Providing homes and hope for

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• Providing homes and hope for
• Palestinian Christians in Jerusalem

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Who will benefit from the housing project?
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Who will benefit from the housing project?
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Who will benefit from the housing project?

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Project Partners

• The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the
  Holy Land (ELCJHL)
• The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
• The Kaiserin Auguste Victoria Foundation (KAVF)

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Housing Project Progress
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Housing Project Progress
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Housing Project Progress
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Al-Aqsa Mosque, Old City, Jerusalem
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Palm Sunday Procession Saint Stephens Gate, Old
City, Jerusalem
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Western Wall, Old City, Jerusalem
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and
the Holy Land

• ELCJHL

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Lutheran Church of the RedeemerOld City,
Jerusalem
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and
the Holy Land
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and
the Holy Land
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and
the Holy Land
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the
Holy Land

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Augusta Victoria HospitalMount of Olives,
Jerusalem
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The Lutheran World Federation, Jerusalem
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Augusta Victoria Hospital
The Lutheran World Federation, Jerusalem
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Serving those most in need
The Lutheran World Federation, Jerusalem
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Vocational Training Program
Since 1949
The Lutheran World Federation, Jerusalem
The Lutheran World Federation, Jerusalem
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Village Health Clinics (VHC)
Since 1949
LWF Village Health Clinic, Shoqba, West Bank
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Humanitarian Supplies
The Lutheran World Federation, Jerusalem
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Church of the Holy SepulcherChristian Quarter,
Old City, Jerusalem
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Israeli Separation Wall, Jerusalem
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Jerusalem Housing
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Jerusalem Housing
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Jerusalem Housing
Source BTselem, The Israeli Information Center
for Human Rights
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• Providing homes and hope for
• Palestinian Christians in Jerusalem

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AIMS of the Mount of Olives Housing Project

• To contribute to the overall presence of the
  three religions in Jerusalem -- Judaism,
  Christianity and Islam -- by strengthening the
  Christian minority communities in a spirit of
  ecumenical and inter-religious openness and by
  curbing the exodus of the Christian population
  from the city

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• To support the human rights of Palestinians by
  providing housing at reasonable prices, making it
  possible for them to remain in East Jerusalem
  and

The Lutheran World Federation, Jerusalem
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• To protect and preserve the LWF property on
  the Mount of Olives in order to continue to
  provide humanitarian services, serve the
  Palestinian people, and promote peace,
  understanding, and reconciliation through a
  continued international and ecumenical presence.

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For more informationand updates
www.HolyLand-Lutherans.org www.LWFJerusalem.o
rg www.mtofoliveshousing.org
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LWF Central Office - Jerusalem
Augusta Victoria Hospital
Site of the Mount of Olives Housing Project
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• The Mount of Olives Housing Project is vital
  to the future of the Christian presence and
  witness in Jerusalem and it is important,
  therefore, to the future of Jerusalem as a city
  of peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims and as
  an example of reconciliation for the world.
• Bishop Mark S. Hanson
• Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran
  Church in America and
• President of the Lutheran World Federation

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• I hope you will learn more about the needs of
  our sisters and brothers in the Holy Land and
  consider supporting the Mount of Olives Housing
  Project.

Bishop Mark S. Hanson
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• Providing homes and hope for
• Palestinian Christians in Jerusalem