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Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica on October 28, 2025 — making it the first Category 5 hurricane to ever hit the island. The Planning Institute of Jamaica estimates the losses at $12.2 billion USD, ...

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Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica on October 28, 2025 — making it the first Category 5 hurricane to ever hit the island. The Planning Institute of Jamaica estimates the losses at $12.2 billion USD, ...

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Girls in Sierra Leone are thriving — because they are getting an education. Around the world, 122 million girls are shut out of school, trapped in a cycle of lifelong poverty. Your compassion is ...

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Pagit Damaris Boru Tarigan plays a lot of important roles in her rural community in south Sumatra, Indonesia. She is a mother of four children, a coffee and vegetable farmer, the wife of the villag...

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Methane gas emissions are extremely harmful for our planet and its inhabitants. Livestock, and especially cattle, contribute up to 19.6% of the methane in our atmosphere. Meanwhile, poorly managed ...

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In September 2024, Lutheran World Relief announced an exciting expansion of the LWR Quilt & Kit Ministry. Going forward, we would conduct distributions in the US as well as internationally, as we

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Abibatu Bangura, 12, began missing long stretches of school two years ago after her mother Zainab got very sick. Following multiple surgeries, Zainab could no longer maintain a stable income.   A...

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Dayana Fuentes was among the 25% of young adults in Honduras who are in limbo without a job or a marketable education. At age 19, she could not afford college, nor did she have the skills or experi...

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Dayana Fuentes was among the 25% of young adults in Honduras who are in limbo without a job or a marketable education. At age 19, she could not afford college, nor did she have the skills or experi...

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Methane gas emissions are extremely harmful for our planet and its inhabitants. Livestock, and especially cattle, contribute up to 19.6% of the methane in our atmosphere. Meanwhile, poorly managed ...

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In this urgent update, Lutheran World Relief Program Director Ali Hijazi details the escalating humanitarian crisis in Lebanon as part of ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The Lebanon conflict...

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In September 2024, Lutheran World Relief announced an exciting expansion of the LWR Quilt & Kit Ministry. Going forward, we would conduct distributions in the US as well as internationally, as we

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In this urgent update, Lutheran World Relief Program Director Ali Hijazi details the escalating humanitarian crisis in Lebanon as part of ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The Lebanon conflict...

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Dayana Fuentes was among the 25% of young adults in Honduras who are in limbo without a job or a marketable education. At age 19, she could not afford college, nor did she have the skills or experi...

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Methane gas emissions are extremely harmful for our planet and its inhabitants. Livestock, and especially cattle, contribute up to 19.6% of the methane in our atmosphere. Meanwhile, poorly managed ...

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Abibatu Bangura, 12, began missing long stretches of school two years ago after her mother Zainab got very sick. Following multiple surgeries, Zainab could no longer maintain a stable income.   A...

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Thank you for showing God’s love to your neighbors near and far by assembling Personal Care Kits! In this video, Martha Piedrasanta and Mary Tereszkiewcz from Lutheran World Relief’s Quilt & Ki

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Thank you for supporting God’s little scholars around the world by assembling School Kits! These kits provide children with the essential supplies they need to learn, grow, and build a brighter fut...

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Thank you for showing God’s love to your neighbors near and far by assembling Fabric Kits! In this video, Martha Piedrasanta and Mary Tereszkiewcz from Lutheran World Relief’s Quilt & Kit Minis

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In Sierra Leone, girls are in crisis. Nearly half of women have never attended school at all. One-third leave school by age 12. They are often forced into early marriage, child labor or worse In ...

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