‘Love the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ Luke 10:27
Jan 21, 2016
‘Love the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul and with all
your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbour
as yourself.’Luke 10:27
Australian Lutheran World Service is the overseas aid and resettlement agency of the Lutheran Church of
Australia.
Through God’s love, ALWS helps poor and oppressed people:
• Get back on their feet again;
• Find fresh hope;• Discover dignity and
respect in their lives.
We want to
MAKE POVERTY HISTORY!!
ALWS – Reaching out in love for justice
For overseas aid, ALWS works mainly in eight countries
–Sudan–Cambodia–Nepal–Mozambique–Papua New Guinea–Kenya– Indonesia–Burundi
ALWS – Reaching out in love for justice
ALWS sometimes helps refugees in crisis – short term assistance for those in desperate need in some of the poorest countries of the world.
ALWS more often helps in the long-term sustainable development of rural communities in poor countries.
Sustainable development is a process that empowers people in poor communities to
ultimately help themselves.
ALWS – Reaching out in love for justice
Primarily, ALWS programs focus on empowerment and development through:– Food security (teaching how to grow a variety of
food crops all year round)– Water availability (the building of water posts,
wells, or dams)– Income generation (finding ways for the very poor
to make a living)– Advocacy (standing up for what is right and just)
ALWS – Reaching out in love for justice
ALWS work with local people, using local resources wherever possible.This helps:
– To teach local people – To give opportunities to people– To improve the economy of the region– Keep the culture strong
ALWS – Reaching out in love for justice
• ALWS delivers programs through partnerships with Lutheran World Service, Action by Churches Together & ELC-PNG
• Locally, ALWS provides support to refugees who are going to resettle in Australia.
SudanSudan is a country trying to
rebuild after decades of war. Many refugees who fled Sudan are now returning home after
living in refugee camps in neighbouring countries.
Conditions are very difficult in Sudan. It will take many years to
rebuild the country.
In Sudan, ALWS is working with the refugees as they return
home, to grow food, have safe water, and find ways to keep
their family together.
Kenya
ALWS works in Kenya in refugee camps to care for desperate people who are
fleeing from warring countries. People in the camps mainly come from
Sudan, but also from other African nations.
ALWS work to help provide immediate needs, including
food, water, shelter, love and care.
IndonesiaParts of Indonesia are very wealthy, but parts of Indonesia are in great
need of assistance. After the tsunami hit Indonesia in 2004, the
need for assistance expanded dramatically.
ALWS initially responded to the tsunami with immediate relief to the
people in desperate need.
Now ALWS are working with communities to rebuild for the long-
term, predominantly through the teaching of life-skills.
Mozambique
Mozambique is a country rebuilding after many years of war. Refugees have returned
home and are starting their lives again.
The country on the whole is still very poor, but their have been
some very positive developments for the country.
People generally are living in better conditions than they
were and there is an air of hope as many more children go to
school.
NepalNepal is a small country
between India and China – the two most populated counties in
the world. There is much poverty in this little nation, but
also much hope for a better future.
ALWS works with some of the most remote and poor people – the Daliats – who are oppressed
in many ways.
They also work with the Bhutanese refugees, who have lived in refugee camps for over
18 years.
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea is more a mis-managed country than a poor country, but many people still live in
poverty. It has great wealth in natural resources, but
corruption makes it difficult for ordinary people to lead
healthy, happy lives.
ALWS are working hard to reduce corruption, and to
teach people ways that they can help each other to lead
better lives.
CambodiaCambodia is a country that was
destroyed in may ways over thirty years ago during the Khmer Rouge
rule. They are still trying to get back on their feet and combat
desperate poverty.
ALWS work with some of the poorest rural communities in long-term development. They are trying
to get food and water into communities, and make options available for employment. They
are teaching skills, building schools and health posts and standing up
for the rights of the people in order to empower the people of
Cambodia.
BurundiBurundi is one of the world’s poorest
nations. It is a country trying to rebuild after decades of war. Many
Burundian refugees who fled are now returning home after living in
refugee camps in neighbouring countries. Conditions are very
difficult in Burundi, and it will take many years to rebuild the country.
• In Burundi, ALWS is working with the refugees as they return home, to
grow food, have safe water, and find ways to keep their family together.
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you
invited me in,I needed clothes and you
clothed me, I was sick and you looked
after me, I was in prison and you
came to visit me. Matthew 25:35-36
God puts poor people on their feet again; he rekindles burned-out lives with fresh hope, restoring dignity and respect to their lives!
(1 Samuel 2:8 MSG).
Thank you for your support of Australian Lutheran World Service.Thank you for helping us to make a real difference in the world.Thank you for helping us to reduce global poverty.
To God be the glory!
Song Credit
SomedayBy Micah Kephart
From the Micah Challenge CDHeart Life Voice
Used with permission