Lutheran Partners in Global Ministry (LPGM)

We partner with Lutheran church bodies in india to sponsor the education of approximately 1300 students, some of whom are receiving higher education. We provide funding for english-language learning as well as e-learning/computer skills training in roughly 50 primary schools. We support vocational training through a community college. We also support a program to rescue child-workers, helping them to get an education rather than forced to work. See schedule o for remaining program languagewe support the community cloud forest conversation (ccfc), an organization based in the highlands of alta verapaz, guatemala, that provides training for about 250 young women in agroecology, family planning, life skills and nutrition. in addition, these young women receive scholarships that incentivize them to stay in secondary school, with some complete university degrees. We support a program that provides safe housing for approximately 65 girls who are at imminent risk of child marriage or female genital mutilation. We also provide support for training to girls' secondary schools on safety and gender-based violence, creating a safe environment for girls to live and study to which several hundred students are exposed.