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Fadinatou Amadou Tukur (left) and Tanga Moktar (right) run a small poultry farm in the Gado refugee camp, Cameroon. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Africa’s forgotten crises: Strengthening regional cooperation and advocacy

LWF Vice president: “The Lutheran family will not forget”

(LWI) – Chronic conflict, pervasive poverty, scant media attention and growing “donor fatigue. The challenges addressed by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) World Service…

Girls in primary school in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. LWF is working to protect their right to education and a childhood without violence. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

A network to stop early marriage

How LWF work saves young girls from forced marriage in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya

(LWI) - Zawadi (name changed) was 16 when her father started constructing a new house in their compound in Kakuma…

Participants at a workshop in Nepal in December 2019 develop ideas on how to pilot the âChurches and Emergenciesâ program in the two target communities. Photo: LWF/NELC

Nepal: Ready to respond to those in need

New LWF program helps member churches be better prepared to deal with emergencies and natural disasters

(LWI) - When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit central and eastern Nepal on the morning of 25 April 2015, Rev. Marandi Patras, General…

A child receiving dialysis at Augusta Victoria Hospital, East Jerusalem. The presence of a parent for treatment is one of the key demands of the LWF. Photo: Atta Jabr

LWF and partners advocate for Palestinian children’s access to health care

Security checks delay treatment and hinder parental accompaniment

(LWI) - Insufficient health care, limited access to specialized treatment, security checks delaying treatment or hindering the accompaniment of a parent: Palestinian…

Bishop Ibrahim Azar of ELCJHL and LWF Country representative Sieglinde Weinbrenner shake hands after signing the MOU. Photo: LWF Jerusalem

LWF Jerusalem centralizes its vocational training in Ramallah

Local church school building is converted into a training center

(LWI) - The new Lutheran World Federation (LWF) vocational training center in Ramallah, Palestine, is about to take shape: On Sunday, 1 March Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar of…

LWF General Secretary says he is âdistressedâ by the âunsettling scenes at the Turkey-EU borders, particularly in Greece, where people from Syria and from other parts of the world are being treated inhumanely and are left in an unbearable limbo. Photo: Klara Tarr/ELCH

Recalling Europe’s responsibility to protect refugees

Lutheran leader writes letter to EU heads of state reminding them of obligations under refugee convention

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) leader, Rev. Dr Martin Junge, has written to European Union heads of state reminding…

Seeking asylum is a human right, Lutheran and Catholic bishops in the Nordic countries insist and EU member States have both a legal commitment and a moral obligation to support people escaping from oppression and persecution. In the image, Oreokastro refugee camp outside of Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo: HÃ¥vard Bjelland/Kirkens NÃ¸dhjelp

Lutheran and Catholic leaders call on EU to support refugees

Bishops in Nordic countries issue unprecedented joint statement calling for shared response

(LWI) - Lutheran and Catholic bishops in the Nordic countries have issued an unprecedented…

At the river nearby the Burka Dare site for Internally Displaced People in Oromia, Ethiopia. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

COVID-19: LWF World Service calls for donations

Protect vulnerable communities and staff in refugee camps

(LWI) - In light of the worldwide Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) humanitarian arm…

The hospital has set up a special isolation ward and is carefully screening patients and staff before admitting them to the hospital . Photo: LWF/ S. Weinbrenner

COVID-19: Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem makes room for emergency

"Every precaution to protect high-risk patients”

(LWI) - Like hospitals around the world, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Augusta Victoria Hospital…

UN Secretary-General AntÃ³nio Guterres during a briefing on COVID-19 at WHO headquarters in Geneva. 24 February 2020. UN Photo / Jean Marc FerrÃ©

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 …