(LWI) Less than a year ago, 48-year-old Gapalmo Thokra and her husband Thsering Fincho Thokra (50), residents of Thangdur village in Nepal’s Rasuwa district, had to spend up to four hours every…
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 bishop of the Salvadoran Lutheran Church has urged the people of the United States not to “permit your government to commit a sin against Human Rights” by restricting immigration and taking action…
Humanitarian corridors – an ecumenical initiative to help refugees
(LWI) “The humanitarian corridors work! That became clear to us when, on 4 February 2016, we welcomed 6-year-old Falak from Homs in Syria to Italy, with her parents and…
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) received with heartfelt gratitude a donation of EUR 51,400 from the Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB) towards additional patient care at the Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in East…
25 years of LWF’s refugee support at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya
Few among those fleeing northeast African conflicts to seek refuge in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya 25 years ago could have imagined what is now a city…
While Dr Denis Mukwege from the Democratic Republic of Congo was delivering his keynote speech to the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in the Namibian capital of Windhoek, there was new fighting in his home country. Mukwege…
Hungarian church support for minorities and disadvantaged groups
“We must not abandon the persecuted Christians of Iraq and other countries,” says Hungarian Bishop Dr Tamas Fabiny, reflecting on a recent visit to a displaced people’s camp…
Statement by LWF President Musa and General Secretary Junge
(LWI) – On World Refugee Day today, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) calls on its member churches and all people of goodwill to “extend the hand of welcome to refugees and…
