Lutheran World Relief Quilts

Trinityutica   -   October 22, 2021

Where did they go in the World in 2020?

By Gail Terey, Coordinator

     Trinity Quilters

      Co-President, Trinity’s LWML

Lutheran World Relief (LWR) partners with trusted organizations around the world to receive and distribute quilts and kits that are donated to them from churches and organizations around the country.  They have warehouse facilities in Minnesota and Maryland where items are stored and then shipped from when there is a need.  Trinity’s quilts are loaded on a rental truck at St. John Fraser in October every year and then driven to the Maryland warehouse.  There are other collection points around Michigan and the country that do the same thing.  Established in 1945, LWR is jointly operated by several Lutheran Church bodies including the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod.

 

COUNTRYPARTNER AGENCYNUMBER OF QUILTS
AngolaHope for Angola15,840
BahamasWorld Help2,640
ChileFundacion Casa Betesda12,210
DjiboutiResource Exchange International12,375
EcuadorUnion de Oprganizaciones Campesinas Cacaoteras Unocace7,200
El SalvadorSinado Luterano Salvadoreno2,880
GeorgiaUnion of Investments and Humanitaian Projects21,450
HaitiIMA World Health1,320
IndiaChurch’s Auxiliary for Social Action50,400
IraqWorld Help5,940
LebanonAnera34,980
MaliFonds De Solidarite Nationale28,080
MontenegroInternational Orthodox Christian Charities7,560
SerbiaInternational Orthodox Christian Charities7,560
TanzaniaIMA World Health18,360
UkraineNorth Star24,750
UkraineWorld Help5,760
ZambiaWorld Help5,280
TOTAL QUILTS SHIPPED264,585

 

Want to learn more?  Check out www.lwr.org to learn about the many ways Lutheran World Relief gives help throughout the world.