Archive for 'Latin America'
Could Chocolate Get Any Better?
Posted on 16. May, 2012 by Annalise Udall Romoser.
Apparently yes! And LWR is helping make that possible with our partners in Nicaragua. Last week the country´s first ever international chocolate-tasting competition took place in Managua, Nicaragua. There, seven cooperatives representing hundreds of cocoa producers competed to win the best chocolate award. Cocoa beans are used to make chocolate, and LWR´s heart is 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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Page 7a: Stories You may have Missed
Posted on 04. May, 2012 by Dan Ruth.
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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Somos Tierra Memory Gallery
Posted on 16. Apr, 2012 by Annalise Udall Romoser.
Artistic expression provides us with a language [that] touches the fibers of our emotions and consciousness. It is a mix of feelings with materials… we have, here, objects of daily life that force us to mediate, contemplate and to transform. –Camilo Gonzalez Pozo, Director of the Center for Memory, Peace and Reconciliation. Colombians dream big. [...]
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Bringing Promise: A little church with a big heart
Posted on 13. Mar, 2012 by Jessica Katzenstein.
When Christine Djalleta got the idea to make Personal Care Kits for Lutheran World Relief after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, she couldn’t have guessed how big her idea would become. Christine originally got enough supplies to make eight Kits, then asked her pastor, the Rev. Dr. Sandra Ellis-Killian at St. John’s Lutheran in Ambler, [...]
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Celebrating International Women’s Day
Posted on 07. Mar, 2012 by Nikki Massie.
On March 8, International Women’s Day, we celebrate the theme of empowering rural women to end poverty and hunger. Rural women in developing countries face many challenges to building better lives. Lutheran World Relief is proud to work side-by-side with women to address the root causes of their communities’ poverty and work toward lasting promise. [...]
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Page 7a: Stories You May have Missed
Posted on 02. Mar, 2012 by Dan Ruth.
This week the Oscar Award for Best Picture was silent, Mitt Romney won both the Arizona and Michigan Republican primaries, and the world learned that Snooki is, indeed, pregnant. But what about news from outside our borders? What else is going on in the world? Here are this week’s stories, excavated from page 7A: Young [...]
