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The Federation of Evangelical Women in Italy focuses on womenâs health and wellbeing in a dossier for the 16 Days of activism to end gender-based violence. Photo: Unsplash/Christopher Campbell

Italian Protestants publish women’s health dossier

For 16 Days campaign, Evangelical Women in Italy shine spotlight on women’s health in light of COVID pandemic

(LWI) - Women’s health, from life in the womb, through puberty to menopause, is the subject of a series of…

Madam Martha Abugri was among 13 needy widows who received food supplies at the ELCG Grace Lutheran Church in Narango, in the Upper Eastern region. Photo: ELCG/Prosper Atiiga

COVID-19: A time to “look out for the most vulnerable” in Ghana

LWF’s support bridged a critical gap for elderly and widowed church members

(LWI) – When the government imposed a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease in March, the…

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 Rt. Rev. Emmanuel Murye, Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Kajo â Keji, South Sudan, talks to South Sudanese refugees in Uganda during in a road drive campaign with LWF to inform them about COVID-19 and hygiene measures. Photo: LWF/ K. Logi

Dealing with COVID-19 in a faith context

Webinar explores "Dialogue despite distance" in exceptional times

(LWI) - "COVID-19 has become something like a magnifying glass that has exposed the state of some of the seams that hold together the fabric of human life and relationships…

Children in the Beldangi refugee camp in Jhapa district, Nepal, where the LWF provides care and maintenance support to Bhutanese refugees. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Mercy as watchword for post-pandemic world

LWF General Secretary sends New Year message to member churches

(LWI) - In a New Year greeting to all The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches, General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge looks ahead at the challenges that…

AVH staff carry out the vaccinations themselves. The immunizations will enable them to better protect their high-risk patients. Photos: LWF/ E.Shaheen

Augusta Victoria Hospital starts COVID-19 vaccinations

Priority to medical staff in East Jerusalem

(LWI) - Vaccinations against COVID-19 have started at the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in East Jerusalem. The first vaccines were…

The Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil (IECLB) writes a manifesto after COVID death tolls reach 200,000. âAgility and efficiency will be the difference between life and death.â Photo by Unsplash/Zoran Kokanovic

COVID deaths reach 200,000, Lutheran church in Brazil issues manifesto

Church Presidency calls for free vaccines for everyone

(LWI) - In Brazil, the new year began with the number of Coronavirus deaths reaching 200,000 sparking the Presidency of the…

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.…

Women of faith have a vital role to play in rebuilding from the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo: Panelistsâ own

Women's voices for interfaith engagement

A webinar marking World Interfaith Harmony Week highlights the role of women in post-COVID cooperation

(LWI) - Women of faith have a vital role to play in promoting more effective dialogue and cooperation in a world struggling to overcome…

The LWF National Committee in Indonesia installed an internet satellite tower on the properties of four Lutheran churches in remote areas to assist online learning. Church pictured is HKBP. Photo: by Andi Gultom/KNLWF.

Indonesian churches enable online learning in rural areas

LWF National Committee in Indonesia builds towers for internet access

(LWI) - "The internet is for learning for the sake of increasing knowledge and skills, yet many have been left without access during the pandemic,” said the Lutheran…

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