Weekly Briefs
The News Briefs are a short summary of significant CLWR-related news events in Canada or around the world. Many people have appreciated this alternative insight into issues impacting those facing poverty and others trying to make a difference. Some pastors and congregations have even included these reports in their prayers. An introductory sample is provided to all new CLWR contacts and anyone can subscribe. News Briefs are normally emailed every Thursday or Friday.
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2012
January 30, 2012
- CLWR welcomes visit from Jerusalem partner
- Friends of CLWR Appreciation Reception in Langley and New Westminster, BC
- International Development Week: Empowering Women and Girls
2011
December 01, 2011
- CLWR launches 2011 Advent calendar
- 2010-11 Annual Report now available
- CLWR volunteers blogging from Peru
- Website changes coming soon
- Tune in to Africa Sings!
- Advent calendar online December 1
- Free Awareness Builder workshop in Edmonton
- Give a Gift that Keeps Giving
- Drought in East Africa: update
- The Ministry of Welcoming the Stranger: Refugee Sponsorship for Congregations
- Over half a million raised for East Africa—but we can’t stop now!
- Mark World Food Day with a “Fast for Change”
- Ten Thousand Villages turns 65
- Ration Meal for East Africa
- Refugee Program Workshop
- CLWR Appreciation Receptions
- Youth’s efforts raise funds for a well… plus 16 goats… five flocks of chickens… a medical kit… AND a grove of trees!
- Honour the rights of refugees
- CLWR is working with Church World Service (CWS) to deliver humanitarian aid to Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Victims
- Celebrate World Water Day - March 22, 2011
- Happy 65th Anniversary, Canadian Lutheran World Relief!
- Happy International Women's Day
- INDIA—Maternal Health
- EAST JERUSALEM—Education
- The Christ Lutheran Church Sunday School in Chilliwack, B.C. raises $373 in CLWR Gifts from the Heart fundraiser
- Emergency appeal for flood relief: Colombia affected by worst flooding in 30 years
- 1000 families to receive food: CLWR/Lutheran World Service India food distribution project funded by Canadian Foodgrains Bank
- CLWR ships school supplies and other valuable commodities to assist with relief effort in Haiti
- Getting involved is easy - Check out our new We Care brochure
- Have some Fruit Salad - LWF-DWS launches new blog
- Learn more about the relief response in Haiti - Interview with Genevieve Cyvoct, Coordinator, ACT Alliance's Emergency Response in Haiti
- Community Development Highlights 2009-2010
- Emergency Relief Highlights 2009-2010
- Refugee Resettlement Highlights 2009-2010
- We Care Kits and Quilts Highlights 2009-2010
2010
November 12, 2010
- Thank you Haiti donors
- Latest Report on Hurricane Tomas and Cholera Outbreak in Haiti
- Augusta Victoria Hospital: A Sign of Hope in a Troubled Land
- Beaverbrae passengers reunite in Kitchener
- Latin American partners visit Canada
- Gifts from the Heart catalogues coming soon to Lutheran Church–Canada congregations
- Staff changes at CLWR
- VBS introduces One Community to Rocky Mountain House
- Sunscreen for Tanzania and Burundi
- Updates from Haiti on CLWR Blog
- Foodgrains Bank helping to reduce hunger
- We Care……...You Bet!!
- Pakistan Flood Relief Fund
- Ride for Refuge
- The long wait is over
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief leads tour to Haiti
- Humanitarian work marked worldwide on August 19
- CLWR Sunday Resources now available
- CLWR at CLAY
- Sunscreen for Tanzania
- Going red for Haiti
- Level Ground coffee available online
- Messiah Camrose’s KidFEST dreams big: raises $8,500 for CLWR
- Augusta Victoria Hospital to receive We Care shipment
- Eastern Synod Assembly supports CLWR
- A day to remember African children
- CLWR warehouse bursting at seams. Volunteers sought to help clear backlog
- Taking the plunge for CLWR
- Haiti: seeding recovery in the countryside
- Employment opportunities with the LWF
- Volunteers load container bound for Mauritania
- New CLWR display debuts at Synod conventions
- Register now for CLWR Awareness Builder Event
- Congregations catch the One Community spirit
- World Fair Trade Day Celebration
- CLWR Sunday 2010 dates set
- CLWR Awareness Builder event set for Kitchener
- CLWR aids seminary in delivering cross-cultural education experience
- CLWR video about Haiti now showing on YouTube
- CLWR sets new course to support alternative trade
- Commodities shipment on its way to Nicaragua
- Update on LWF activity in Haiti
- ACT Alliance officially launched
- Gifts from the Heart program reaches new heights
- Concerts raise funds for the Appeal for Haiti
- Foodgrains Bank hosts climate change and hunger workshops
- CLWR accepting donations for Chilean earthquake relief efforts
- BC Shipment aids Mauritania
- An Update on Haiti
- CLWR Appeal for Haiti surpasses $1 million
- CLWR says farewell to Erling Nielsen
- CLWR welcomes a new team member
- Lenten resources available on website
- Fair trade ‘One Month Challenge’ begins February 14
- CLWR receives matching dollar funding from MCIC to support Haiti recovery work
- CLWR supports community development work in Nicaragua
- Updated We Care brochure now available online
- Haiti Appeal receives generous response from CLWR supporters
- CLWR begins search for Director of Finance
- CLWR videos on YouTube
- Refugee sponsorship training course available this winter
- Global Encounter participants arrive in Jerusalem
- South East Asia appeal approaches $17,000
- A Reminder about CLWR’s warehouse address
2009
December 10, 2009
- Camrose quilters mark beginning of Advent
- Christmas hours at CLWR
- We Care success is piling up
- Bell ringing campaign to highlight Copenhagen summit
- Fall supper highlights food security
- New resource for the We Care program
- Christmas is coming but so is Lent
- CLWR Annual Report now available
- Winnipeg event celebrates the work of CLWR
- World Aids Day resources available
- CLWR recognized for refugee sponsorship
- New resources available on climate change
- Four Corners open house this weekend
- One Community resource package now available
- CLWR international volunteer begins work in Geneva
- New member appointed to CLWR Board of Directors
- Shipment to Malawi leaves Winnipeg
- CLWR Directors complete terms of office
- Global Encounter 2010 registration still open
- Anniversary celebration aids CLWR
- Lutherans contribute $500K in designated gifts to the Foodgrains Bank
- Gifts from the Heart catalogues coming soon
- Programming for the fall? Think CLWR
- CLWR programming to provide access to safe water
- Refugee sponsorship training course available this fall
- CLWR announces Global Encounter 2010 to the Middle East
- Shipment to West Africa aids tornado victims
- Ascension youth connect with Colombian church partners
- First Executive Director of CLWR passes away at age 90
- Foodgrains Bank releases video clip on hunger
- Refugee consultation points to ever greater needs
- Office Relocation for CLWR
- Volunteers prepare for work in East Jerusalem
- Ethiopian refugee arrives in Vancouver
- CLWR executive director receives award for volunteer service
- CLWR Sunday resources now available
- Four Corners features new products from Bangladesh
- A desert blooms in Ethiopia
- Aid for Tanzania
- ACT International and ACT Development form new ACT Alliance
- Disaster-preparedness helps communities affected by Cyclone Aila
- BC Baling Day shipment bound for Mauritania
- CLWR announces interim director of communications and education
- Burma: one year after Cyclone Nargis
- Shipment to West Bank and Gaza arrives
- Canadian-funded geriatric care unit opens in East Jerusalem
- Wanted: CLWR Awareness Builders
- Planting Seeds of Hope again this spring
- CLWR launches Voices from the Field blog
- ELCIC and CLWR sign new memorandum of understanding
- Bishops express thanks for support to the people of Gaza
- Augusta Victoria Hospital: more than just a health care institution
- CLWR: creating community online through Facebook
- Celebrate International Women’s Day
- Small business, big inspiration
- Shipment from Winnipeg to address humanitarian need in the West Bank and Gaza
- Lenten resources available online
- CLWR launches new website
- Four Corners merchandise now available online
- Celebrating International Development Week in Canada
- Go Fair Trade for 30 days
- CLWR engages new Resource Generation Director
- Aid delivery continues in Gaza following ceasefire
- Aid reaches Gaza
- Water and sanitation concerns escalate in Gaza
- Resource recap
- Aid for Gaza needed
- Augusta Victoria Hospital and Gaza
- CLWR on everyone’s gift list
2008
December 17, 2008
- CLWR and the ELCIC take steps to reorganize IVS administration
- Human rights anniversary
- Consider a year-end gift to CLWR!
- I’m dreaming of a Mozambican Christmas
- What it’s like in Mozambique
- Volunteer opportunities in 2009
- A change of heart for Christmas
- Online gift giving
- Aid untied: good news from the government
- We care about Zambia
- An anniversary no one wants
- Freedom to worship
- International Children’s Day
- Food for Life
- How to make ugali
- 2008 Annual Report available
- Bolivian church gains female leadership
- Gifts from the Heart are coming
- Extended hours at Four Corners
- Plan your Christmas Kit today
- Charting a path forward with the ELCIC
- A snapshot of aid work in Zambia
- Bolivia: breakthrough in negotiations
- Why soap is important
- 40 years of service in Zambia
- CLWR in partnership with LFC
- Global Hunger Index reveals troubled India
- World Food Day quiz
- A great harvest
- Feel-good holiday shopping
- World Food Day reminder
- Palestinian hospital expansion starts
- Fast for change
- Elect to make poverty history
- Urgent appeal for Haiti aid
- Violence and tensions flare in Bolivia
- Manitoba employees support CLWR
- The refugee life
- Celebrate CLWR Sunday this fall
- Volunteer serves refugee program
- Remember your We Care order
- More aid for Burma
- Turmoil in Bolivia
- Numbers shift on world poverty
- Zambia mourns the loss of its president
- Lutherans in sub-Saharan Africa prepare for World Cup
- Faith and AIDS discussed at conference
- Churches help but also hinder HIV prevention
- Women trafficked in Burma
- Relief efforts continue in Burma three months after cyclone
- In solidarity with people on the margins
- Urban agriculture helps create better food security
- Refugee sponsorship—a primer
- Government supports CLWR
- Faith groups emphasize action before International AIDS Conference
- Order your copies of Partnership now!
- Canadians to unite on World Food Day
- Community development: what is our progress?
- Medical equipment donated
- More Middle East volunteers wanted
- Visit us at the ELW convention
- Four Corners marks annual celebration
- Bolivia divide widens
- Business support helps the poor
- Shipment leaves for Middle East
- Progress against AIDS
- World Refugee Day
- Silence at Four Corners
- Seeds of Hope are sprouting
- Volunteer enters final month of rewarding work
- CLWR responds to food crisis in Ethiopia
- Lutheran Foundation Canada to expand partnership with CLWR
- Support for Colombia earthquake victims
- Soap stocks full
- Four Corners now available through Augsburg Fortress
- How we recognize memorial donations
- Dollars are making a difference in Burma
- South Africa considering fate of foreigners
- Refugee consultation focuses on children
- Continue your support for Burma relief
- Seeds of Hope campaign is blossoming
- New issue of Partnership is available
- Food aid gets a lift
- British Columbia residents come together to help
- Remembering a life in service
- Canadian Lutheran World Relief mobilizes for relief efforts in Burma
- Mozambique worker to tour Canada
- Four Corners holds open house
- CFGB marks 25 years
- Fair trade partner earns award
- No easy fix for rising rates of hunger
- CIDA delivers funds for Augusta Victoria Hospital
- Higher food prices put more people at risk
- Hope hidden in rising food prices?
- Job well done: Angola volunteer returns home
- Ethiopian community achieves self-sufficiency
- Rising food costs impacting the world
- First shipment of 2008 bound for Mozambique
- Writers wanted for overseas positions
- Africa representative reflects on first year
- MCIC supports innovative stove project
- World Health Day: April 7
- An early start to good health
- 30 years of service in Mozambique
- Also 30: Canadian Council for Refugees
- CLWR volunteer leads Easter service in Jerusalem
- Celebrating Easter
- Other dates to remember
- Refugees arrive from El Salvador
- Snowblowers for Africa
- Birthday candles for CLWR
- CLWR celebrates employee
- Hot potato: Bolivia holds onto the spud
- Also on the menu: Bolivian constitution
- Weekend retreat offered by CFGB
- Nations guided on biofuel
- CLWR contributes to Cameroon shipment
- Alternative trade up North and out East
- Read our Spring newsletter
- CLWR opens school in India
- Lutheran pastor on the run
- What’s in your mug this month?
- Eat now, earn later: why child nutrition matters
- International Development Week: February 3-9
- Pop quiz: International Development Week
- Lenten resources now online
- CLWR volunteers in Jerusalem
- World Leprosy Day: January 27
- Mozambique faces more floodwaters
- New staff join Four Corners and Community Development programs
- Honduras Food Study Tour
- Angola volunteer begins work
- Bolivian leaders seek unity
- Historical vote delayed in Mozambique
- Gifts that will keep on giving in 2008
- Joy of living returns three years after tsunami disaster
2007
December 20, 2007
- Easy last-minute Christmas gifts
- Bolivia inches towards controversial new constitution
- CLWR discontinues Nalgene brand water bottle
- LWF encourages Mid East peace treaty
- New report provides economic incentive to address tuberculosis
- Kits and quilts to help the dispossessed in Tanzania
- Ten-year anniversary of landmine treaty
- Volunteer to fight HIV and AIDS in Angola
- CLWR teams up with MCC on relief shipment
- New issue of Partnership now available
- Bangladesh smashed by devastating cyclone
- World AIDS Day is December 1
- CLWR receives first We Care Christmas kits
- UN International Day of Peace reminds us of the need for peace-building initiatives
- Shop and mingle at our country-wide open house
- Donated commodities make a difference
- Uganda still in need
- Fire and water in Uganda: the suffering before the floods
- Send us your Christmas CLWR stories
- Conference aims to improve service to refugees
- Used Soap - Now with even more cleaning power!
- Gifts from the Heart update
- Recognizing excellent leadership in Africa
- Disaster appeal: Uganda flooding
- New opportunity at Four Corners
- Nobel Peace Prize brings attention to environmental care
- Fasting for food justice
- Refugees arrive in Canada after seven-year wait
- Trade Week of Action: October 14-21
- World Food Day: October 16
- Thousands hold daily democracy marches in Burma; violence escalates
- CLWR in Burma: An update from the field
- LWF Director of World Service stresses people-centered development
- CLWR bids farewell to long-term employee
- CLWR finance assistant receives his Canadian Citizenship
- CLWR Sunday resources available
- Donations for emergency appeals are giving hope
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank marks its one millionth tonne of food supplied
- Hope for peace and reconciliation continues in Burma despite recent arrests
- Sending school supplies to students in the developing world
- Earthquake strikes Peru
- FaithLife Financial supports relief efforts in Peru
- Recovery continues in South Asia
- You can go back to school (circle one): True False
- Latin American leaders struggle to help poor
- Your support is needed for monsoon victims in Bangladesh, Nepal, India
- Indigenous Bolivians awarded one million hectares
- Send a We Care kit overseas
- CLWR removes toothpaste from kits
- Sudan force authorized by UN and African Union
- The costs of building a village with gold
- CFGB gains new funding, flexibility and partners
- Workshops in Peru bring CLWR partners together
- Healing the sting of poverty: beekeeping in Mozambique
- Landmark elections drawing near in Mozambique
- What a new stove can mean to a Zambian
- Forty years of Israeli occupation
- New members welcomed to CFGB
- India braces as flooding continues
- Volunteers bound for Jerusalem
- Luther College releases music album
- CLWR welcomes Lutherans and Anglicans to Winnipeg
- Privatizing water has Lutherans seeing red
- Turning personal celebration into global acts of kindness
- World Refugee Day is Wednesday, June 20
- CLWR hires new staff to lead fundraising growth
- MCIC welcomes Robert Granke onto Board of Directors
- Swaziland to receive latest shipment
- Africa encounter filling up quickly
- When fair trade meets great fashion: new Four Corners linen sets
- World Bank president nominee: cause for concern in developing nations?
- Canadian corporate stewardship abroad: KAIROS tour
- Lutheran World Relief in United States names new president
- BC volunteers prepare shipment for Tanzania
- Strong private label coffee sales at Four Corners
- Volunteers needed for summer convention
- Happy Mother’s Day: share the joy
- Take a walk this Sunday with Mom
- Volunteer opportunities at Four Corners
- Rwandan aid arriving just in time
- CLWR says “thank you” to retiring missionary
- Take action on Global Darfur Day
- CLWR hiring resource generation director
- Giving thanks for years of service
- In Exile—For a While
- CLWR blushing at donations
- Accountability sought in foreign aid spending
- CFGB Ethiopia video available online
- CLWR adopts new vision statement
- Would you like to volunteer in Switzerland?
- 100 years, 100 quilts
- Discovering the people behind fair trade
- Unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict a threat
- Relationship between CLWR and ELCIC reaffirmed
- Lutheran World Federation celebrates 60 years
- New federal budget ignores the world’s poor
- Photos from the field and at home: CLWR online gallery
- We Care in Cameroon
- Peru faces looming water crisis
- CLWR invites volunteers for domestic and overseas service
- Mozambique: after the floods
- International Women’s Day
- Travel with CLWR this autumn: Global Encounter 2007
- Emergency relief continues in Mozambique
- Ethiopian, Afghan refugees arrive in Canada
- CLWR issues appeal as cyclone worsens flooding in Mozambique
- Got Hunger? CLWR launches hunger awareness project
- Youth returning from CFGB food study tour in Honduras
- Toronto's population grows by three today, thanks to CLWR
- Sounds like progress in Bolivia
- CLWR a part of new international development network
- Coffee, tea and chocolate in Manitoba...
- ...and hunger in Ontario
- FaithLife offers cash prize towards your favourite charity
- Shipment rushed to Rwanda
- CLWR: One refugee per day in 2007
- International Development Week: February 4-10
- Lutheran Theological Seminary group returns from Peru
- Lutherans attend World Social Forum
- Four Corners expands on www.clwr.org
- India’s tsunami survivors find hope in new homes
- Karen refugees call Edmonton home
- Lutheran World Federation leads faith-based delegation to Sudan
- Just in time for the New Year: the 100 Mile Diet
- Steve Bell to visit Ethiopia
2006
December 21, 2006
- Thank you for your support!
- Take stock of your 2006 donations
- Critic of Zambian president free to hold rallies
- A year of progress in Peru
- Christmas gifts that change lives
- UNICEF: Gender equality benefits the community
- CLWR to open Africa office; new staff hired
- CLWR supports education in Belize
- Indian Ocean tsunami: two years later
- Red Cross work blocked in Burma
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank tours filling up fast
- International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people
- UNAIDS report encourages HIV prevention programs targeting high-risk groups
- 60th Anniversary celebration reminds us that people are the heart of CLWR
- Two new international partners welcomed to the CLWR board of directors
- International board member to speak on women’s issues
- Ethiopian development worker shares stories with Canadians
- Autonomy of development agencies threatened in Peru
- Snapshots from the field: new images from Mozambique
- Miners clash in Bolivia, leaving 16 dead
- President of LIRS discusses five priority issues for refugee protection
- Think about planned giving for All Saints’ Sunday
- CLWR development work reaches new communities in Mozambique
- Canadian officials’ plate too full to attend hunger conference
- Gifts from the Heart Christmas 2006 launched
- Four Corners sales taking place across Canada
- Relief in Pakistan falling short
- Microfinance pioneer earns Nobel Peace Prize
- LWF recognizes selection of next UN Secretary-General
- We Care kits bound for Jerusalem
- Olive harvest begins at Augusta Victoria Hospital
- World Food Day is Monday, October 16
- New International Program Director joins CLWR team
- Volunteers here… volunteers there… volunteers everywhere!
- Artisans continue their work in the aftermath of Thai coup
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank to offer three food study tours in 2007
- ELCIC and CLWR Name New International Volunteer Coordinator
- Material goods shipment arrives in Sierra Leone
- Canadian Foodgrains Bank hosts People-to-People visitor Elizabeth Milton
- Lutherans ask Canadian government to reconsider aid to Augusta Victoria Hospital
- Chocolate that is sweet for everyone
- Learning to share the love of God
- 6,000 Karen refugees to be resettled
- Mental health services falling short
- Lebanese try to rebuild normal life
- Mining expansion in Peru threatens communities
- How to pack your donated goods
- Lebanon Humanitarian Crisis
- CLWR hosts CLYG volunteers
- Special thanks to CLYG participants
- CLWR welcomes 1,200 youth to Winnipeg
- Special shipment to Cameroon
- International AIDS Conference
- Lebanon appeal for US$4.9 million
- Gaza Strip in crisis
- Urgent need for warehouse space
- Youth choir visits CLWR
- Lutherans Attend AIDS conference
- Shipment of goods received in Jerusalem
- Tsunami recovery continues in India
- CLWR issues Lebanon appeal
- Uniformity of kits is important, donors reminded
- Upcoming elections in Democratic Republic of Congo
- CLWR seeks temporary warehouse space
- CLWR welcomes new Administrative and Program Assistant
- Baler required at CLWR warehouse
- Shipment bound for Sierra Leone
- 2005 Humanitarian Accountability Report released
- Poll: Sudan most dangerous place for children
- Supplying books to the University of Belize
- Bolivian election results are good news to indigenous people
- Influx of soap donations bound for Africa
- Four Corners – An Alternative Trade Organization
- CLWR 60th Annual Meeting highlights
- Nurturing traditions to cope with an uncertain future
- Packing the We Care bags
- Refugee sponsors needed
- June 20—World Refugee Day
- Determined women seek equality and freedom in a macho world
- An orphaned generation
- Invest in fair-trade
- Indonesia update
- Leaders committed to peaceful change
- CLWR Issues Appeal In Support Of Indonesian Earthquake Victims
- CLWR announces New International Program Director
- Wealth and Extraordinary Suffering on Bolivia’s Altiplano
- INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE
- ELCIC and CLWR urge government response to crisis at Augusta Victoria Hospital
- BC Baling Day shipment to LWF-Jerusalem
- Planting Seeds of Community Resilience
- CLWR AND ELCIC CONTINUE TO URGE GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO CRISIS AT AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPITAL
- CLWR Writer/Editor Named
- Palestinian Health Care Crisis Continues
- Radio Station to Help Revitalize Indigenous Culture
- NEW WRITER/EDITOR NAMED AT CLWR
- Extreme weather issues in Ethiopia
- LWR-ACT program in Niger
- RDRS improves quality of life in Bangladesh
- Humanitarian crisis continues in Darfur
- Assistance to refugees in Guinea
- ACT members respond to floods in Eastern Europe
- Shipment sent to flood-affected Zambia
- New CLWR Director of Communications and Education Named
- CLWR launches redesigned web site
- Refugees spending longer in exile
- Bolivia still in crisis after winter flooding
- Recovery and Rehabilitation in Pakistan
- Severe drought plagues Ethiopia
- UNHCR and Microsoft Protect Refugees
- CLWR Issues Middle East Appeal
- Soap Supplies Running Low
- Drought Erases Long-Term Gains
- LWF in Palestine
- CLWR Hosts Public Forum
- Flood Emergency in Indonesia
- Tens of thousands face death in drought-hit Somalia
- ACT responding to drought in Kenya
- Change Makers Assembly to raise the issue of Violence Against Women
- Celebrate CLWR’s 60th Anniversary
- Assessing Mozambique Earthquake Damage
- Drought Emergency in Ethiopia
- Emergency Situations: Philippines, Mozambique, Bolivia
- CLWR Staff Transitions
- Severe Flooding in Bolivia
- CLWR Resources Being Used Far and Wide
- Algeria Donates Relief Food
- Lenten Calendar - Hot Item
- 60th Anniversary Insert Available
- Word from Mozambique
- 2006 Lenten Calendar Now Available
- Thousands Displaced as Violence and Tension Mount in South Darfur
- Celebrate CLWR's 60th Anniversary
- Providing Counselling in Pakistan
- Peace High on Agenda in Sudan
- Will Peru Swing Left Too?
- World Bank Proposes Meeting with Zambia Over Currency Gain
- Buy an Indian Woman for Just $20
- Bolivia's Congress Declares Morales President
- Fear and Emotions Fill Tsunami Commemorations in India
- South Asia Earthquake Update
- West Bengal Government to Set Up India's First Green Energy Corporation
- Congo Crisis is World’s Deadliest
- Living on the Edge in Mozambique
- Environmental Auditor for Pilcomayo River to be Named Next Week - Bolivia
