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LWF joins call to increase humanitarian efforts As the United Nations launch the Global Humanitarian Overview, indicating an exponential rise in humanitarian needs, LWF joins the call of humanita
Jordan: 10 years' service to Syrian refugees LWF has served Syrian refugees and their hosts in Jordan for ten years.
“Let trauma victims experience as much security as possible” How can we end gender-based violence, and how can we become a more gender-just communion?
Harnessing ecumenical networks to end Gender Based Violence How can church leaders and faith communities step up and support the struggle to end violence against women and girls?
“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
Nepal: Emergency aid to flood victims LWF is providing emergency aid to communities affected by heavy monsoon rains in Nepal this autumn.
Jordan: Community service provides opportunities, gives hope In Jordan, the LWF is offering young delinquents new opportunities and hope.
A Singing Communion in Advent 2022 For the fifth year, the LWF marks the Advent season with hymns of Advent and Christmas from member churches around the globe.
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
