04.07.2006
Canadian Lutheran World Relief Appoints Daranne Mills as Communications Director
Ms Daranne R. Mills has been appointed as the new Director of Communications and Education of Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR).Starting in August, she will be responsible for leading and working with the CLWR communications team in the development of tools and materials to challenge and educate the constituency it serves. Her role will also include ensuring that the organization is well represented in the public media, as well as development of effective fundraising initiatives.
A student of the Lutheran Theological Seminary (LTS) in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Mills aged 29, has participated in CLWR cross-cultural programs in Peru and India. She is currently serving an internship at the Hope Lutheran Church in Calgary, Alberta. From 2002 until 2003, prior to entering the seminary, she served as an intern with the Lutheran World Federation Office for Communication Services (LWF/OCS) in Geneva, Switzerland. She also participated in the 2005 workshop of the Youth Leadership Training in Communication program "Towards a Communicating Communion - A Youth Vision," a joint undertaking of the LWF/OCS and LWF Department for Mission and Development.
As the service delivery arm for overseas development programming and relief of the Lutheran Church-Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, CLWR works in partnership with community-based organizations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. (224 words)
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