The challenge of providing primary education for all in Dadaab refugee camps
(LWI) - If she had the nationality of the country in which she lives, Sowdo Mohamed Kilas, 18, would have been admitted to one of the best secondary schools in…
Through LWF World Service we respond to humanitarian emergencies and support people in need. The Department for World Service is responsible for LWF’s humanitarian and development work which is implemented in country and emergency programs in 25 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Along the Chicué River, in northwestern Colombia’s Chocó district, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) provides humanitarian support to indigenous communities.
LWF and Islamic Relief Worldwide train builders in quake-proof construction
(LWI) - Tashi Tamang is busy. The 30-year-old mason from Ramche in Nepal’s central Rasuwa district has just finished the two-storey building of Seti Bhume High…
Thousands flee civil war in South Sudan every week
MOYO, Uganda/GENEVA, 16 January 2016 (LWI) - The peak is over, but the numbers are still overwhelming: about 700 refugees arrive in the LWF transit center in Lefori, Uganda, every day.…
LWF General Secretary Junge welcomes theme of 2017 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
(LWI) – God’s unconditional grace liberates us to work towards the unity of the church, and to be tireless ambassadors of peace and reconciliation in a…
Indigenous communities “most affected when defending their way of life”
(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation Central America Program, together with the Guatemala Lutheran Church (Iglesia Luterana Guatemalteca, ILUGUA), an LWF member…
More than 110 young Lutherans expected for LWF Youth Pre-Assembly in Ondangwa
(LWI) – Young pastors and youth leaders from the three member churches of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Namibia have launched preparations for the…
