LDS Humanitarian Services

The organization's stated mission is to relieve suffering, to foster self-reliance for people of all nationalities and religions, and to provide opportunities for service.

LDS Humanitarian Services was created to coordinate these efforts in partnership with government, and other nonprofit agencies around the world.

[3] Key humanitarian initiatives include clean water, vision treatment, wheelchair provision, neonatal resuscitation, and disaster relief.

In 2001, the church began the Perpetual Education Fund which provides money to cover tuition and other school expenses to people in developing nations.

[11] In response to the ongoing COVID pandemic, in February 2021, Latter-day Saint Charities announced a pledge of $20 million to support UNICEF in delivering vaccines worldwide.

On January 27, 1985, members across the world joined together in a fast for "the victims of famine and other causes resulting in hunger and privation among people of Africa."

U.S. Navy sailors from the HSV-2 Swift move more than 100 tons of humanitarian aid to the pier at Beirut , Lebanon during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict . Over two million dollars worth of humanitarian aid was donated by the LDS Church and was disbursed to Lebanese citizens in coordination with the International Islamic Relief Organization .
Part of harvest activities at the LDS Medford Pear Orchard, USA.