This Week in LWR News: If you are in the Baltimore area and someone who appreciates contemporary art, make sure to visit the In/ Flux Gallery to see Water Sonettos! The exhibit features artwork focused on water issues and highlights LWR’s friend and esteemed Baltimorean artist Jann Rosen-Queralt. Rosen-Queralt’s work includes a series of sculptures inspired by the Dogon women she [...]
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Solutions for a hungry world – Shed works well to stop food rotting
Posted on 09. May, 2012 by Krista Zimmerman.
This was originally posted at Alertnet: The World’s Humanitarian News Site. Bakina Zacharia is a woman farmer who lives in remote Idole Village in Dodoma, Tanzania. Dry climate and unpredictable rainfall make farming challenging, but there are few other livelihoods options. Like many farmers in the region, Bakina grows onions, a popular crop. And in [...]
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President Obama, Shakira and Lutheran World Relief
Posted on 07. May, 2012 by Annalise Udall Romoser.
A few weeks ago, President Obama came to Cartagena, Colombia, for the Summit of the Americas. He was joined by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian singer Shakira and two Afrocolombian leaders in a ceremony with great importance for LWR. In 2008, LWR began working with the Afrocolombian community of Palenque just outside the colonial [...]
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President Obama’s surprise trip to Afghanistan made quite a few headlines this week, with many taking a cautious “wait and see” stance on the agreement signed with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Meanwhile, a famous work of art was sold for $119.9 million, the most expensive piece of art ever sold at auction. But it’s likely [...]
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“You can kill a man, but you can’t kill an idea.” ~Medgar W. Evers We will probably never know the name of the kind soul in Alabama who nominated Lutheran World Relief for the Medgar W. Evers Award for contributions to Religion and Education. The award recipient is chosen by the Walker County Honorary Committee [...]
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It’s getting to be that time of year when everyone is making their summer plans. LWR staff can’t wait for summer either, especially because we’ve decided to plan a road trip! We got the idea when we were scheduling summer events for LWR’s President, John Nunes. We found ourselves with two events in the Midwest [...]
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This week in the news: A case of spontaneous bovine spongiform encephalopathy better known as “Mad Cow Disease” surfaced in California. Heath officials immediately quarantined the diseased cow and claim that the occurrence caused no risk to the food supply. Meanwhile, an international court has found former warlord and President of Liberia Charles Taylor guilty of aiding war crimes in Sierra Leone. His [...]
