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The Companion Synod Committee of the South Dakota Synod would like to thank the congregations and individuals for your gifts to Jesus’ work in our Companion Synods of Nicaragua and Cameroon this past year. In order to help your donations reach the destination which you intend, please use these terms to specify your gifts:

Nicaragua

  • Green Project Cedro Galan
    Supports the ongoing Agricultural Development work Cedro Galan and elsewhere in Nicaragua.
  • Retreat Facilities Cedro Galan
    Supports ongoing improvements and repairs to the Cedro Galan Retreat Center.
  • ILFE National Youth Camp
    Provides leadership skills and training for ILFE Youth.
  • Synod missionary ILFE
    Facilitates bilingual communications, coordinates logistics for our Synod’s mission groups and interprets our shared mission.
  • School Pochocuape
    Supports ongoing education in a school with very limited resources.
  • Women Training Center-Masaya
    Trains women with working skills to improve their livelihood and provide for their families.
  • ILFE Undesignated

Cameroon

  • Roofs for Congregations
    Supports the placement of tin roofs and rafters on the walls of chapels and churches constructed by local parishes of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon.
  • Train Up A Child
    Supports Lutheran Parochial Elementary School education in Cameroon with a preference for girls’ tuition.
  • Hospital at Garoua Boulai
    Makes possible to offer medical services to the entire community of Garoua Boulai and to address critical care of the poor and refugee population of neighboring Central African Republic.
  • Seminary scholarships
    Financially supports pastors being trained for ministry in the ELCC.
  • Women Sewing Project Seminary Meiganga
    Wives of seminary students manufacture clerical cloths as well as other clothing to help support their families.
  • Cameroon Undesignated

Undesignated giving allows Companion Synods Committee to allocate funding where it is most needed at the time. For additional information contact Pastor Natanael Lizarazo at companion-synod@sdsynod.org or 605-261-7450.

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