World
Lutheran World Relief
Contact: | www.lwr.org
Lutheran World Relief (LWR) is the global Lutheran relief agency founded in 1945. It is an agency that responds worldwide to emergencies, seeks lasting solutions to rural poverty, and works for peace and justice for all. Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, LWR is the organization Lutherans depend on to help those in need around the world.
- Quilts sent to Lutheran World Relief
St. Mark Lutheran Church supports LWR with quilts from our quilting group as shown in the bottom portion of the adjacent picture. Click HERE to see additional pictures. St Mark also provides health kits made by our children, and provides donations during such crises as the earthquake in Haiti, the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the flooding in the mid-west, and the tornadoes in Alabama and Missouri.
Click on the website to see all that Lutheran World Relief does and how you can support this fine organization.
SAFI School Project
Contact: Mary N | 360-491-2052 | Photos | safischoolproject.org
The Safi School Project is a non-profit organization that improves and supports secondary education in Tanzania, East Africa, one school at a time. Safi believes that the most positive effect we can have on the world is to give the gift of education. Many members of St. Mark are very involved in the Safi School Project. Results already seen are
- Digging a well to supply fresh water to the school (with help from Rotary funds)
- Supplied hundreds of textbooks to Ngateu Secondary school which raised student tests scores and completion rates.
- Fully supported 77 students in 2010 ($400.00 tuition each).
- Fully supported 57 students on 2009.
- Contributed $35,276 in 2008.
- Started serving lunch to all students.
- Assured that the Teachers were paid.
If you would like to work with the Safi School Project, visit the Safi School Project website or call the church office for more information.
