I’ve worked in Honduras over many years since the late 90s, working in emergency response and as a photojournalist. Recently I went to visit some of the areas that were worst hit by the double hurricanes in…
LWF General Secretary Anne Burghardt witnesses the work of accompaniment and support that the church and the World Service program in Honduras are providing for migrants returning to the region
A Lutheran communion fund continues to cushion low-income households in Honduras from the impact of two crises: COVID-19 and successive hurricanes. “Some households have no other source of income.”
LWF Supports Initiatives That Promote Food Security and Climate Justice
(LWI) - Initially 21-year-old Honduran Ana Clementina Reyes, did not want to participate in the Community Environmental Promoters course because she thought it would…
LWF Member Churches Criticize Action by the U.S. Administration
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has criticized plans by the United States Administration to expand the…
Drought Linked to El Niño Damages Bean and Corn Crops
(LWI) – Low rainfall linked to the El Niño weather phenomenon has led to one of the worst droughts in decades in parts of Central America, causing widespread damage to bean and corn…
GENEVA, 1 December 2015 (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), through the regional HIV and AIDS network, are among several churches in the Lutheran communion that observe…
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras/ GENEVA, 8 March 2016 (LWI) – The life of 25-year-old María (not her real name) resembles building a house on quicksand: A futile attempt to create stability in a world that keeps uprooting individuals and destroying what…
(LWI) – Churches and other organizations in Latin America are intensifying calls for action to protect human rights workers in Honduras, following the March killings of two leaders of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of…
