All posts tagged famine

May 18, 2016

Encountering Famine, Encountering Hope

by Emily Pritchard “Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces…

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November 29, 2011

Manitoba government supports Lutheran relief work in Kenya

  Registering at the Dadaab relief camp   A $100,000 grant from the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation will help Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) provide increased support to people in the largest refugee camp in the world. Dadaab, in south-eastern Kenya, hosts 465,000 refugees,…

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October 18, 2011

Personal accounts from drought-stricken Africa

Canadian Lutheran World Relief Executive Director Robert Granke and Community Relations Director Tom Brook are concluding a visit to Ethiopia where they have witnessed the benefit support from Lutherans in Canada is having on Ethiopians affected by drought, specifically the food distribution and work-for-food projects CLWR leads in the…

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September 30, 2011

Donations and special events support famine relief

by James Morgan The Bible verse from Psalms “For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever,” (Psalm 9:18) describes well the outstanding response to Canadian Lutheran World Relief’s (CLWR) appeal for support to aid those…

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July 26, 2011

Responding to famine in Somalia and gunfire in Norway

by Ian Adnams What a troubling week for our troubled world. First, news of famine in East Africa and then the horrific murder of 76 persons in Norway. It’s heartbreaking enough for humans, but we can never imagine how these events must break the heart of God….

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July 22, 2011

African drought and famine receive attention from Lutherans

by James Morgan As famine conditions worsen in eastern Africa, with thousands streaming into refugee camps, Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) is taking action to bring much needed food to more than 18,000 starving people. Food aid worth $1.5 million and weighing 1,900 tons is…

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