PNG Landslide Disaster – Your ALWS Action

You will have seen news of the devastating landslide disaster in PNG.

As you know, ALWS plays a critical role supporting people in PNG’s least-developed communities to build a better future.

That’s why our hearts break when we see the facts of the disaster.

According to the UN International Organisation for Migration:

• 670 people are feared dead
• 150 houses are buried under 6 metres of mud
• 4,000 other people are affected

You may not know that your ALWS action in PNG is fully funded by the Australian Government …

… or that our ALWS work is delivered by Lutheran churches, partnering with churches from six other denominations.

This Church Partnership Program is the most effective way to use local skills and resources to provide support where it is most need.

While our ALWS partner, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of PNG, does not work in the Enga Province …

… ALWS stands ready to provide support from our Emergency Fund if we are called upon.

This is the way we can be most effective at this time.

In the meantime, your ALWS action (which started in 2004), will carry on:

• Supporting inclusion of people with disability through Self-Help Groups
• Training school leaders to work with peers to reduce conflict and violence

• Support for school based counsellors 
• Supporting farmers to increase harvest through different activities

As you can see, your ALWS action in PNG is very practical and down-to-earth.

The good news is this development work is all fully-funded by the Australian Government – a tribute to the quality of the work ALWS is supporting in PNG.

At the same time, you are welcome to donate to the ALWS Emergency Fund.

This is what we use to respond immediately to disasters, if we are called upon, and can be assured your ALWS action can be delivered effectively and efficiently.

Meanwhile, it is essential we don’t forget the other disasters happening in the world, that are so easily forgotten by the world’s media.

That’s why ALWS held our Walk My Way Ukraine in Brisbane a fortnight ago …

… and why this week you will receive news of a new 5:1 Australian Government Grant for the forgotten children of war in Myanmar.

You can donate 5:1 for Myanar now.

Thank you for opening your heart to people hurt by disaster – whether that be natural disasters, or those caused by human conflict.

Your care and kindness are a message of hope to those you help, and a positive example of the power of love in a world suffering so much.

You are a blessing ALWayS – thank you!