Australian Lutheran World Service

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Australian Lutheran World Service

• Let your giving transform lives this Christmas

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transforming lives this Christmas

• Australian Lutheran World Service is the overseas
  aid resettlement agency of the Lutheran Church
  of Australia
• Established in 1950 at Bonegilla Migrant Centre,
  near Albury NSW

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• Initially focused on resettling refugees and
  migrants coming to Australia from war-torn Europe
• Transition to overseas aid from late 60s/ early
  70s as resettlement slowed needs emerged in
  Africa, Middle East Asia

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• ALWS based in Albury, NSW
• Staffing two full-time and one part-time in
  Albury one full-time in Lae, PNG three
  part-time in Melbourne, Adelaide Brisbane
  respectively

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Narelle Bowden-Ford is the ALWS Manager, based in
Lae, PNG ALWS Executive Secretary, Peter
Schirmer, visited in September 2006
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• Program Priority 1 - Development
• Features
• long-term commitment,
• dealing with broad range of issues
• aim is to enable communities to identify meet
  their own needs self-reliance

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• Program Priority 2 - Emergencies
• Featuring
• immediate response to needs,
• generally lasts 3 to 6 months after initial
  disaster event
• work towards rehabilitation development

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• Program Priority 3 - Refugees
• Featuring
• support for people fleeing violence persecution
• trying to find a durable solution to their plight
• preferred solution is to go home
• assist in that process if its available

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• Program Priority 4 Refugees in Aust
• Featuring
• Meeting immediate household needs
• Reuniting families through airfare assistance
• Helping refugees establish a livelihood in their
  new home

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• Program Priority 5 Education
• Featuring
• Promoting Christian responsibility towards the
  worlds poor
• Focus in Lutheran Schools
• Encouragement to living our faith in action for
  justice and peace

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Sarah Kubenk is the ALWS Community Education
Coordinator (Schools) is based in Brisbane
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• ALWS implements its overseas programs
• through partnerships with
• Lutheran World Service
• Action by Churches Together
• Evangelical Lutheran Church-PNG
• Church partners in Indonesia

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• ALWS focus countries in 2007
• Cambodia
• Mozambique
• Sudan
• PNG
• Nepal
• Indonesia

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• How you can financially support ALWS
• Christmas Action Appeal
• Regular Giving Program (ALWS Club)
• Emergency Appeals (eg Darfur, Sudan)
• LLL ALWS Support Fund
• On-line (www.lca.org.au/alws)
• Over the phone anytime by credit card
• Cheque anytime by post or direct to office (cnr
  Dean Olive St CML Building)
• Over the counter at the LLL office in Adelaide