Interview with Eyob Yishak, participant in LWF consultation on “Faith-based engagement in conflict transformation”

(LWI) – Faith-based actors can bring about a significant reduction in the level of conflict and contribute to its…

LWF General Secretary invites EECMY to continue strong engagement in the Lutheran Communion

(LWI) - The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) has elected Rev. Yonas Yigezu as the next president of the church.

Yigezu, 55…

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge about the famine alert in East Africa and Nigeria, the arms race and migration

(LWI) On March 16, the United Nations issued an alert, drawing attention to the famine in South Sudan, Somalia,…

LWF livelihoods projects support long-term refugees in Ethiopia

“When I have learned all this, I will start a tailoring business to provide for my family,” says Faiza Mahmud Said. The elderly woman in the yellow headscarf cuts white paper…

Livelihoods project improves relations between refugees and hosts in Ethiopia.

The refugees have changed the life of Mahmud Ismael Merdane (65), an Ethiopian farmer in Awbarre town, close to the Somali border.

Merdane is a…

LWF conserves environment in Ethiopia

When Birzegen Yiman, 30, looks over the construction site, she does not see dust and dirt. She notices the more than 300 women and few men who carry heavy rocks, build terraces and shovel the dark…

Interview with Ethiopian church leader Yonas Yigezu Dibisa

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) largest member church is the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane…

16 days of activism to overcome gender based violence

(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is encouraging church leaders to speak up publicly against gender-based violence. Joining the…

“Change the way we look at refugees”

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has welcomed the commitment of the Ethiopian government to the protection of refugees with the official launch of the…