“Long and faithful service” to the Augusta Victoria Hospital
(LWI) - With great sadness The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has learned of the death of Dr Tawfiq A. Nasser, the Chief Executive Officer of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in…
(LWI) – “I had five children. All of them were killed,” Bernadetta Myanura says. The elderly woman has a scar on her arm. Her granddaughter is all the family she has left. The 14-year-old-girl is…
Kathmandu, Nepal/Geneva, 21 May 2015 - Punya Prasad Dangal was in Kathmandu when the earthquake hit on April 25. He saw people falling off motorbikes and running around trying to find a safe place to…
KIGOMA, Tanzania/GENEVA, 29 May 2015 As the situation in Burundi deteriorates progressively, Burundians continue to leave the country in droves. The Lutheran World Federation is on the…
KATHMANDU, Nepal/ GENEVA, 3 June 2015 (LWI) - When the magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday 25 April 2015, shelves at The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) country office in Kathmandu…
(LWI) – “It was about time the rain came,” Genio Maidoum says. Together with three younger brothers, the 16-year-old plows the family fields in Dosseye camp, southern Chad. They have one acre - the…
Christian and Muslim humanitarian organizations provide relief for marginalized groups
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) have joined forces to provide shelter for 12,000 of the most vulnerable…
Family sheltering in LWF-supported camp in Tanzania
BUJUMBURA, Burundi/GENEVA – 9 June 2015 (LWI) - Ngendakumana Désiré is 26 years old and for the second time in his life, is a Burundian refugee in Tanzania.
“A responsibility to ensure the evidence we collect is robust”
MAPUTO, Mozambique/GENEVA, 29 May 2015 (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation is part of an NGO coalition that is gathering evidence of human rights concerns for a United…
