Days of labor donated to church welfare facilities — 777,381
Employment and training placements — 168,713
Total number of:
Storehouses — 143
Home storage centers — 102
Production projects — 54
Processing facilities — 23
Storage and distribution facilities — 36
Employment resource centers — 326
Deseret Industries thrift stores — 43
LDS Family Services offices — 79
Number of missionaries service in Welfare Services — 8,583
Examples of missionary assignments: managing employment center, teaching English as a second language, teaching marriage and parenting skills, improving agricultural and medical practices, distributing clothing, supervising welfare projects and missionaries.
Number of major disaster assistance efforts (1985-2010) — 201
Recent examples of relief aid: 2010 Haiti earthquake, 2010 Chile earthquake, 2010 Pakistan flooding, 2009 Samoa tsunami, 2009 Philippines typhoon, 2009 Indonesia earthquake, 2008 Ethiopia famine, 2007 Peru earthquake.
Humanitarian assistance rendered (1985-2010) — $1.3 billion
Countries and territories served — 178
Food — 63,377 tons
Medical supplies — 14,345 tons
Clothing — 93,196 tons
Hygiene, newborn and school kits — 11.1 million
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@LDS Liberal
There's a difference.
LDS welfare - Provide immediate relief, then teach self-reliance.
Socialism - Provide immediate relief, then keep on providing it until the money runs out.
Even a simpleton can
I think we can all agree that it is more important to teach a man to fish ( while providing him a fish while he learns to fish) than to just keep giving him free fish everyday.
Is that a fair statement?
I participate in helping with the church welfare system because it is a wonderful and inspired program. Not becasue it is a life long, failed system forced on me by the government. That is the difference between socialism and caring for the poor More..