After an intense two weeks of negotiations at the climate change summit in Paris a historic agreement was reached but for the people of Northern Ethiopia it is already too late. They are already experiencing the effects of El Niño, a global…
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) signed a project agreement in June to promote inter-religious tolerance and…
For the people of Ethiopia, climate change is a present, not a future challenge
I work on the frontlines, in humanitarian and development assistance dealing with the devastating effects of climate and conflict-induced crises on people and…
Cash for work projects to help drought affected farmers in Ethiopia
(LWI) – To see what climate change looks like, one only needs to talk to Ato Abebe Desale, a 46-year-old farmer and head of a household of seven people. He and his family…
LWF Ethiopia brings perspectives from communities devastated by climate change
(LWI) – Delegates from The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and other non-governmental organizations taking part in the United Nations (UN) climate conference…
When Birzegen Yiman, 30, looks over the construction site, she does not see dust and dirt. She notices the more than 300 women and few men who carry heavy rocks, build terraces and shovel the dark…
(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is set to launch a new initiative to reduce escalating religious tension in Ethiopia, in an expression of its mandate to promote peace. Peaceful coexistence…
LWF supports people displaced internally by extreme climate and conflict
(LWI) - At the Burka Dare site for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Ethiopia’s Oromia Region, Halima Ismael explains why she left her home in the neighboring…
