When she learns, everyone benefits.
During September's Back-to-School campaign, you gave $17,278 to help girls go to school - and stay in school! Thank you.
While the Back-to-School Campaign is over, needs remain. In fact, students need shelter, food, clothing and caregivers each month. As we near the end of 2025, your gifts of love are especially needed!
LPGM is an independent pan-Lutheran 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Since 1995, we have walked alongside global partners, bringing hope to people at the margins.
Our Vision
LPGM envisions a world where relationships transform boundaries and where all people have the resources and opportunities they need to thrive.
Our Mission
LPGM provides access to quality education for people at the margins–especially women and girls. We work together with global partners to listen, respond and bear witness to local needs and priorities.
Education is the best way to break cycles of poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition, child marriage, child labor, and abuse.
If a mother can read, her child is 50% more likely to live past the age of 5 (Education Commission Report)
Childbirth is #1 cause of death for girls around the world aged 15-19 (World Health Organization)
Child marriage decreases 3-fold for girls who attend secondary school (World Bank)
For every $1 invested in education, $10 is generated in earning & health benefits. (Education Commission Report)
LPGM provides access to quality education for people at the margins—especially women and girls.
Why Education?
Sponsor a Student
When you sponsor a student, you provide them with a step up and hope for a better future.
$40/month provides a student with:
Healthy, culturally appropriate food & clean water
Health care, first aid, medicine & psychosocial support
Tutoring, special coaching, sports, Christian education, & activities
Support Staff
Caretakers, Cooks, Maintenance, Administration, and Security
Students in Need of Sponsors
“As a pastor, traveler, and board member, I have witnessed how gifts are carefully and creatively multiplied for maximum impact!”
The Rev. Mark Holman, Duluth, Minn.
Recent News
All About the Women's Literacy Program in CAR
In 2023, LPGM launched a literacy program in the Central African Republic. Learn about the origins of the program and updates from the first two phases of the program.
Literacy Instructor Spotlight: Christine Bagoudou
Christine Bagoudou, literacy instructor in CAR, shares her reflections on the first two years of the literacy program.
Our Staff Members Share Their Educational Role Models
Every month, LPGM U.S. and India staff meet over Zoom to check in about Project Education India, LPGM's student sponsorship program at the Arcot Lutheran Church boarding homes in Tamil Nadu. At October's meeting, we started by going around and sharing about someone who had inspired each of us during our educational journeys.
Upcoming & Recent Events
Trip to Tanzania
Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Tanzania. You’ll explore Arusha, spend time with LPGM's partners and the people they serve, visit a Maasai village, and tour game reserves to see animals.
Multi-Congregation Youth Trip to Guatemala
This unique trip gives teens the opportunity to learn about environmental issues facing God's creation and how they can be agents of change.
Intergenerational Trip to Guatemala
Your journey to Guatemala takes place in the beautiful central highlands of Alta Verapaz. The days are packed with active learning, sometimes interacting with children in local schools or on CCFC's campus
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