As the ongoing pandemic and increasing natural disasters make life even more challenging for our most vulnerable neighbors, your love keeps Lutheran World Relief working hard to ensure families have what they need to survive.
But breaking the cycle of poverty doesn’t happen overnight, and we rely on sustained support through planned gifts to ensure families and communities can thrive. You can continue this mission of love and hope for years to come.
Read on to learn how a gift in your will can make a life-changing difference. If you need more information, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. God bless you!
Aisata Dicko lives in Senou Camp, on the southern edge of Bamako, Mali's capital city with more than 230 families. She fled here the day armed rebels attacked her village, forever changing her family's life.
"They killed so many ... and then took our cows," she said. "They killed four children. One was my 13-year-old son ... so we grabbed our small children and ran."
She mourns losing a son, and the pride of thriving self-sufficiently on her small farm. Now, Aisata and her family live on donations. Sometimes her neighbors are able to help with small scraps of food, but she knows they her children aren't getting the nutrients they need to grow strong.
Let your love flourish
While the road ahead for Aisata is not easy, she feels the warmth of God's love because of compassionate people like you. We are working in Mali to help families like Aisata's to have access to food, clean water, health care, sources of income and quality of life. This work isn't fast, but your gifts allow us to continue walking with neighbors in need for years, ensuring they have a sustainable path to well-being. That's why we rely on gifts in wills to keep this work going strong, year after year, decade after decade, so that we can continue to meet the needs of our neighbors around the world.
Until your love reaches every neighbor
For more than 75 years, your love has reached neighbors like Aisata, bringing help and hope in the form of food, clean water, emergency assistance and more. And it is the sustaining support of caring friends like you that will continue this mission until your love reaches every neighbor.
Now is the perfect time to take the next step toward having a will that truly reflects your wishes and values. Here are three easy steps to get you started:
- If you don't have a will, make one. We've partnered with FreeWill to provide you a way to create an online legal will in as little as 20 minutes at no cost to you.
- If you've remembered neighbors in need in your will through a gift to Lutheran World Relief, let us know. Please contact Lee Grant, our Planned Giving Manager, at @email.
- And if you're still deciding, let us help. Request our free Guide to Leaving a Gift in Your Will to help you discern your wishes and begin the process of creating a future that truly reflects your values.