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Loving through closed doors
The only response that can stand up against COVID-19 is love.
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A ceasefire in Yemen offers a silver lining: a window to prepare for COVID-19
Yemen marked its fifth year of conflict this week, a big anniversary that the world barely noticed given the headlines about coronavirus. But amid the despair, there was a small...
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Daniel Speckhard's CNN op-ed: Africa can be a model in how to battle coronavirus
Daniel Speckhard, president & CEO of Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health, writes in this CNN opinion article about lessons we learned in responding to the Ebola outbreak ...
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Clean water is a gift that can’t wait
Your generous gifts to Lutheran World Relief mean children and their parents will not die from preventable diseases, and families will be able to create sustainable futures for ...
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IMA World Health and Lutheran World Relief augment coronavirus emergency response team
International NGOs IMA World Health and Lutheran World Relief have added two key staff to bolster their response to COVID-19 in east and central Africa.
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When she had cervical cancer, your LWR quilt wrapped her in love
Juliana Marwa's heart was filled with joy, and she was convinced God was going to cure her — all because she felt the love of a neighbor wrapped around her shoulders, comforting...
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LWR Mission Quilts connect hearts and hands around the world
LWR Mission Quilts create a tangible, lasting bond between the people who lovingly assemble them, and our neighbors around the world, who receive quilts in their greatest times ...
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On National Quilting Day, help us give thanks!
National Quilting Day is Saturday, March 21. But just because we are social distancing doesn't mean we can't come together to give thanks for LWR Mission Quilts and the people w...
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WHO declares a global coronavirus pandemic as first cases are confirmed in DRC and Burkina Faso
The rapidly spreading outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the UN body coordinating the global heal...
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Want to break the cycle of poverty despite conflict and disasters? Invest in women, new research shows
Investing in women has the potential to transform communities despite food insecurity, unstable governments, a changing climate and a global economy beyond the reach of small-ho...