Aug. 14 Haiti earthquake.
Staff from Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health are mobilizing to respond to the Aug. 14 Haiti earthquake.
It's been one year since a massive explosion in Beirut's port. Your love helped families to return home, businesses to recover and thousands to turn a new page.
Corus' subsidiary Lutheran World Relief worked with partners to respond to the immediate and ongoing needs in the aftermath of the Beirut blast.
Lutheran World Relief worked with partners to respond to the immediate and ongoing needs in the aftermath of the Beirut blast.
She's about to have her first baby, and yet she has never been to a doctor in her life. Violence forced her and her husband to flee, with little more than the clothes on their b...
The very fact that we were able to reach Aisata Dicko and her family, living in poverty and hunger on the outskirts of Bamako, Mali, is thanks, in no small part, to generous sou...
Think your will can't make a difference for neighbors in need around the world? Think again! Here are three ways you can care for neighbors in need around the world by making or...
The promise of the 2016 peace accord ending the civil war in Colombia is being threatened by increasing levels of violence.
Hannah Graham has been appointed managing director of CGA Technologies, an affiliate of Corus International.
COVID-19 continues to hold a grip on your poorest neighbors, like Tamsul Nisha and her family. You can help. See how.
Poverty and climate change do not get put on hold because there's a pandemic. Learn how an LWR field facilitator continued to care for her communities' needs during COVID-19.
See how members of St. James Lutheran Church in Oregon took action to help correct an injustice that grieved their hearts: lack of access to COVID vaccines for poor communities.
As World Refugee Day approaches June 20, we examine how the COVID-19 pandemic heaped new challenges on millions driven from their homes by disaster or conflict.
When Mount Nyiragongo erupted in the Democratic Republic of Congo in May, your love quickly reached neighbors in need. Here’s how.
When kids get sick from the only water available to drink, they can't focus, they can't learn, and they become trapped in the cycle of poverty. During our Summer Matching Gift C...
Dr. Subhash Pandey works at a hospital near the India-Nepal border where a recent COVID-19 spike has strained resources, especially oxygen, crippling the health care system and ...
The CCIH 2021 Conference will be a series of virtual events held on May 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, and 27 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. U.S. EDT each day. The sessions will focus on hearing f...
Neighbors in India urgently need your loving gifts to help them survive COVID-19. Please give generously, and thank you.
Corus International is working with longstanding local partners to respond to the COVID-19 surge in India, providing support to overwhelmed hospitals and helping rural communiti...
Corus International is working with longstanding local partners to respond to the COVID-19 surge in India, providing support to overwhelmed hospitals and helping rural communiti...
Corus International is working with longstanding local partners to respond to the COVID-19 surge in India, providing support to overwhelmed hospitals and helping rural communiti...
A lifetime of interest in the world and in serving others leads a retired Lutheran pastor and his late wife to make lasting gifts as Partners in Lasting Promise.
Lebanon's multiple crises have accelerated suffering for many. Might empowering women be one way forward to fixing what's wrong?
When Trinity Lutheran Church in Walnut Creek, Calif., made the difficult decision to close, the congregation recalled the promise of Easter: that out of death springs new life. ...
More than a year after the start of the pandemic, needs around the world remain overwhelming. Your gift will rush help where it’s needed most.
The care and effort you poured into our 75,000 More Face Mask Challenge has arrived just in time to help survivors of back-to-back hurricanes in Honduras and Guatemala, people l...
The love you poured into our 75,000 More Face Mask Challenge has arrived to help our most forsaken neighbors around the world.
Ford-Livene is an executive with Intel Capital, and Dr. Cathy A. Petti, is the founder and CEO of MoDx, a medical knowledge domain platform.
Two-year-old Fida can barely breathe due to the shrapnel embedded in her back. But her family, who has fled ongoing war in Yemen, cannot afford the surgery she needs. Share your...
Saturday, March 20, is National Quilting Day, and we want to say THANK YOU to all the quilters and kit-makers who send tangible gifts of love to neighbors in need around the wor...
Elsa Marina Amaya and her three children are among the thousands of people in Honduras who continue to suffer in the aftermath of back-to-back storms Eta and Iota. Thank you for...
The deadline for directing 2020 Thrivent Choice Dollars® is March 31, 2021. When you choose to direct Dollars® to Lutheran World Relief, your love will reach the poorest parts o...
Paul and Karon Speckman have hosted an annual LWR Ingathering since 2006. Despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, the churches in their area made more quilts and kit...
Teer Majak Mun was near death from starvation. Thanks to your love, his mother was able to take him to a Lutheran World Relief-supported nutrition stabilization center, where he...
Muna Bhanji, a former global pharmaceutical executive, and Dr. Kurt Newman, president and CEO of Children’s National Hospital, have been elected to the Corus International board...
A legacy gift means the love long-time Lutherans John and Ruth Lange have shown neighbors in need in their lifetime will last well beyond it.
Charlie Goldsmith Associates, part of the Corus International family of global development organizations, has changed its name to CGA Technologies.
Charlie Goldsmith Associates, part of the Corus International family of global development organizations, has changed its name to CGA Technologies.
Charlie Goldsmith Associates, part of the Corus International family of international development organizations, has changed its name to CGA Technologies.
We’re working to make sure all neighbors in need have access to the COVID-19 vaccine and everything else required to stay healthy. That includes training health workers, ensurin...
IMA World Health has supported neglected tropical disease control programs for more than two decades, and our current work focuses in Haiti and Tanzania. In honor of World NTD D...
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) has awarded a $250,000 grant to LWR to help limit the spread of COVID-19 in communities affected by hurricanes Eta and Iota.
This year, as a part of Corus International's ongoing commitment to fighting racism, we will participate in the 2021 National Day of Racial Healing on Tuesday, January 19.
This year, as a part of Corus International's ongoing commitment to fighting racism, we will participate in the 2021 National Day of Racial Healing on Tuesday, January 19.
A high schooler partners with her grandparents to turn holiday baking into a sweet gift.
Even through retirement, a cross-country move and now a pandemic, Ron and Liz Harmon's support of their neighbors in need around the world has remained steadfast and faithful th...
With your love, Fatime, her family and other refugees around the world can receive the medicines they need to live.
The USPS delays may also affect how quickly thank you letters and tax receipts reach your mailbox.
The USPS delays may also affect how quickly thank you letters and tax receipts reach your mailbox.
Thanks to incredible partnership from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Makhzoumi Foundation and Lutheran World Relief, many families have been able to return t...
Corus International has released its annual Top 10 list of regions it is monitoring for potential or worsening humanitarian crises over the coming year.
When Pastor Dwight Anderson heard the initial news that thousands of LWR quilts and kits were believed to have been destroyed in the blast that shook the port and surrounding ar...
The Karagwe District Cooperative Union, a coffee cooperative in Tanzania, used to struggle to generate profits, produce quality coffee and manage day-to-day operations. After wo...
In Burkina Faso, Lutheran World Relief is strengthening the sesame value chain and with it the lives of thousands of smallholder farmers, who are now producers of export-quality...
The IDP Emergency Medical Care Response Project provided vital primary health care services to IDP and returnee populations through nine mobile clinics and outreach sites in the...
In the middle of Lebanon's darkness, your love has shown through for people in need. See some of the ways you've helped and meet the people who have hope for a future thanks to ...
We are an ensemble of non-profits and for-profits working in concert to end extreme poverty once and for all.
Shalufa Josephine spends her days in constant vigilance. She lives in one of a cluster of small tin shacks by the side of the road in Goma, the largest city in Eastern Congo. Th...
As a Faithful Neighbor, your love sustains families like Punam’s until they can sustain themselves. Become a Faithful Neighbor today!
Our neighbors in Central America are coping with two devastating hurricanes in two weeks. Take a moment to meet them, then give a gift to help them.
A Lutheran World Relief team is on the ground providing initial assistance, including critical supplies like kitchen goods, cleaning supplies and other necessities.
LWR Staffers Carrie Taneyhill, Nicholas Siler and Matt Hackworth are in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, assessing the needs from Hurricanes Eta and Iota.
The staff and partners of IMA World Health are excited to join colleagues at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020 Annual Meeting.
Carolyn Barker-Villena, LWR's Senior Regional Director for Latin America, reflects on how while God watches over us, we're also called to watch over our neighbors in need.
Here's what we know about how this powerful storm affected our neighbors in need, and here's how you can help.
Please send your love to your neighbors like Regina now, so your gift can help families in need — delivering hope for a brighter future.
Please consider a $75 gift to commemorate 75 years of faithful impact.
Friends pay tribute to Elizabeth Gotsch's service and support to neighbors in need.
By becoming a Faithful Neighbor with your monthly gift, your love will reach further, stay longer and help sustain neighbors in need all year long.
By giving generously to our 2020 World of Good Emergency Response Fund, you ensure love reaches neighbors in need on their very worst days.
This year, IMA World Health is marking its 60th anniversary of serving the world through its vision of health, healing and well-being for all.
A Syrian refugee living in Lebanon has received new hope and a new form of income to provide for her family. All because you took action to love your neighbor in need.
Though your mission trips are canceled and you’re stuck at home, our local staff is still on the ground ensuring the love of U.S. Lutherans continues reaching neighbors in need.
Immanuel Lutheran Church’s partnership with Lutheran World Relief has impacted lives around the world, as well as changed lives within its own congregation.
One-fifth of the world’s Lutherans were left homeless by 1945, at the end of the Second World War. That same year, Lutheran churches in the U.S. mobilized to help in Europe thro...
Our calling is a simple one: to love our neighbors. Will you love your neighbors by making a gift today?
In honor of International Coffee Day, meet a few of the coffee industry's unsung heroes. Their roles are crucial to the production of one of the world's favorite beverages.
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy has awarded a $250,000 grant to Lutheran World Relief to fund its ongoing COVID-19 programming serving Venezuelan refugees and migrants in P...
Three 40-foot shipping containers filled with humanitarian aid that included thousands of handmade quilts and baby-care items, which were reported as destroyed in the August 4 e...
USAID Afya Jijini has supported the Ministry of Health in developing kangaroo mother care guidelines and policy review — so more mothers across Nairobi County can celebrate happ...