CLWR News & Events

Berzegen Yimam is a participant in a project in northern Ethiopia that’s designed to help small-scale farmers increase their food production.

We all know farming is important. Agriculture provides us with food to keep us healthy and productive, and contributes to our economic health as communities and as a country. Support for agriculture in developing countries is also one of the best ways to alleviate hunger.

International Development Week celebrates Canadian contributions to poverty reduction in the developing world and engages Canadians to learn about those efforts

On December 15, 2016, the new project “Improved Learning Environments for Children in Irbid Governorate” launched in Amman, Jordan.

Join Canadian Lutheran World Relief and experience first-hand the religious, cultural, social and political context of Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian West Bank.

Merry Christmas from the staff of Canadian Lutheran World Relief!

Every time I visit the Vocational Training Program (VTP) in Beit Hanina, East Jerusalem I am struck by the increased quality of the finished products being produced by the students.

Thirty years ago, three congregations in Winnipeg’s North End worked together to sponsor an Eritrean mother and daughter.

Today is Giving Tuesday—a day where charities, companies and individuals join together to share commitments, rally for favourite causes and think about others.

Government of Canada announces renewed funding of $125 million to Canadian Foodgrains Bank over five years to provide food for people affected by humanitarian crises.

On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew made landfall in Haiti causing major loss of life, widespread damage, flooding and displacement across the island

In northern Iraq, a massive humanitarian crisis looms as the ongoing battle to liberate the city of Mosul from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is posed to escalate an already desperate situation.

Last month, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that in just three weeks, it processed 37,491 refugees from South Sudan who were fleeing to neighbouring Uganda—8,200 arrived in a single day.

CLWR is pleased to welcome three new members to its Board of Directors.

For St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Winnipeg, MB, sponsoring a refugee family is a tangible response to Christ’s call to help and welcome the stranger.

When God lays the needs of people facing natural disaster and dislocation on the hearts of Canadian Lutherans, the response is immediate and full of compassion and generosity.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) created World Food Day to commemorate its founding in Quebec City, October 16, 1945.

Once Rosemary Leito completes her tailoring training, she’ll be able to start her own business to provide for her family.

Canadian Lutheran World Relief and the World Council of Churches are planning joint action on refugee rights now that the Canadian church agency has been approved for WCC membership.

On July 8, 2016 fighting erupted in Juba, South Sudan, between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the SPLA-In Opposition.

CLWR is seeking your support to better meet the needs of those who are displaced and food-insecure

A message from Robert Granke, CLWR’s Executive Director

The Government of Canada, through Global Affairs Canada (formerly CIDA) is undergoing a review of its international assistance programs. The aim of the review is to rethink Canada’s international assistance policies and programs to better respond to the challenges and opportunities of the new global context. As part of this review, Global Affairs Canada is soliciting feedback from Canadians­—including you!

As supporters of CLWR, we encourage you to submit your input into this process. CLWR is supportive of the Government of Canada’s efforts to review and renew its international assistance (IA) policy. In particular, we applaud the renewed focus on responding to the needs of displaced and vulnerable populations and how to best deliver results. Drawing on our organizational proficiency in the areas of sustainable development and humanitarian assistance, our submission focuses its feedback on three key areas:
    1.    Responding to humanitarian crises and the needs of displaced populations,
    2.    Clean economic growth and climate change, and
    3.    Delivering results.

While there are some encouraging signs that a break in the drought may be possible, the situation in Ethiopia is still critical in large portions of the country. Here is a sit-rep (situation report) from LWF-Ethiopia.

If you are a pastor or congregational leader and have been concerned that if your congregation became involved in receiving a refugee family that all the work would fall on you, then we invite you to read this excellent article from Pastor Carol Janke of Messiah Lutheran Church.