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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
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
Sali Farimatou Bouda shows a basket full of 'Bolo leaf' (Sesame) which she has picked to add flavour as she cooks meat and fish. Farimatou is one of a group of CAR refugees trained by the Lutheran World Federation in modern farming techniques in Cameroon. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Sali Farimatou Bouda shows a basket full of 'Bolo leaf' (Sesame) which she has picked to add flavour as she cooks meat and fish. Farimatou is one of a group of CAR refugees trained by the Lutheran World Federation in modern farming techniques in Cameroon. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon Transform Desert Land into a “Great Green Wall”

Strategically building towards sustainable community-based solutions 

(LWI) - In three years, refugees transformed a desert landscape in Minawao, Cameroon into a luscious green oasis with the support of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF…

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01 Nov 2021
LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa with LWF Vice-President for Africa Rev. Dr Jeanette Ada Maina, Bishop Theophilus Shadrach of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, and LWF staff and students in the Gado camp. The students held signs and recited a poem on the importance of education. All photos: LWF/Lucie Alalu Grinstein

LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa with LWF Vice-President for Africa Rev. Dr Jeanette Ada Maina, Bishop Theophilus Shadrach of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, and LWF staff and students in the Gado camp. The students held signs and recited a poem on the importance of education. All photos: LWF/Lucie Alalu Grinstein

LWF President commends strength of Cameroon communities served by livelihood programs

Responding to crisis with community centered sustainable livelihoods

(LWI) - On his visit to the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Country Program in Cameroon, the LWF President, Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa, applauded the strength and…

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09 Dec 2021
Rev. Dr Jeannette Ada Epse Maina is pictured at the 2018 LWF Council meeting in Geneva. The LWF Council meets yearly and is the highest authority of the LWF between assemblies. It consists of the President, the Chairperson of the Finance Committee, and 48 members from LWF member churches in seven regions. Photo: Albin Hillert/LWF

Rev. Dr Jeannette Ada Epse Maina is pictured at the 2018 LWF Council meeting in Geneva. The LWF Council meets yearly and is the highest authority of the LWF between assemblies. It consists of the President, the Chairperson of the Finance Committee, and 48 members from LWF member churches in seven regions. Photo: Albin Hillert/LWF

Cameroon: Answering the call to serve the church

Voices from the Communion: Rev. Dr Jeannette Ada Epse Maina, LWF Vice President for Africa

(LWI) - Elected to serve as the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Vice President for Africa during the 2017 LWF Twelfth Assembly in Namibia, Rev. Dr…

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04 Mar 2022

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