Inspired by God’s love for humanity, CLWR challenges the causes and responds to the consequences of human suffering and poverty.

Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) is one of Canada’s oldest relief and development agencies. Formed in 1946 as a response to the humanitarian crisis in post-war Europe, CLWR has grown to serve the world’s poor and disenfranchised. We are committed to programming excellence while maintaining minimal operating costs so that donor dollars are directed primarily to benefit those in need. Development work is focused in Zambia, Mozambique, India, Bolivia and Peru. A small-scale
irrigation program is operated in Ethiopia through Canadian Foodgrains Bank, of which CLWR is a founding member. The alternative trade program of CLWR imports from Latin America, Africa and Asia. Relief commodities are shipped to where most needed and to where we can most effectively transport, this primarily being in Africa. Recent shipments have been directed to Mauritania, Zambia and Tanzania. Refugees come from Africa, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Refugee resettlement
Material aid shipments
Emergency relief
Community development
International Volunteer Service
Alternative trade