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The food distribution brought the Church to the people and enlivened the

message of love and hope. Our relationship with the ELCA continues to be one of our most empowering

and effective tools.

People refused to accept the county medical team or

government officials. [The bishop] dropped everything to reassure community members. At that point, the community opened itself to the medical

help it needed.

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Please extend our gratitude to the ELCA for helping bear this burden

with us… your partnership gives us the confidence we need to boldly step

forward.

We are so grateful to you all for standing

with us.

We need food. If we do not die of Ebola, we will die

of starvation.

“Walking together” in solidarity Our relationships with

companion churches & partners is the basis of our work

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5 Values M: Mutuality I: Inclusivity V: Vulnerability E: Empowerment S: Sustainability

ELCA listens to and supports the priorities lifted up by our companion churches & partners Companion churches

& partners implement their own programs

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Lutheran Church in Liberia (LCL) Financial support Global Personnel Companion Synod Program

Lutheran Development Service (LDS) Financial Support Member of ACT Alliance Forum

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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone (ELCSL) Financial Support Companion Synod Program

Council of Churches in Sierra Leone (CCSL) Member of ACT Alliance Forum

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Deaths of health workers, church leaders & members

Insufficient #s of healthcare workers

Collapse of already weak health systems

Deaths not due to Ebola Children orphaned Stigma toward survivors Economic toll (from

national to HH level)

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$10,000 4%

$85,000 31%

$50,000 18%

$50,000 18%

$80,000 29%

GHM

LCL

ELCSL

LDS (ACT Alliance Appeal)

CCSL (ACT Alliance Appeal)

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Total amount expended at request of our companions & partners: $275,000

(as of 31 January 2015)

Personal Protective Equipment 10

Hygiene Promotion

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Food Distribution 12

Northern Texas – Northern Louisiana Synod: $150,215 Upper

Susquehanna Synod: $5,000 Minnesota

congregation: Food packaging

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Independent Lutheran Organizations

Encourage membership to ACT Alliance & participation in local country ACT Forum Platform to have a voice &

stake in disaster response when happens

Encourage partnerships (e.g. Councils of Churches, CHAs)

•CCSL is an ACT Alliance member & ELCSL is member of CCSL

•Membership through CCSL gives better access & coordination

•ELCSL is a beneficiary of the work

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Conversations Phone calls Brown Bag with Bp. Barnett

Prayer & solidarity U.S. congregations passing the peace

without touching Prayer books sent to ELCSL & LCL

Facilitate networking International actors (e.g. LWR & DART) Faith community (e.g. through CCIH)

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Accompaniment Listen & learn about priorities of our companions

Assets-based rather than needs-based Look strategically toward future vision

Build on existing projects & experience, rather than starting entirely new/parallel work

Fill strategic gaps Identify specific areas (in content or geography)

where other actors are not working

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Sierra Leone 1 small clinic

Commission for Diakonia Women’s Training Center Networked with CHASL Project in WASH approved 700 orphans in ELCSL’s care Collaboration with NTNL Limited experience

managing large grants

Liberia 2 hospitals & CBPHC Coordination with LDS Lutheran Training Institute Psychosocial experience Project with OVC approved

Hospitals open Need for strengthening

hospital management systems

Both Insufficient health care personnel Behavior

change (WASH) Stigma

Insufficient investment in health system Long-term

economic impacts

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$275,000 $146,500 $443,462

$0 $200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000

LDR EbolaOutbreakResponse

Gifts

Expended in 2014 2015 Commitments Developing Plans Future Giving…

Relief Early recovery Post-Ebola

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Total Ebola Outbreak Response Gifts: $864,962 (as of 16 June 2015)

Income generation

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Agriculture Education Psychosocial support

Health systems strengthening

Development Health

Build capacity to manage disease outbreaks

Increase human resources Scholarships & trainings

Strengthen infrastructure & management systems

Support growth of CBPHC Reinforce positive behavior

changes (WASH) Address stigma & provide

psychosocial support when survivors return to communities

Advocacy

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Agricultural interventions – rural areas

Livelihoods through microfinance – urban areas

Education and working with youth

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Return of personnel in early June

Lutheran Global Health Volunteers Short term personnel

matched with specific requests Working with LCL on

requests for positions in post-Ebola context

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Experiences of accompaniment during the Ebola outbreak: How did you respond based on relationship(s)?

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