Each year, Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH), located on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, receives a special blessing. Olive oil, pressed from olives from the 800 trees on the Lutheran World Federation property, is used in the kitchen of AVH and provides income to offset the hospital’s operational costs.

Grown by The Lutheran World Federation on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, the olives that this oil is made from are produced without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers. Local workers and volunteers harvest the olives by hand each fall. Following the harvest, most of the fruit is pressed at an olive press in Beit Jala or Latrun.

Olive Oil Program
Overview

Each year, the Lutheran World Federation Jerusalem Program, located on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, receives a special blessing. After harvesting, olives from the 800 trees on the Lutheran World Federation property are pressed into olive oil. Some of the oil is used in the Augusta Victoria Hospital kitchen to feed patients, family members, and staff. The rest is used in kitchens around the world by friends and visitors of the LWF, whose donations help to support the work of the LWF Vocational Training Program and help to reduce the fees of students.

Every year, LWF staff and volunteers from around the world help harvest the olives, beginning in mid-October through November. Please contact us if you are interested in joining the tradition of harvesting olives!

 

Volunteer with the olive harvest
 
Olive Oil Program
Ordering Olive Oil

If requested, and as long as the annual supply lasts, donations can be made to the LWF that will be acknowledged with a container of olive oil from the LWF Mount of Olive harvest.  The donations received for the olive oil go to the LWF Vocational Training Program and help to reduce the fees of students.

Please contact the LWF Jerusalem office or use the form below if you would like to request bottles of olive oil from the Mount of Olives. In order to cover the costs of shipping and handling, LWF Jerusalem can only ship orders amounting to USD 300 or more.

Olive oil will be shipped upon receiving the donation.

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 972-2-628-2289
Fax: 972-2-628-2628

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Olive Oil Program
Plant an Olive Tree on the Mount of Olives

Through the olive tree, you can support the work of the LWF. Donations go toward the AVH Patient Assistance Fund, which helps to cover the costs of transportation, housing, and psychosocial care provided to patients or the Vocational Training Program, which helps to provide sustainable livelihoods for Palestinian youth in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Individuals, churches, and organizations can have a tree planted on the Mount of Olives along with a commemorative plaque hung in the central office. Please contact us for details.

Oil ordering

International Donations (including shipping)

Minimum order of $300. All prices in USD.

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