South Sudanese refugees report atrocities when arriving in northern Uganda
10 February 2017 (LWI) - “We flee during the night because then it’s dark, and we can hide from the blood-thirsty fighters,’’ says Lawrence Lumugun, a South…
(LWI) – “This is the largest refugee crisis in Africa, and the third largest in the world. How many thousands have to come, how many people have to die until the international community wakes up?” – Jesse Kamstra, country representative of The…
LWF supports survivors of gender-based violence in South Sudan
(LWI) Amina* was lying under a palm tree when a caseworker from The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) found her. The teen had been covering herself with palm leaves after…
Three days to three weeks – that’s the length of time refugees from South Sudan describe taking to get to north Uganda. From the border onwards, they are being met by aid organizations such as The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) which register…
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) intervention at the 36th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), 11-29 September, included oral statements on the human rights…
South Sudan Civil Society Coalition Validates Recommendations
(LWI) - Civil society has a role to play in helping to promote human rights in South Sudan, a prominent parliamentarian declared at a December training workshop held in the…
(LWI) - The plight of refugees from South Sudan is set to become Africa’s largest refugee crisis, with the Lutheran World Federation on the frontline in South Sudan and the countries receiving the refugees, including…
Tools and market access for fishermen in war-torn South Sudan
(LWI) - For Kur Kuany (32) from the Sudd, a vast swamp surrounding the Nile River in South Sudan, there are not many options in life. The father of two can either fight in one…
LWF supports women-headed households in South Sudan
(LWI) - There was a time when Ayen Mayen Deu (26), a war widow from South Sudan, was forced to feed her children water lilies and other weeds. She foraged for wood to save her three…
