Severe humanitarian needs across South Sudan have significantly worsened. The sustained support of the international community is critical. As organisations working to support the people of South...
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Lutheran World Relief & IMA World Health Providing Lifesaving Treatment to Severely Malnourished Children in South Sudan
BALTIMORE—In South Sudan, where the United Nations has declared the world’s first famine since 2011, Lutheran World Relief (LWR) is partnering with IMA World Health to set up and run life-saving...
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Rapid Assessment Pariang County, Unity State: August 5-6 and 27-31, 2015
I. Executive Summary LWR/LWF conducted a rapid needs assessment in Pariang County, Unity State in August 2015, carrying out interviews and focus groups with local host community members, IDPs, local...
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Rapid Assessment Maban County, Upper Nile State: August 7-11 and 27-31, 2015
I. Executive Summary LWR/LWF conducted a rapid needs assessment in Maban County, Upper Nile State in August 2015, conducting focus groups and interviews with key informants from IDPs, host...
Lutheran World Relief continues work in Sudan amidst aid organization suspensions
Baltimore, March 12, 2009 - Lutheran World Relief continues to work in Sudan despite the government's suspension of over a dozen major aid organizations. Last week, the International Criminal Court...
Sudan: Peace talks continue, but life in Darfur gets more desperate
West Darfur, May 18, 2006 - As diplomats have pressed for peace in talks in Abuja, Nigeria, humanitarian aid organizations working in the ongoing conflict are persevering with their work, knowing...
Statement from Lutheran World Relief: As Darfur peace negotiations continue, so does humanitarian crisis
Baltimore, May 3, 2006 -- While the peace negotiations in Abuja between the Government of Sudan and the Darfur rebel groups draw to a conclusion, millions of Darfurians are still living with chronic...
Act now to stop genocide in Darfur, Sudan
Baltimore, April 28, 2006 - Lutheran World Relief joins more than 160 humanitarian agencies in the Save Darfur Coalition to co-sponsor the Rally to Stop Genocide in Washington, D.C. this Sunday,...
Abducted LWR partners in Sudan released unharmed, but danger continues
Baltimore, October 18, 2005 - Three staff members of LWR partner organization SUDO (Sudan Social Development Organization) who were abducted from a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in...
Abducted LWR partners in Sudan released unharmed, but danger continues
Baltimore, October 18, 2005 - Three staff members of LWR partner organization SUDO (Sudan Social Development Organization) who were abducted from a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in...
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Lutheran World Relief affirms commitment to Sudan
Baltimore, August 1, 2005 - In light of today's tragic news about the death of John Garang, the recently sworn-in vice president of the new Sudanese government, Lutheran World Relief (LWR) offers its...
Lutheran World Relief receives $539,000 Gates Foundation grant to help displaced Sudanese return home
Baltimore, MD, May 3, 2005 - Hopes among more than three million people in Sudan were raised with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord, created to end Africa 's longest-running conflict...
Sudan: In Kubum, LWR, through ACT/Caritas, assists cases of severe malnutrition in children
Kubum, South Darfur, April 15, 2005 -The three-year old girl's face is covered in crumbs from the BP-5 high protein biscuit she is eating. Empty boxes of BP-5 lie scattered on the floor of the small...
Life in Darfur camp: Dust is abundant, but food is scarce
Update from Lutheran World Relief Partner, ACT (Action by Churches Together) On the Situation in Darfur Zalingei, West Darfur, March 17, 2005 - Outside the feeding center run by Lutheran World Relief...
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Forgotten emergencies: An update on LWR's ongoing work
Baltimore , February 23, 2005 -- The need for relief was undeniable. The need for long-term assistance remains a necessity. The outpouring of compassion from Lutheran World Relief supporters has been...
Despite the rain, LWR reaches out to 500,000 people in Darfur, Sudan
Baltimore, August 16, 2004 -- Lutheran World Relief (LWR) is helping provide some of life's basic needs to as many as 500,000 people in the Darfur region of Sudan, working with international...
Lutheran World Relief accepts $500,000 award from the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Fund: Money to aid Darfur, Sudan
Baltimore, August 5, 2004 - Lutheran World Relief announces its acceptance of a major new gift of $500,000 from the Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Fund at Peninsula Community Foundation of Menlo Park,...
Sudan: As Darfur crisis builds Lutheran World Relief helping refugees with the basics
Baltimore, July 30, 2004 - Lutheran World Relief (LWR) is working with international Protestant and Catholic partners to provide assistance in some of life's basics to as many as 500,000 people in...
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Aid the people of Darfur, Sudan, now
Background: Inhabitants of Darfur, Sudan, have faced more than a year of conflict. Militia from nomadic and semi-nomadic groups have raided sedentary farmer communities. The attacks are in...
In Darfur camps: Nightmares still real for Sudanese women
[West Darfur, June 28, 2004 -- Lutheran World Relief is providing aid for the Darfur crisis in Sudan as part of a joint appeal by Action by Churches Together and CARITAS Internationalis, alliances of...