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The Situation:
Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and other countries in the Horn of Africa and the East Africa region are experiencing the worst drought in 60 years. Two years of sporadic rain – and the driest year since 1951 – have resulted in severely reduced access to drinking water and major crop and livestock loss. The UN estimates that 11.6 million people are at risk, including 2.2 million malnourished children. 500,000 of these children face imminent life-threatening conditions. In hard hit areas, like south central Somalia, masses of people are leaving their homes in order to meet their basic need of food and water. Read More
Following the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, the ELCA stands in solidarity with its companion, the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church (JELC), as it assesses the safety and security of its members and communities served by the church. Through its predecessor bodies, the ELCA has been present in Japan since 1892 and will accompany the JELC in its planned response to this disaster. Visit the ELCA Disaster Response page for more information, prayers, bulletin inserts, and blog updates.
Eva Guldanová remembers standing on the uneven cobblestones of the Bratislava old town square on a cold night of November 1989, her ears filled with the jubilant rattle of thousands of keys.
The people of Czechoslovakia were ringing in their freedom from communist rule.
“I was only 12 by then, and I didn’t really understand what it was all about,” she says. “But I knew a change was coming, and something very important was happening.”
Since the earthquake devastated the country of Haiti, the ELCA has been hard at work with its companion church and other partners in Haiti bringing help and hope. Your generosity has made a real difference. In the months and years ahead, your partnership enables earthquake survivors to rebuild their lives. Learn more in the Haiti Earthquake Update.
Christmas greeting 2010 from ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson "Today, the joy of Jesus' birth fills every corner of this season," says ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson. Bishop Hanson delivers a Christmas greeting
