LWF supports women-headed households in South Sudan
(LWI) - There was a time when Ayen Mayen Deu (26), a war widow from South Sudan, was forced to feed her children water lilies and other weeds. She foraged for wood to save her three…
LWF Council calls for action on number of urgent issues
(LWI) - The governing body of the Lutheran World Federation has highlighted a number of issues that need the urgent attention of churches and the international community. On the…
Trying to save land from farmers, mining companies, hydro schemes
(LWI) - The mountains, the water, the earth and all of life. Guatemalan rights defender Maria Corina Ramirez Hernandez is trying to defend them all. Each of these elements…
LWF provides education for children excluded from formal system
(LWI) - Seven-year old Ma Khin Nu flashes a big smile when she enters the Lutheran World Federation’s (LWF) temporary learning center in Ohn Taw Gyi camp, Myanmar. The bright…
(LWI) - Goma Timalsina lives a dignified life thanks to her local women’s cooperative, which is supported by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Nepal. In the year since joining, the resident…
(LWI) - “Unity is a gift of God, given to us at the price of Christ’s blood at the cross. Therefore, unity is for free, yet it is very costly,” the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General…
New clinic for more than 13,000 Congolese refugees
(LWI) - Better access to health care: the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is constructing a health center in Lovua refugee settlement, northern Angola. It will serve more than 13,000…
ELCJHL Bishop Azar: law excludes other religious groups
(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is concerned about the impact that a new law passed by the Israeli parliament will have on the human rights of minorities. The law, passed…
