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The Womenâs Skills Training Center of Huria Kristen Indonesia (HKI) helps low-income and at-risk women find ways to increase family income through sewing. Photo: BLK HKI/Rumah Eco-Theology

Economic independence, spiritual gifts: breaking the chain of COVID-19

The Indonesian Christian Church women’s center design and produce LWF branded face masks

(LWI) – “Because of the economic situation, people do not come to make dresses,” explains the house wife who participates in the skills training…

âWear a mask. Respect the regulations and restrictions. The disease is still out there.â This is Ms Sandrine Ilungaâs message to fellow youth, as DRC eases COVID-19 restrictions and her church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Congo, reaches out to students and their families. PHOTO: ELCCo

COVID-19: DRC church keeps students and their families protected

LWF Rapid Response Fund supports provision of face masks and sanitation items in schools

(LWI) – In mid-September, Sandrine Mumba Ilunga received the good news that she had passed her secondary school exams with distinction and would be…

The United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India staff wearing the Lutheran World Federation face masks. Photo: Rev. A. Joshuva Peter/ UELCI

COVID-19: LWF launches second phase of Rapid Response Fund

65 church projects in 40 countries in the first phase

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation has launched a second phase of the communion’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund (…

A small group of leaders from the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in the Asia region gather online to discuss self-care on 25 November. Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Asia: “Self-care in stressful times”

Lutheran bishops in Asia discuss caring for themselves and one another

(LWI) - “I need to use the settings on my phone to silence those little pings that come up every time an email or a message comes in. I check my emails periodically…

Photo: Sustainability Institute LAC /Scheila Dillenburg

COVID-19: LAC churches enhance learning to be “a more caring church”

Lessons learned from “practical” education during a pandemic

(LWI) – Following a series of bi-monthly online meetings, leaders in decision-making positions in The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Latin America and the…

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…

In its COVID-19 response, the Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala distributed food and sanitation supplies to families living in remote villages. Photo: ILAG/Diego Gil

LWF churches prioritize prevention and vulnerable families in second RRF phase

Need for rapid COVID-19 response persists, the Lutheran communion’s support continues

(LWI) – Implementation of a second phase of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund (RRF) has begun, with 44 of the communion’s…

LWF General Secretary Rev Dr Martin Junge (left) and President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photos: LWF/S. Gallay and LWF/Albin Hillert

Churches offer “witness of hope and compassion”

LWF leaders send message of thanks, support and theological reflection to mark the start of Lent

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa and General Secretary, Rev. Dr Martin Junge have…

Thanks to the Lutheran communionâs emergency support, Gregorio PÃ©rez and other residents of Shupa village are replanting crops lost to two successive hurricanes. Photo: ILUGUA

Guatemalan church assists families recovering from hurricane impact amid COVID-19

Lutheran communion supports rural farming communities who lost everything

(LWI) – For Gregorio Pérez, a leader of the indigenous Maya Chortí in Guatemala’s southeastern department of Chiquimula, the rising number of Coronavirus (COVID-19…

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