The Lutheran World Relief Community Quilt


Education
education

Education is often an antidote to poverty. But it’s hard to pay school fees when not enough money exists for food. Impoverished parents are forced to make the agonizing decision to send children off to work, or put them to work at home, to earn money for food and other necessities.

Illiterate adults often are caught in a cycle that’s hard to break. Unable to calculate the price of seeds for their fields or read proficiently, they struggle to find a job or operate a small business to support their families.

give knowledge

$40     A year of vocational training for a person in the West Bank
$80     A year of training for a small-scale farmer in Nicaragua
$150     Carpentry class for 15 AIDS orphans in Uganda
$250     Small business training for 10 farmers in the Philippines
$500     Sets of educational materials for 5 primary schools in Honduras
$1000     6 months of classes at non-formal education centers for 500 women and children in India
$5000     Construction and staffing of a literacy center to serve 300 students a year in Burkina Faso


The dollar amounts listed for items associated with each Gift Square represent the cost of providing the items and/or support services or training. Each gift you make is symbolic and represents a contribution to the entire mission of LWR, to be used where needed most.

An LWR school kit provides tools for education in Mali and around the world.

 

 

Keep my law and teaching as the apple of your eye.
> PROVERBS 7:2

 

WE ARE RENOVATING...

The online donation system for the Lutheran World Relief Community Quilt is undergoing renovations in 2008. During this time, we are requesting that you make your donations by phone or postal mail.

WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY QUILT.