Our Lutheran family supports hundreds of thousands of people living in refugee camps in eastern Africa through ALWS, including at Kakuma in northern Kenya and Ali Addeh in Djibouti.
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Your Lutheran school behind the wire
Recently ALWS Community Action Manager Jonathan Krause saw some very different ‘Lutheran’ schools – schools our Lutheran family in Australia is building and equipping for children trapped inside displaced-persons camps in Myanmar in Southeast Asia.
Walking the talk
Members of our LCA/NZ family are rushing to be part of the ALWS Walk My Way event which raises money to help refugee children in camps in Kenya to go to school. And it’s not too late to get involved.
Record numbers for Walk My Way
A record contingent of more than 825 walkers has signed up for Walk My Walk events in May to support children in refugee camps to go to school – and the number is growing every day!
You can’t cancel kindness
When COVID-19 forced ALWS to cancel Walk My Way public events in 2020, there were fears children in refugee camps might miss out on support to go to school. Yet our Lutheran family rallied. And next month’s Walk My Way in SA’s Barossa Valley is another chance to bring love to life.
Giving 10,000 children the gift of school
Australian Lutheran World Service (ALWS), has launched the ‘10,000 children … 100 days’ campaign to support children in refugee camps and other crisis situations to return to school when COVID-19 allows. ‘Our mission is to seek out those who might otherwise be forgotten’, says Jonathan Krause.
