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Image Hussein (left) and his sister Nadhifo, the two siblings of the Ali family in class at Hagadera refugee camp, Dadaab Kenya. Photo: LWF Kenya â Dadaab Special Education Helps Refugee Family Overcome Disability By Lawi Malenje Ali Hassan Matan and his wife Adey Wiro Arore and their family have encountered various forms of hardships but never given up on life. They were among the first refugees to arrive in Dadaab, Kenya more than 22…
Image South Sudanese refugees receive a hot meal at Palorinya refugee camp, Uganda. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner “Don’t reconvert plowshares into swords” 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,…
Image UN Secretary-General António Guterres during a briefing on COVID-19 at WHO headquarters in Geneva. 24 February 2020. UN Photo / Jean Marc Ferré COVID-19: LWF joins global UN appeal to help the most vulnerable Joint action to respond to “unprecedented threat” of coronavirus pandemic (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) together with other organizations is joining the global appeal of the United Nations (UN) for donations to respond to …
