Water-Related Activities for Youth
Anna Smith ELCA Walk for Water Do-it-Yourself Track Experience ELCA World Hunger This guide features all the information necessary to recreate the interaction Walk for Water track in your own community or congregation. Local/ Personal Context: Community Mapping Pg. 6....
Reflections on the ELCA Youth Gathering
Ryan Cumming, Elysssa Salinas & Anna Smith MIVES in the D Ryan P. Cumming I went to Detroit with 360 pool noodles, a three-seater latrine, a bag of tools, and a debriefing script, all to help make ELCA World Hunger’s...
Charleston, SCOTUS and Hunger: What a Week!
Ryan P. Cumming Whew, what a week! Even for the time, the second week of August 1965 was a whirlwind. On August 6, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act that protected suffrage for Americans of every race. The...
Humanity and hunger
Anna Smith If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God’s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear....
Exploring: Community Organizing
Raymond Pickett In this series of posts, we will take a closer look at some of the areas of work ELCA World Hunger supports domestically and internationally. Previously, we looked at relief, education and advocacy. This week, we take a look...
Welcome to ELCA World Hunger’s 2015 Summer Interns!
This summer, ELCA World Hunger welcomes three new interns to our team at the churchwide office! Anna Smith- Hunger Education Hello! My name is Anna Smith. I come from the town of Osceola, Wisc. I am will be a senior...
Exploring: Advocacy
Ryan P. Cumming May 21, 2015 In this series of posts, we will take a closer look at some of the areas of work ELCA World Hunger supports domestically and internationally. Previously, we looked at relief and education. This week,...
Exploring: Education
Ryan P. Cumming In this series of posts, we will take a closer look at some of the areas of work ELCA World Hunger supports domestically and internationally. Previously, we looked at relief. This week, our focus is on “education.”...
An Earth Day Reflection
Gina Tonn April 22, 2015 How do you honor God’s creation? Part of my spiritual practice is being a morning person, to honor the light by greeting it early, allowing the new dawn to fill me with the spirit. Each...
Mahdi’s Story – Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
Gina Tonn The Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwest Kenya is host to 180,000 individuals,[1] more than 100,000 of whom are children. Since its establishment in 1992, the camp has become home to refugees from South Sudan, Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Somalia...