Mar2017
From little plants, big love grows
by LCA Communications
Retiree Paul Sabel’s garden is a huge blessing – not just for him and wife, but also for some of the world’s poorest.
Feb2017
From little plants, big love grows
by Helen Beringen
Browsing through the handmade treasures of a country market, you can easily sense when you are buying love. Vendors spruik a cornucopia of local goods all created with care, from hand-knitted beanies, to the fresh-baked delicacies. As you amble among the stalls of South Australia’s south coast markets, you might unwittingly buy a little pot… Read more
Oct2016
ALWS plea: ‘Help us support Mosul refugees’
by LCA Communications
Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) has made a plea for urgent support to help it care for refugees from Mosul, as the battle rages for control of the Northern Iraqi city. Recent news reports from the region said Iraqi and Kurdish forces were closing in on the former Islamic State (ISIS) stronghold. When Mosul was… Read more
Oct2016
Church agencies team up for disaster relief
by LCA Communications
Australian Lutheran World Service is part of a network of eight church agencies which has been accredited to deliver aid in the event of humanitarian disasters in the Pacific region. The Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade recently announced that Church Agencies Network – Disaster Operation (CAN DO) was one of the successful… Read more
Sep2016
‘We can’t do it without you’: World Service head
by LCA Communications
The director of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Department for World Service (DWS) visited Australia last month to thank the LCA for its support and to promote awareness of the department’s work. Maria Immomen is the first woman to lead the LWF/DWS, which employs over 8000 staff, including in some of the world’s most dangerous… Read more
Aug2016
What love come to life looks like
by Jonathan Krause
Children are at the heart of our church’s work bringing love to life in poor communities through Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS). We strive to live out the words of Jesus in Matthew 25 to give the practical care of food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, and ‘welcome strangers’ like Nima and Amran,… Read more
Jul2016
Life and hope in the desert
by Andrew Weiss
I am driving out to Ali Addeh refugee camp as part of the 2016 Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) teacher study tour in the Republic of Djibouti, located in the north-east of Africa. The landscape is unlike anything I have ever seen; like something that could be used to depict a distant planet in a… Read more
Jul2016
ALWS earns top accreditation
by LCA Communications
Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) has achieved the highest accreditation possible from the Australian Government as a not-for-profit agency. The accreditation follows a thorough review of aid and development agencies carried out every five years by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and results are linked to government funding and viability. The process… Read more
