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Refugee families from Ukraine make for the bus that is to take them from the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine and further into Slovakia, on 11 March. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. The crossing sees up to some 10,000 refugees arrive each day since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. A range of faith-based, civil society and humanitarian organizations provide immediate support to refugees as t

Refugee families from Ukraine make for the bus that is to take them from the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine and further into Slovakia, on 11 March. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. The crossing sees up to some 10,000 refugees arrive each day since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. A range of faith-based, civil society and humanitarian organizations provide immediate support to refugees as t

Slovakia: ’A test of our faith, in deed and in action’

LWF member church in Slovakia welcomes refugees from Ukraine

LWI – As refugees from Ukraine continue to pour into the country by the thousands each day, the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia is opening its arms…

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25 Mar 2022
LWF General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt visits the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre. Here, in conversation with ELCT Presiding Bishop Dr Fredrick Shoo (left) and KCMC executive director Prof. Gileard Masenga (right). All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt visits the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre. Here, in conversation with ELCT Presiding Bishop Dr Fredrick Shoo (left) and KCMC executive director Prof. Gileard Masenga (right). All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary begins first member church visit to Africa

Affirms holistic mission of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania

(LWI) - Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt has arrived in Tanzania, for a week-long visit to the…

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28 Mar 2022
A group of women from the Kajo-Keji Diocese march to church in the refugee settlement of Palorinya in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert 

A group of women from the Kajo-Keji Diocese march to church in the refugee settlement of Palorinya in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert 

‘There’s no commandment greater than loving your neighbor’ 

LWF General Secretary Burghardt joins South Sudanese congregation worshipping and witnessing in exile

(LWI) – “Love your neighbor as yourself, there is no commandment greater than this,” said Anglican Bishop Emmanuel Murye Modi of the…

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04 Apr 2022
LWF General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt hears the testimonies of two teenage mothers in the Palorinya refugee settlement, Obongi district, Uganda, as part of a visit to the LWF country program in Uganda in April 2022. All photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt hears the testimonies of two teenage mothers in the Palorinya refugee settlement, Obongi district, Uganda, as part of a visit to the LWF country program in Uganda in April 2022. All photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Uganda: ‘We understand our work as putting faith into action’

Refugees, host communities testify to impact of World Service program in Uganda

(LWI) - Supporting more than 700,000 refugees in the country, testimonies abound to the impact of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) World Service program in…

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05 Apr 2022

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