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South Sudanese refugee, Rose Nathike Lokonyen, runs the 800-metres for the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016. Photo: UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau

Refugees journey to the Olympic Games

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…

A traditional meal is served in Hadiya, south central Ethiopia. Photo: Albin Hillert/LWF

"People are not starving, they are being starved”

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…

Rev. Anne Burghardt and Rev. Dr Kenneth Mtata. Photo: Composite

Two candidates for next LWF general secretary

Election to take place on 19 June

(LWI) - Candidates from Estonia and Zimbabwe have been proposed for the position of general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation. The search for a new leader of the communion of churches has been…

Youth playing on the banks of RÃo 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…

A group of students graduating from the SYB training in coordination with Thiqa bank in Duhok, Iraq. All photos: LWF/Iraq

New partnership for LWF and International Labour Organization

PROSPECTS program supports skills and business training for refugees and host communities in Iraq and Ethiopia

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is partnering with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to improve access to…

Sardar Saleh Hasan, from the host community in Dohuk, participated in the QUEST project to improve his photography studio. Photo: LWF Iraq

Iraq: LWF Empowers Vulnerable Communities

The LWF Iraq team celebrating 10 years. Almost all staff are national or even local staff. Photo: LWF Iraq

Iraq: A decade of relief and recovery

LWF marks tenth anniversary of support to displaced communities in Northern Iraq

(LWI) – In 2014, LWF set up an emergency relief operation in response to the Islamic State (IS) insurgency, which displaced around three million people in…