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ELCA NEWS SERVICE

ELCA Youth Continue Struggle to End Hunger with "JJJ Music Tour"

Lutherans' Creativity Builds Up 'Stand With Africa,' Campaign to Close


ELCA Assembly Review Hunger, Disaster Response


ELCA Assembly Votes to Raise $10 Million for HIV, AIDS Strategy


ELCA Assembly Endorses Lutheran Malaria Initiative

ELCA Assembly Endorses Immigration Reform

Lutheran youth raise $154,488 at ELCA Youth Gathering to help end hunger (Aug. 14 blog)

ELCA Contributions Help Improve Situation in Zimbabwe


OTHER NEWS

Immanuel Lutheran Church in Comfort, Texas - Food Bank
This food pantry operation is an ELCA Video Contest finalist.  Watch their submission on YouTube.

Perspectives on Food Security and Sovereignty
>Special Lutheran World Information edition (PDF file - from The Lutheran World Federation)

The Food and Agriculture Organization Projects Hunger to Top 1 Billion in 2009
World hunger has reached a historic high in 2009 with 1.02 billion people going hungry every day, according to new estimates published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. [Food Insecurity in the World report]  [Read LifeLines newsletter article]

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LifeLines LifeLines is the newsletter of ELCA World Hunger and is published three to four times a year. Each issue features examples of ELCA-supported relief and development work around the world. Recent newsletters have focused on ELCA World Hunger's work on microfinance, the global food crisis, Fair Trade, and health care.


CURRENT ISSUE
Summer 2009 - Caring for God's Creation

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