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German President visits Augusta Victoria Hospital German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife visited the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem, as part of their travel to the Middl
LWF welcomes release of hostages and humanitarian pause between Israel and Hamas LWF welcomes the announcement of an agreement to secure the release of hostages abducted by Hamas on 7 October.
LWF welcomes resumption of food aid in Ethiopia The LWF country Representative in Ethiopia welcomes the resumption of food aid, as internal conflicts in Amhara and Oromia regions cause human casu
LWF provides psychosocial support to patients from Gaza Augusta-Victoria-Hospital in East Jerusalem provides live-saving cancer and kidney treatment to Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza.
LWF World Service launches new website LWF World Service has launched a new website to feature the humanitarian and development work of the LWF.
AVH trying to get vital medical supplies into Gaza Doctors have run out of basic medications to treat the injured and hospitals no longer have drugs for cancer patients or those facing other life-th
Ukraine: LWF and UNHCR renovate apartments in Kharkiv LWF and UNHCR renovate damaged apartments in the Ukraine and provide psychosocial support to the Ukrainians who were forced from their homes after
Nepal: LWF responds to earthquake in Karnali district LWF is responding to a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Karnali district in Western Nepal on 3 November.
Bishop Azar: Keeping hope alive in the Holy Land The head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land says the biggest challenge is to accompany families who live in fear for th
Former LWF General Secretary Ishmael Noko at 80 The first African Doctor of Theology in his home church in Zimbabwe and the first LWF General Secretary from the global south. Rev.
A friendly hand for communities in need LWF General Secretary Anne Burghardt witnesses the work of accompaniment and support that the church and the World Service program in Honduras are
