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LWR will have a constant presence in tsunami-affected regions of India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Which means we’ll be updating our supporters with photos and reports of our work there. If you want to use a photo here for your group’s purposes, email bmeier@lwr.org to request a print-ready version suitable for your use. Please indicate the intended purpose for the photo (church newsletter, newspaper article, etc.) and order by photo number.

 

February 22 through August 30, 2005

Gene Thiemann, former LWR Program Director for Asia and the Middle East, worked from February to August of 2005 with an LWR partner in southeast India. Gene’s photos and Field Reports can be read below.

Stories: (some with photos)

Go to the People >>

In Five Years >>

Partnerships Strong as a Handshake >>

Reassuring >>

 

 

Four Thumbs Up >>

Saying Goodbye >>

Sitting on Eggs >>

 

Journal Series:

February 22 through May 13, 2005
>> "Memo from Madras"

 

Tsunomilies-Stories for Preachers
>> (Part of a series of tsunami-related homiletical thoughts for use with the following Sunday's RCL readings)

March 16-23, 2005

Jeff Rasmussen, LWR Communication Manager filed these reports and photos from visits to partners’ projects in hard-hit areas in Indonesia and India .

Tsunami Slide Show

< LWR RESPONDS
View a Flash photo essay of LWR's presence in South Asia after the tsunami.

Download the PowerPoint Version
of the Photo Essay

REPORTS:

>> March 23, 2005:

The Ocean's Second Harvest. Lutheran World Relief And Partners Get People Back To Work In Getting Villages Back To Normal.

>> March 21, 2005:

He Has Lost Much, But Not His Patience. Lutheran World Relief Helps Fisherfolk Eye Return To The Sea.

>> March 20, 2005:

Tsunami, And Governments, Re-Define Home For Survivors.

>> March 18, 2005:

Behind-The-Scenes Efforts Ensure Appropriate Relief For Tsunami Survivors.

>> March 17, 2005:

A Long Way From Home. A Longer Road Back.

>> March 16, 2005:

Secondary Victims Of Tsunami Suffer Too, Only Less Apparently.

 

January 6-13, 2005

Lutheran World Relief's Kelly Bauer was deployed to the affected areas along India 's southeast coast the week after the tsunami swept through the small coastal villages. In addition to helping distribute relief packets, establish a website to help one of our partners coordinate aid and file reports, Kelly took these and other photographs.

PHOTOS:

Tsunami Slide Show
View a Flash photo essay of LWR's presence in South Asia after the tsunami.

Download the PowerPoint Version
of the Photo Essay


REPORTS:

>> January 6, 2005: Finalize community surveys and compile lists of recipients for relief distribution

>> January 7, 2005: Distribute identification cards to recipients for relief distribution

>> January 8, 2005: materials (cooking/eating utensils, saris, dotis, and blankets)

>> January 12, 2005: Relief distribution in Nagappatinum town

>> January 13, 2005: Relief distribution to villages in Nagappatinum region

 

 

 

 

 
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