Lutheran World Relief

Moore Announced as Recipient of 5 Direct Marketing Association of Washington 2023 MAXI Awards

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Partnership, Marketing, Excellence, Direct, Direct Marketing Association (South Africa), Lutheran World Relief, Digital, Film industry, Innovation

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Moore, a leading constituent experience management company, is proud to announce they have received five 2023 MAXI Awards (Marketing Award for eXcellence in Innovation) from the Direct Marketing Association of Washington (DMAW). The 2023 MAXI Awards recognize standout direct marketing campaigns, reviewed by an industry-led judging panel, as this year's best of the best in each category.

Key Points: 
  • DMAW MAXI Awards honor and recognize excellence in direct response marketing.
  • WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Moore , a leading constituent experience management company, is proud to announce they have received five 2023 MAXI Awards ( Marketing Award for eXcellence in Innovation ) from the Direct Marketing Association of Washington (DMAW).
  • The 2023 MAXI Awards recognize standout direct marketing campaigns, reviewed by an industry-led judging panel, as this year's best of the best in each category.
  • Moore provides omnichannel guidance to some of the largest and most complex marketing programs in the nonprofit industry, and these awards are a testament to our innovation," said Gretchen Littlefield, chief executive officer of Moore.

Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health respond to the earthquake in Haiti

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
IMA World Health, Health, Organization, Corus International, Lutheran World Relief, Attention, International non-governmental organization, IMA

BALTIMORE, Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Staff from Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health, both of the Corus International family, are assessing damage from the Aug. 14 Haiti earthquake, urgent needs and how to most efficiently respond.

Key Points: 
  • BALTIMORE, Aug. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Staff from Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health, both of the Corus International family, are assessing damage from the Aug. 14 Haiti earthquake, urgent needs and how to most efficiently respond.
  • Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health have committed an initial $100,000 to the emergency response, which will likely focus on providing support for essential health services, as most of Corus' programs in Haiti are focused on health.
  • "There are huge medical needs, people who are wounded and in need of care," said Glen Bouchard, IMA World Health country director in Haiti.
  • We are far from getting the commitments of resources that the 2010 earthquake received, though the needs are dire."

Lutheran World Relief's Beirut Port Blast response, 1 year later: Residences repaired, families back home, businesses restored

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Corus International, Makhzoumi, Lutheran World Relief, Lutheranism, Aid, Christianity, Abrahamic religions

Over the past year, Corus International's subsidiary Lutheran World Relief has collaborated with local partners to help repair homes and restore businesses as life in the city's core slowly resumes.

Key Points: 
  • Over the past year, Corus International's subsidiary Lutheran World Relief has collaborated with local partners to help repair homes and restore businesses as life in the city's core slowly resumes.
  • In the immediate aftermath of the explosion, when needs were most acute, Lutheran World Relief partnered with the Beirut-based Makhzoumi Foundation to distribute parcels of food and other essential household supplies.
  • As part of its longer-term response, Lutheran World Relief, with funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development, launched an effort to repair hundreds of residences damaged by the blast.
  • In an effort to jump-start business recovery, Lutheran World Relief partnered with the Georges N. Frem Foundation, a Lebanese NGO, to provide assistance to 90 small businesses.

Corus International Responds to COVID-19 Surge in India

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Corus International, Lutheran World Relief, IMA World Health, Organizations, United States

b"WASHINGTON, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Corus International is working with longstanding local partners to respond to the COVID-19 surge in India, providing support to overwhelmed hospitals and helping rural communities to limit the spread of the virus.\nWorking through its subsidiaries Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health , Corus is assistinghospitals in accessing critical supplies like personal protective equipment, oxygen, ventilators and basic medicines.

Key Points: 
  • b"WASHINGTON, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Corus International is working with longstanding local partners to respond to the COVID-19 surge in India, providing support to overwhelmed hospitals and helping rural communities to limit the spread of the virus.\nWorking through its subsidiaries Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health , Corus is assistinghospitals in accessing critical supplies like personal protective equipment, oxygen, ventilators and basic medicines.
  • It is also helping long-standing community organizations that reach deep into communities, providing information and supplies to prevent COVID's spread.\nIn its public health response, Corus is working with its partner Christian Medical Associates of India, which represents a network of community facilities that includes nearly 300 hospitals staffed by more than 10,000 healthcare professionals.
  • Corus aims to support at least 10 hospitals in the immediate term in the coming six months with improved medical care, while improving the infrastructure in these clinics over the long term.\nThe epidemic in India is predicted to move from the cities to the rural areas where Lutheran World Relief's disaster preparedness and livelihoods work is concentrated.
  • Here, longtime development and health partners, including Church's Auxiliary for Social Action, Integrated Development Foundation and Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, will work at the community level, aiming to curb infection in both densely populated and rural communities with infection prevention supplies, messaging about how to keep safe, self-isolation methods and vaccination awareness across districts with an overall population of nearly 2 million, distributing supplies to the most vulnerable.\n"

New NGO leads diverse family of nonprofits, for-profits

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Daniel V. Speckhard, Lutheran World Relief, Corus, American society

"The challenges of those we serve around the world are complex, interconnected and, most of all, solvable," Corus President and CEO Daniel Speckhard said.

Key Points: 
  • "The challenges of those we serve around the world are complex, interconnected and, most of all, solvable," Corus President and CEO Daniel Speckhard said.
  • In addition to Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health, the Corus family includes UK-based technology company Charlie Goldsmith Associates; impact investing firm Ground Up Investing; and direct trade coffee producer LWR Farmers Market Coffee.
  • Corus also leads for-profits Charlie Goldsmith Associates, acquired in 2019, and Ground Up Investing.
  • With a staff of 800 throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, Corus maintains headquarters in Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

Lutheran World Relief launches the 75,000 Face Mask Challenge to inhibit the spread of coronavirus in vulnerable communities abroad

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Humanitarian aid, Organizations, African clothing, Mask, Lutheran World Relief, Quilt, World Relief, Christianity, Face mask, Lutheranism

WASHINGTON and BALTIMORE, April 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- International NGO Lutheran World Relief , which is known for annually sending millions of quilts hand sewn by donors to those in need around the world, is issuing the 75,000 Face Mask Challenge in an effort to inhibit the spread of COVID-19 in vulnerable communities around the world.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON and BALTIMORE, April 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- International NGO Lutheran World Relief , which is known for annually sending millions of quilts hand sewn by donors to those in need around the world, is issuing the 75,000 Face Mask Challenge in an effort to inhibit the spread of COVID-19 in vulnerable communities around the world.
  • The 75,000-cloth face mask goal reflects the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of Lutheran World Relief, which was founded in 1945 to help communities suffering during World War II.
  • Volunteers are invited to register their pledge for the number of masks they will sew at https://lwr.org/masks .
  • The website also has instructions on how make the face masks and how to send them to Lutheran World Relief.

The 2020 Early Warning Forecast

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Daniel V. Speckhard, Aid, Humanitarian crisis, Extreme poverty, Lutheran World Relief, Global politics, Foreign Policy

BALTIMORE and WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health have released the 2020 Early Warning Forecast of regions they are monitoring for potential or worsening humanitarian crises over the coming year: Casualties of Conflict: 7 Urgent Humanitarian Crises .

Key Points: 
  • BALTIMORE and WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health have released the 2020 Early Warning Forecast of regions they are monitoring for potential or worsening humanitarian crises over the coming year: Casualties of Conflict: 7 Urgent Humanitarian Crises .
  • Ambassador Daniel V. Speckhard, president & CEO, notedthat "the humanitarian outlook for 2020 and beyond forecasts a situation that is both complex and insecure, even as global development gains bring millions out of extreme poverty.
  • "The causes and conditions of extreme poverty are rarely limited to a single factor," he said.
  • "We will need to employ new, imaginative and innovative approaches if we hope to make an impact," Speckhard said.

Lutheran World Relief Helps Communities in El Salvador to Prepare for Disaster

Retrieved on: 
Monday, November 19, 2018
Lutheran World Relief, Americas, EL SALVADOR, Earthquake, Disaster

BALTIMORE, Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Lutheran World Relief has launched a three-year initiative to help communities in eastern El Salvador better prepare for and respond to emergencies, including efforts to engage youth promoters to help lead the effort.

Key Points: 
  • BALTIMORE, Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Lutheran World Relief has launched a three-year initiative to help communities in eastern El Salvador better prepare for and respond to emergencies, including efforts to engage youth promoters to help lead the effort.
  • El Salvador is one of the most disaster-vulnerable countries in the world, with 95 percent of its population residing in areas at risk for flood, earthquakes, volcanic eruption, hurricanes and landslides.
  • Lutheran World Relief will strengthen and support these local commissions by delivering leadership training and building the capacities of communities to interact with municipal and national governments.
  • LWR will document best practices throughout the project to influence future programs seeking to build local leadership for disaster-ready communities.

Lutheran World Relief Responds to Flooding in Eastern Kenya

Retrieved on: 
Monday, May 7, 2018
Lutheran World Relief

BALTIMORE, May 7, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lutheran World Relief has launched an emergency response to assist families affected by flooding resulting from torrential rain in eastern Kenya that has claimed nearly 100 lives and damaged numerous homes, displacing almost a quarter million people.

Key Points: 
  • BALTIMORE, May 7, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lutheran World Relief has launched an emergency response to assist families affected by flooding resulting from torrential rain in eastern Kenya that has claimed nearly 100 lives and damaged numerous homes, displacing almost a quarter million people.
  • Lutheran World Relief is responding to the immediate needs of families now living in temporary camps in Tana River County, which currently hosts about 3,000 families.
  • In collaboration with the Pastoralist Girls' Initiative (PGI) , a local non-governmental organization, Lutheran World Relief is providing food and emergency supplies, including water purification tablets and material to construct temporary shelter.
  • Lutheran World Relief opened its regional office in Nairobi, Kenya in 1983 to respond to the frequent food crises facing East Africa.