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LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Unexpected joy during an unprecedented Christmas

LWF President Musa shared LWF’s 2020 Christmas Message

(LWI) – In a Christmas season marked by uncertainty and fear from the unfamiliar and unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christians are invited to trust in the promise…

The LWF World Service Central America team, performing a hymn in the main office in San Salvador. Photo: LWF Central America

Singing and Dancing for Christmas

LWF World Service Country programs share message of hope through advent hymns

(LWI) - Singing and dancing together, despite challenging circumstances: With messages of hope, LWF World Service country programs have contributed to this…

A young refugee paints a house during the retreat. Photo: LWF/ H. Lehto

Refugee teens talk mental health

LWF conducts retreats for young refugees in Uganda

(LWI) - LWF is running a pilot project focused on the mental health of teenager refugees in Uganda, offering them a way to process trauma and equipping them for the future.

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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…

Josephine Nangonzi wearing full protective gear before starting work in the Palorinya refugee settlement in Ugandaâs West Nile region. Photos: LWF/Uganda

Hope and healing for survivors of South Sudan conflict

A clinical psychologist with LWF Uganda provides psychosocial support to refugees and host communities

(LWI) - Over the past decade, thousands of South Sudanese refugees have fled into neighboring Uganda to escape from violent conflicts…

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…