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A woman entrepreneur sews cloth face masks in Kyauk Tan Gyi village, Sittwe Township, Rakhine State, Myanmar. Photo: LWF/Nu Nu Aye

COVID-19: Female leadership and livelihood opportunities in Myanmar

Tailoring enterprises in Rakhine state promote female leadership, solidarity and social cohesion

(LWI) - Micro-enterprises set up by the Lutheran World Federation in Myanmar are scaling up their production to meet the increased demand for…

LWFâs humanitarian and development work in Ethiopia includes provision of potable water to communities displaced by drought or conflict. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF among organizations urging more time for UN panel on internal displacement

COVID-19 pandemic particularly impedes essential consultations with stakeholders

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is among faith-based, non-governmental and civil society organizations calling on the…

Rihab George, senior nurse in the outpatient unit of the Augusta Victoria Hospital, disconnects a bag of antibiotics from a child patient. The hospital offers specialized treatment to Palestinians which is not available to them elsewhere. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF calls for health care without discrimination for Palestinians in Gaza

LWF representative: Medical permit to leave Gaza “nearly impossible”

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is again raising the alarm on the difficult health care situation for Palestinians living in the Gaza strip. LWF has signed…

Children demonstrate hand washing at Kakuma refugee camp; Kenya. LWF has reinforced hygiene education to prevent a spread of COVID-19 in the camp. Photo: LWF/ P. Omagwa

COVID-19: Responding when social distancing isn’t an option

LWF World Service concerned about long-term effects of the pandemic

(LWI) - Unparalleled cooperation, resilience and commitment, but also an enormous challenge for field staff and the communities we serve – this is what a global health…

Mr. Yagya briefs the local community about the LWF COVID-19 response during a handover of medical equipment at the hospital in Morang, Nepal. Photo: LWF Nepal

Strengthen those who have been hit hardest

LWF calls for more livelihoods support during COVID-19

(LWI) - A choice between contracting a potentially fatal virus and having nothing to eat: The COVID-19 pandemic means many communities LWF serves are faced with impossible…

A woman washes her childrenâs hands in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. LWF has reinforced hygiene education to prevent a spread of COVID-19 in the camp. Photo: LWF/ P. Omagwa

Kenya: COVID-19 has secondary effects on women and children refugees

Gender impact assessment shows rising inequality

(LWI) - An increased workload for women, more violence against women and children, and neglect of people living with disabilities: these are the main impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on…

A man at a water harvesting system in Seharti Samre, Tigray. Photo: Hilina Abebe/Norwegian Church Aid (2013)

Ethiopia: LWF responds to Tigray conflict

Water and relief goods for up to 250,000 people

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Ethiopia program has begun to respond to Ethiopia's Tigray region's humanitarian needs.…

LWF country representative Sophie Gebreyes and EECMY-DASSC staff Desta Hadera (right) meet Eritrean refugees in an EECMY church in Mekelle. Photo: LWF/C. Masanga

Ethiopia: Stories of flight and loss from Tigray

LWF and partners to start humanitarian response

(LWI) - From everyday life into chaos: For the people affected by the recent conflict in Ethiopia, life as they knew it ended abruptly with the military offensive in the Tigray region. Even…

Erik Siegl from Czech Diaconia with LWFâs Caroline Tveoy and staff from the World Service team in Jordan outside the Aman community center in Zarqa. All photos: LWF/Jordan

Supporting Syria’s refugees, ten years on

Czech Diaconia continues to support LWF’s vital education and skills training for Syrian refugees in neighboring Jordan

(LWI) - A decade on from the start of the Syrian conflict, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) remains committed to…

A medical team from AVH supports a hospital in Gaza in 2018. Photo: LWF/ D. Nasser

Allow medical and humanitarian access to Gaza

Doctors from Augusta Victoria Hospital denied entry to provide lifesaving treatment for cancer patients

(LWI) - The ACT Palestine Forum, an ecumenical coalition of Christian churches and aid organizations, is calling on the Israeli…

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