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Daw Ma Saw Myint, head teacher of an LWF-run temporary Learning Space in Myanmar, experienced herself the limited opportunities for girls and women. She is trying to keep adolescent girls in school. Photo: LWF/ S. Thandar

Daw Ma Saw Myint, head teacher of an LWF-run temporary Learning Space in Myanmar, experienced herself the limited opportunities for girls and women. She is trying to keep adolescent girls in school. Photo: LWF/ S. Thandar

COVID-19: Empower girls to determine their future

International Day of the Girl: Concern about the impact of COVID-19 on girls 

(LWI) - On International Day of the Girl, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is raising awareness about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on girls in…

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08 Oct 2020
The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate. Here a group of Oromo internally displaced people move through the Burka Dare IDP site. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate. Here a group of Oromo internally displaced people move through the Burka Dare IDP site. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Peacebuilding from the grassroots

Geneva Peace Week: LWF shares work with communities in Ethiopia

(LWI) - “As faith actors in humanitarian and disaster response, we rely on the connection with elders and religious leaders at the grassroots level to reach vulnerable…

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09 Nov 2020
LWF peace ambassadors in the Central African Republic, 2017. The young men and women have been trained to mediate in community conflicts, which can vary from a fight about the village water point to accusations of witchcraft or domestic violence. Photo: Els Hortensius, ICCO and Kerk in Actie

LWF peace ambassadors in the Central African Republic, 2017. The young men and women have been trained to mediate in community conflicts, which can vary from a fight about the village water point to accusations of witchcraft or domestic violence. Photo: Els Hortensius, ICCO and Kerk in Actie

LWF staff resumes work in CAR after violence

Projects adapted to address additional needs 

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) humanitarian team in the Central African Republic (CAR) has resumed its humanitarian and development work after suspending activities following the…

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04 Feb 2021
Youth playing on the banks of Río Pogue in Atrato, northwestern Colombia. The LWF supports local communities to uphold their rights and protect the Atrato River, which has been polluted by material from extractive industries for decades. Photo: LWF/G. A. Moreno Clavijo

Youth playing on the banks of Río Pogue in Atrato, northwestern Colombia. The LWF supports local communities to uphold their rights and protect the Atrato River, which has been polluted by material from extractive industries for decades. Photo: LWF/G. A. Moreno Clavijo

Supporting marginalized people to organize and empower themselves

Report on LWF’s rights-based approach work in 2020

(LWI) – Through its local-to-global methodology, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) continues to work with refugees, internally displaced people, indigenous communities, ethnic…

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19 Jul 2021

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