LWR - Lutheran World Relief (Tanzania)

Lutheran World Relief is an international non-governmental organization that focuses on sustainable development projects and disaster relief and recovery. The organization was founded in 1945 to collect and send aid to people living in post-World War II Europe. 

Lutheran World Relief (LWR) began its work in Tanzania in 1961 distributing food to a population suffering from a food crisis resulting from a combination of drought and floods. LWR continues to work in Tanzania with an emphasis on long-term food security and capacity strengthening of farmer organizations, linking partners and their members to financial institutions and other extension service providers. LWR’s programs reach over 300,000 people and are implemented through farmer groups and faith-based organizations throughout the country, with a concentration in the Dodoma, Iringa, Mbeya, Kagera and Morogoro regions.