We moved office locations in February, stewarding our resources for more effective ministry and cutting our annual rent to less than half its previous cost by reducing unneeded space.

LPGM’s partnership with Community Cloud Forest Conservation gives young Q’eqchi’ Maya women scholarships to attend school. Through the WALC program, those young women learn important environmental conservation lessons and life skills.

The normal 25-day WALC program was spread throughout 2021, offering lessons via WhatsApp and connecting remotely.
Total Program Expenses: $40,465

In the final week of July, the Lutheran Church in C.A.R. sent a plea asking LPGM for emergency, life-saving food and basic necessities for internally displaced families.

We sent our first transfer of funds to the church in C.A.R. within days of our initial appeal. Thanks to you, families were given food kits , blankets and sleeping mats to help them through the crisis. Rice, beans, oil and spices were purchased locally in C.A.R., which allowed the church to move quickly while supporting the local economy.
Total Program Expenses: $92,306

Humanitarian Aid in Central Africa from LPGM on Vimeo.

In September, LPGM’s Board of Directors approved a new partnership, supporting a church-run school that serves rural children in Alabek, South Sudan.

After learning about a legal dispute locally, the board made the difficult decision to end the partnership in November.
Total Program Expenses: $28,647

The LPGM-supported Safe House has been a necessary refuge for young women who would not be safe returning home due to the dangers of early marriage and domestic abuse.

We continue to support initiatives to train young women and their communities on ways to improve their safety, well-being, and self-sufficiency, such as through Peace Club.
Total Program Expenses: $35,137

Schools across India remained closed until September, forcing students to remain at home, where food, medicine, and resources are sadly lacking. Your sponsorship provided dry food to families, and brought outdoor, socially distanced education to villages during the pandemic. And when schools reopened, you helped students return to school, receive vaccines and medical checkups, healthy food, and social and spiritual support.

The ALC Community College was used as a COVID ward for patients, and the Timothy Centre and Park Town schools served at-risk students.
Total Program Expenses: $567,498