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“Sharing the table” to strengthen justice and human dignity Diaconal practitioners from LWF’s member churches in Latin America and the Caribbean address contemporary challenges for Lutheran churches in the r
Jordan: Community service provides opportunities, gives hope In Jordan, the LWF is offering young delinquents new opportunities and hope.
COP27: A small step in the right direction After more than two weeks of intense negotiations, COP27 closed with significant successes.
Germany: Taking climate action from local to global to local levels Michelle Schwarz from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony (Germany) is one of the young people representing the LWF at the UN climate confere
COP27: Faith leaders call on negotiators to “act on urgency of climate crisis” LWF’s youth delegates at COP27 have joined a call on negotiators to act on the urgency of the climate crisis and make the decision required to make
COP27: “The time to act is now!” At the end of the first week of COP27, negotiations at COP27 and governments’ commitments are insufficient to achieve the required goals, say LWF’s
Young faith actors say ‘Peace is Possible’ Four young Christian and Muslim peace activists from Uganda, Kenya, India and Indonesia share experiences and best practices during the annual Gene
COP27: People of faith join hands on eve of climate summit On the eve of COP27, people of faith gathered for a Talanoa dialogue and prayer.
COP27: Taking LWF’s climate justice engagement to the global level LWF's main calls at COP27 focus on rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, massively scaling up climate finance, making significant progress on
Forty young climate activists call for results at COP27 climate conference Forty young climate activists from LWF’s member churches will represent the global communion at the COP27 conference of the United Nations in Egypt
Ukraine: Bringing students back to school While cities in Ukraine are being shelled day and night, LWF renovates school basements in Ichnya and Bobrovytsia to serve as bomb shelters.
Lutheran youth continue to focus on peace in 2022 Youth in LWF’s member churches continue to lead the way by engaging in important conversations on peace in their churches and communities.
