LWF supplies children in Laos with school equipment
(LWI) – "This is my first time seeing this,” Ms Silong exclaims. Her seven-year-old daughter Mone has just received a bag of school supplies. “My daughter is very happy about these…
It’s a whole day’s walk for 16-year-old Sanu Lama and her friends to reach their school in Baramchi, Nepal. Sanu lives in the village of Gumba, somewhere in the Himalaya mountains of Nepal’s…
ADJUMANI, Uganda/ GENEVA, 25 November 2016 (LWI) – “I did not have a say in whatever was arranged. The only time I had ever met the man I was supposed to marry was at family functions. I always thought he was one of those distant family members,…
(LWI) – “The world became silent and it felt like I was the only one in it.” Molly Aringo, 48, uses these words to describe the day she was diagnosed with HIV. For her it meant the end of life…
LWF supports survivors in Colombia - International day of people with disabilities
(LWI) – He should have listened to the bird, Cristo Perez says of the little creature that sung in the trees nearby. Had he paid attention to the animal…
Looking at the needs of refugees with disabilities
(LWI) – In a way, life in Za’atari refugee camp is not so different from life at home for Ahmed Bahar*, 22. Four years ago he fled his hometown Da’ara and became a refugee in Jordan. But…
An LWF supported women’s cooperative against gender-based violence in Nepal
(LWI) - When neighbors attack her verbally, Rita Lama now presses the record button on her mobile phone. “The recording is evidence if I have to fight a case in…
Local to global: LWF supports communities in Angola secure their land rights
(LWI) - “Land is so important to us, all our rights come from the land,” Joao*, president of the Farmers’ association in Chinganga Moises Village, Angola, says…
Atrocities and impending famine in war-torn country
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is urgently calling for more support to help the victims of the resurging civil war in South Sudan. Half a year after the broken peace…
Attention and innovative solutions are needed to address a protracted crisis
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge visited the LWF country program in Chad last week, the first-ever visit of an…
