May2021
Lutheran walkers support thousands of refugee children
A record turnout of more than 650 members and friends of our LCANZ family walked or cycled up to 26 kilometres through South Australia’s Barossa Valley on Saturday 1 May to support thousands of refugee children to go to school.
Apr2021
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!
Apr2021
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.
Apr2021
Walk My Way needs you!
ALWS is looking for volunteers to join the team for Walk My Way in South Australia’s Barossa Valley on Saturday 1 May. While participants walk, wheel or woof their way along 26 kilometres to support refugee kids to go to school, you’ll be part of the fun behind the scenes or along the route.
Mar2021
Joy a special gift for these ‘superheroes’
by Jonathan Krause
When the world seems messed up, you may feel we need a superhero. And ‘superheroes’ are exactly what ALWS representative Julie Krause found when she visited the Shout for Joy ecumenical church service created for people living with intellectual disability or integration difficulty.
Dec2020
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.