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Image Jeebita Moshahari, LWF Global Young Reformer at the 2022 May Asia Church Leadership Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: LWF/J. Valeriano India: “Being connected with other youth has enriched me” Voices from the Communion: Global Young Reformer Jeebita Moshahari, Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church
Image Bishop Karin Johannesson and Rev. James Hadley with the parish priests of Lampedusa, Fr Carmelo Rizzo and Fr Luca Camilleri. All photos: J Hadley and A Johannesson Ecumenical witness to plight of Mediterranean migrants Swedish Bishop Karin Johannesson visits Anglican and Catholic parishes on islands of Sicily and Lampedusa
Image The Accelerated Learning Program at Tirhaka ALP Center in South Sudan serves children with disabilities, especially refugees, through LWF's inclusive education program. Photo: LWF/C. Mawel South Sudan: expanding education for children with disabilities “Children and youth like me had lost hope for the future but now see a bright future”
Image The ceiling of the Human Rights Council, in the Palais des Nations. Because of the COVID-19 crisis, the 44th session took place online. Photo: LWF/C. Kästner Human rights council: protecting the safety and security of vulnerable groups Governments urged to take proactive action
Image US President Joe Biden delivers his address during his visit to the Augusta Victoria Hospital today. Photo: AVH/Arine Rinawi Jerusalem: US President Biden visits Augusta Victoria Hospital 100 million USD in aid to East Jerusalem Hospital Network
Image Dawn breaks near Ginnir in the Bale Zone of Ethiopia. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert Season of Creation: 2022 Celebration Guide Available for download, the new guide offers a wealth of liturgical resources, advocacy ideas, sustainability projects
Image 2022 LWF Global Peace Messengers during training in Geneva. Photo: LWF LWB-Jugend: „Wie heißen wir Fremde willkommen?“ “Year of Peace 22” participants discussed how faith informs work with refugees (LWI) - “What kind of refugee work has been done in our churches?” “How, as a church, do we welcome refugees coming to our communities that have different…
Image Participants at the ecumenical GEM School explore links between faith and economic justice, learning skills to advocate for a more equitable global economy. Photos: LWF/S. Kit GEM School: learning to advocate for economic justice Ecumenical training program takes place in Berlin with focus on ecological and feminist economics
Image LWF’s SAFER project humanitarian support point is a welcome sight for migrants in Arauca, Colombia. The transit point works to ensure a safe migration along the routes in Eastern Colombia. Photo: LWF/D. Alvarez Colombia and Venezuela: a refugee’s incredible journey home A Venezuelan woman walks 1,212 kilometers to Bogotá and now returns four years later
Image Houses in Chernihiv, as seen by the LWF assessment team. Photo: LWF/J.Pfattner Ukraine: LWF team visits towns north of Kyiv “The most vulnerable stayed behind”
