"It was a calling. I knew I had to do something,” says Thanasis, who left his factory job in Athens to help migrants and refugees arriving on the Greek island of Lesbos

LWF General Secretary Burghardt and LWF World Service Director Immonen on World Refugee Day and the state of the world.

Lutheran church leaders advocate for the protection of displaced people

(LWI) - Churches and faith communities need to actively support refugees. Every action counts. This is the call of Lutheran church leaders worldwide on World Refugee…

HIAS joins LWF and IRW to co-host ‘Welcoming the Stranger, Shaping the Future’ conference on World Refugee Day 2022

(LWI) - Three of the world’s leading Jewish, Islamic and Christian humanitarian organisations are teaming up to strengthen…

LWF equips communities with disaster risk reduction strategies

Water essential for protection in times of COVID-19

(LWI) - One year after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic; many people still live without access to clean and safe water. "Access to water is still a problem in many places where we work…

LWF joins UNHCR call to support refugee athletes

(LWI) - Leading up to the Olympic summer games in Tokyo, Japan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has released a…

LWF joins interagency call to fight famine

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined more than 200 aid organizations in a call to fight hunger and famine worldwide. In an…

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…