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		<title>LWF Jerusalem 2011 Annual Report: Building Institutions of Excellence for an Emerging State</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We invite you to view the Lutheran World Federation Jerusalem Program 2011 Annual Report. In 2011, the LWF Jerusalem Program continued its service for peace by providing healthcare and economic opportunities to the most vulnerable in Palestinian society. During a year when many eyes have turned to Palestinian efforts on the international stage, such as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2012/03/2011-annual-report/</link>
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		<title>LWF Congratulates Palestinian Lutheran Pastor Raheb for German Media Prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Promotion of tolerance and mutual respect starts at an early age at the ELCJHL–run Dar al-Kalima Evangelical Lutheran School in Bethlehem where the student body is 40 percent Christian and 60 percent Muslim. © ELCJHL/ Elizabeth McHan Junge Lauds Holy Land Church Support to Peace-building Institutions GENEVA, 24 February 2012 (LWI) – The Lutheran World [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2012/02/raheb-german-media-prize/</link>
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		<title>WCC General Secretary and Norwegian Representative to the Palestinian Authority Visit Augusta Victoria Hospital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Hans Jacob Frydenlund, Norwegian Representative to the Palestinian Authority, and Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, a Norwegian Lutheran theologian and General Secretary of the World Council of Churches since 2010, visited Augusta Victoria Hospital on February 4, 2012. Rev. Tveit and Mr. Frydenlund were given a tour of the hospital by Dr. Tawfiq Nasser, CEO [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2012/02/wcc-general-secretary-and-norwegian-rep-to-the-palestinian-authority-visit-avh/</link>
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		<title>Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, wife of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, visits the LWF Jerusalem campus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, wife of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, visited the Lutheran World Federation’s campus in East Jerusalem on February 2, 2012.  Mrs. Ban, who has for many years devoted her attention to women’s and children’s health, was accompanied by Mr. Felipe Sanchez, Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Operations [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2012/02/mrs-ban-soon-taek-visits-the-lwf-jerusalem-campus/</link>
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		<title>LWF Department for World Service – DWS Certification Shows People at Center of Humanitarian Response</title>
		<description><![CDATA[LWF Values of Accountability and Transparency Underlined GENEVA, 17 January 2012 (LWI) – Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge has called the certification of the LWF by a global quality assurance body a milestone for the communion of churches. Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP) International announced on 17 January that the LWF had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2012/01/lwf-dws-certification/</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas from LWF Jerusalem!</title>
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		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2011/12/merry-christmas-from-lwf-jerusalem/</link>
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		<title>World Diabetes Day 2011 Celebrated at Augusta Victoria Hospital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The World Diabetes Day annual celebration at Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) featured special guests, music, clowns, a healthy lunch and debke dancing.  The day centered around children from the West Bank diagnosed with type 1 diabetes who are treated at the AVH Diabetes Center. The annual activities, marked this year on Friday, 18 November, at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2011/11/world-diabetes-day-2011-avh/</link>
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		<title>East Jerusalem Conference on Faith Based Health Care Opens at Augusta Victoria Hospital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday evening, 13 November 2011, the East Jerusalem Conference 2011 of the International Network of Leaders in Faith Based Health Care opened at the Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) on the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Jerusalem campus on the Mount of Olives. Rev. Mark Brown, Regional Representative for the LWF in Jerusalem, set the context [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2011/11/faith-based-health-care-conference-at-avh/</link>
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		<title>2011 Olive Harvest Underway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For thousands of years, the olive tree has been a way of life in Palestine. Every October, the trees&#8217; boughs droop with plump green and purple olives ready for harvest. On October 15, 2011, volunteers began the annual harvest of 800 olive trees on the Lutheran World Federation-Jerusalem campus. In just three weeks, volunteers from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2011/11/2011-olive-harvest/</link>
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		<title>Jerusalem – IAEA gives LWF’s Augusta Victoria Hospital green light</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Peter Kenny – LWF Communications Consultant Geneva, 28 October (LWF) — Jerusalem’s Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) has passed its first Quality Assurance Team for Radiation Oncology (QUATRO) audit by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), says the hospital’s head. “The QUATRO is a comprehensive audit of radiotherapy practices and a tool for quality improvement,” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://lwfjerusalem.org/2011/10/avh-receives-iaea-approval/</link>
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