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25.01.2022 And the winner is the Turkana people who will have a greenhouse for healthy veggies! Thank you, Our Saviour Rochedale, for hosting a fun-filled trivia night and for helping people in East Africa at the same time!... Results below. (Obviously, the ALWS team COULD have won but we didn’t want it to look rigged )

24.01.2022 Here are 300,000 ways you’re helping refugees protect themselves from COVID-19 at Dadaab Refugee Camp and earn a livelihood at the same time. Great work, LWF Kenya Djibouti Somalia and keep up the fabulous sewing folks!

23.01.2022 These women in Nepal are part of a farming cooperative you help support. They’re able to take out a loan to start a small business or grow healthy crops. Because of the training and support provided by the cooperative, members who struggled to save 10 rupees a month (12 cents) are now able to take a loan of up to 40,000 rupees ($470)... PLUS now have the confidence and skills to be able to pay it back! Lukhi Murmu took a loan of 15,000 rupees ($176) and started a grocery shop. She says: The cooperative is a valuable means of economic change for a poor person like me. I have been able to feed my children, thanks to the grocery shop. My husband brings in money by working as a daily-wage laborer. We are happy with our income now." Your help, along with support from the Australian Government, means small loans make BIG change thank you! #ANCP #AustralianAid Lutheran World Federation - LWF Nepal

22.01.2022 As COVID-19 keeps challenging us, it can be hard to see beyond our own suburb or town. (Perhaps even our own stock of toilet-paper.) That's why this two minute message from Chey Mattner, former head of ALWS, is so inspiring. The message is for World Refugee Day, but what Chey shares about your ALWS work for people who have lost everything will encourage you every day.

22.01.2022 Here at ALWS, we’ve been so inspired by your creativity in finding new ways to Walk Your Way. And YOUR creativity has led to other new things like an ABC radio Gold Coast interview for Jonathan! He was excited to tell host Kate about the amazing things you’re doing to help refugee children. ... Click below to listen to the 3-min interview. Thanks for being awesome, Gold Coast people!

22.01.2022 Some of us in SA lockdown have started feeling a little sorry for ourselves but then we thought of the people you help in refugee camps through ALWS, the challenges they face, and all they have lost. Jonathan is sharing the message (via video) at his church this Sunday, and we thought you might like to see it too. Jonathan says:... ‘Be warned it’s 18 minutes long, and you’ll have to look at my COVID-weary face way longer than anyone should have to but it’s mostly stories of the people you help, and what you and I can learn from them about life. If you don’t come away humbled and inspired and excited by these amazing people, I’ll be surprised.’ You can watch it here thank you! https://www.alws.org.au/news-and-stori/covid-19-hope-spots/

21.01.2022 Sew what? If anyone ever asks you ‘So what difference do you make to refugees?’ read HOPE Spot #18... and you’ll have the answer all stitched up! https://www.alws.org.au/news-and-stori/covid-19-hope-spots/ #ANCP #AustralianAid

20.01.2022 Looking for something to do this Saturday night? Join Our Saviour's online trivia night from anywhere in Australia - or the world! It's FREE fact-based fun!

19.01.2022 The tailoring classes you support at Kakuma refugee camp are so amazing a queen and a princess came to visit! HM Queen Mathilde and HRH Princess Elisabeth of Belgium learnt more about livelihoods projects you help support during a visit with UNICEF. ... Now, you can say your help ROYALLY is amazing.

19.01.2022 It’s hard to tell, but this is Jamie Davies, Executive Director of ALWS. She wants to pass on an important message to you today on World Humanitarian Day: ‘If you don’t live in Victoria, you might feel like you escaped COVID-19 pretty well. (Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Victorians).... ‘But for people in developing countries, the challenges of COVID-19 are enormous: - 75% of people in the most vulnerable countries lack access to clean soap and water - COVID-19 could push over 70 million people into extreme poverty - 80 million babies under a year old are at risk of missing routine immunisations due to COVID-19. ‘That’s why I’m masking up today and why I’ve signed the EndCOVIDForAll petition. I want to encourage our government to provide life-saving support to vulnerable nations. ‘So, on this World Humanitarian Day, as we thank all the world's humanitarian workers for all they do, I invite you to join me in standing in solidarity with our global neighbours and sign the #EndCOVIDForAll petition here: www.endcovidforall.com Thank you!’

19.01.2022 If you’re up with the birds tomorrow morning, you might like to tune into ABC radio Gold Coast at 6.30am. You’ll hear Jonathan talk about the AMAZING things people like you are doing in Queensland, in spite of COVID-19 changing our Walk My Way plans like St Andrews College, who are going to walk the original 26km route one week later... or LORDS, who are encouraging all their students to walk 26km over a 2 week period or toddler Hazel, whose little legs didn’t stop her helping 149 refugee kids! Awesome people doing amazing things. We’re so inspired by you every day and now, a whole new audience will get to be too. Hooray! https://walkmyway.org.au/

18.01.2022 Thinking of you, Melbourne

18.01.2022 Do you remember LifeBuoy soap from your younger days? It’s what you supply to families in Indonesia to help protect them from COVID-19 and is perfectly named because your help is a life-saver!... Read HOPE Spot #19 to see more about the care you give. (And you’ll also get to see a cute pic of Jonathan Krause as a youngster!) https://www.alws.org.au/news-and-stori/covid-19-hope-spots/ #ANCP #AustralianAid

16.01.2022 What do Bob Geldof and an old Tory have to do with Lutheran help for people in need? Find out here in this story from Dr Brian Neldner. You’ll be amazing at what our little church can do with God’s help!

16.01.2022 Right now, as two senior gentlemen loudly and publicly vie for the power of being President of the United States I want you to meet two senior ladies in Indonesia who you support to quietly serve their communities, helping protect against COVID-19. In today’s HOPE Spot, Jonathan thanks God for Seniors ... https://www.alws.org.au/news-and-stori/covid-19-hope-spots/

15.01.2022 HOPE Spot #16: While COVID-19 means there's so much we can't do your kindness can still change someone’s life forever.... You can bring new life in South Sudan now with a 9:1 Grant. That means just $18 can support someone like Ayen start a fresh life! (You can see Ayen below in the restaurant you helped her start). Find out more about the 9:1 Grant and donate below. Thank you!

15.01.2022 We might not understand the words in this video but we ALL get the meaning. Thank you for being part of the global effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 through ALWS and the amazing team from LWF Kenya Djibouti Somalia

13.01.2022 HOPE Spot #17: smelly thongs and washing hands. While COVID-19 means we need to wash our hands clean, at the same time we need to get our hands dirty! That’s what you do through ALWS: dirty, difficult and dangerous work. ... In today's HOPE Spot, you'll meet mum Ambika from Nepal... ...and hear about an Australian teenager's stinky thongs... yikes! https://www.alws.org.au/news-and-stori/covid-19-hope-spots/

09.01.2022 Nice stuff, LWF! Thanks for working so hard to look after the gifts from our awesome supporters.

07.01.2022 Thank you, LWF Kenya Djibouti Somalia! Your work in taking our supporters’ care to people like rosette is wonderful.

06.01.2022 Would you like to send a message to the people of Melbourne - as they deal with lockdown #2? An encouraging Bible verse. A personal thought. A little prayer. Even a photo that lifts spirits. Simply email us on [email protected]. We’ll put them all together in an e-Book, and share it so people in Melbourne know they’re not alone in the burden they carry now.... You can read more about how you help carry burdens for people like Akech through ALWS in today's HOPE Spot. https://www.alws.org.au/news-and-stori/covid-19-hope-spots/

06.01.2022 HOPE Spot 24: Tradie pants and untied laces What have 1,250 pavers, ugg boots, and your help for people in Nepal got to do with each other? Read the latest HOPE Spot now to find out!... https://www.alws.org.au/news-and-stori/covid-19-hope-spots/

03.01.2022 3000 face masks. 600 pairs of latex gloves. 800 bars of soap. This is how you’re part of helping protect people in Nepal from COVID-19 and it’s a real team effort. ... With support from the Australian Government, your health essentials are delivered through Lutheran Community Welfare Service (the community care arm of the Nepal Evangelical Lutheran Church) working together with LWF Nepal. When we work together, we can do amazing stuff. Thanks for being part of the team! #ANCP #AustralianAid

02.01.2022 HOPE Spot #23: close to home In this week’s HOPE Spot, read how losing a former work colleague to COVID made Jonathan see the pandemic differently and find encouragement in a simple, inspiring e-Picture Book ALWS supporters like you helped create ... https://www.alws.org.au/news-and-stori/covid-19-hope-spots/

02.01.2022 Are you good at remembering facts? Do you know random stuff? Are people always making excuses to leave when you get going on one of your specialist subjects?... Then Our Saviour’s Trivia Night on Saturday 22 August is for you! It doesn’t matter that Our Saviour Church is in Brisbane this year they’ve taken their annual fundraiser online, so you can join from anywhere in Australia. Through ALWS, Our Saviour are raising money to help the Turkana people in Kenya with a drip-irrigated greenhouse. The greenhouse will help the community grow healthy food for their families for years to come! So invite your friends and family around (COVID rules permitting) and join the Our Saviour community for a night of facts, fun and fundraising. Find all the details you need and register your ‘table’ at the link below. Everyone welcome! (Make sure you only invite your smartest friends and family, obviously). https://oursaviourtrivianight.gofundraise.com.au/

02.01.2022 70 years? Try 100! This year marks 70 years since you began helping people through ALWS. It seems like a big milestone until you meet Nita!... Find out how Nita made her birthday this year extra-special https://www.alws.org.au/news-and-stori/covid-19-hope-spots/