ALWS

Join Australian Lutheran World Service in Brisbane City on Saturday 11 May for a 3-kilometre or 12.5-kilometre walk along the iconic Brisbane River as we step out to support the people of Ukraine.

When the war began in Ukraine, people who were displaced from their homes couldn’t walk away from danger, they had to run. But members of our Lutheran family and friends will be walking in Brisbane next month to support those children and families hurt by war – and it’s not too late to join them.

Viewers of ABC TV’s Gardening Australia program on 23 February met dedicated and talented gardener and retired Lutheran school principal Paul Sabel, who has turned a beloved pastime into a way of helping others through Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS).

QUT Gardens Point Campus in the heart of Brisbane is a long way from Kyiv, where children continue to suffer from ongoing conflict.

Australian Lutheran World Service has launched 100 days of action to help children hurt by the war in Ukraine and is challenging LCANZ members to support the campaign by donating, walking – and making (and eating) pancakes!

Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS) has committed $50,000 to support the work of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem as the humanitarian situation in Gaza rapidly deteriorates.