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LWF launches "Seven weeks for peace" lent campaign

This lent, the LWF invites Lutheran churches worldwide to pray for peace in seven countries and regions worldwide. The hashtag #7weeksforpeace will highlight current emergencies and protracted conflicts and how the LWF responds…

Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

COVID-19: LWF offers liturgies for Holy Week and Easter

Worship in a time of physical distancing

(LWI) - As many Christians around the world anticipate an exceptional Holy Week and Easter period without the traditional physical gathering in church for worship due to the coronavirus pandemic,…

Mark Mullan, the LWF Team Leader in Ukraine, meets a family in Kharkiv whose apartment was damaged by a missile strike. LWF will renovate this family’s home. Photo: LWF/ Anatoliy Nazarenko

“One of the most challenging countries I ever worked in”

World Humanitarian Day: Field staff reflect on work in Ukraine

I have headed humanitarian missions in hostile work environments such as Somalia, Rwanda, and…

Roger Kalimira, in front of a water bladder he helped install. Photo: LWF/ M. Idjawo

Water in the desert

Responding to the Sudan crisis in Chad

I work with LWF in the department of Assoungha specifically in the refugee and returnee sites of Adré, Ourang, Ambilia, Dize-…

Wejdan Jarrah with children at Zaâatri refugee camp. Photo: LWF Jordan

Humanitarianism Means…Life

Meet one of the 2500 Humanitarian Heroes at the forefront of the LWF’s emergency response. On World Humanitarian Day (19 August) we pay special tribute to their commitment to assist - often at great personal risk - those facing violence,…

Bhoj with camp management committee members and children in an IDP camp in Sittwe. Photo: LWF Myanmar

Humanitarianism Means…Compassion

Meet one of the 2500 Humanitarian Heroes at the forefront of the LWF’s emergency response. On World Humanitarian Day (19 August) we pay special tribute to their commitment to assist - often at great personal risk - those facing violence,…

The rainy season makes access to remote areas in CAR much more difficult. Photo: LWF/P. Mumia

Humanitarianism Means…Emergency Support in a Crisis

Meet one of the 2500 Humanitarian Heroes at the forefront of the LWF’s emergency response. On World Humanitarian Day (19 August) we pay special tribute to their commitment to assist - often at great personal risk - those facing violence,…

France Hernandez distributing food assistance to families affected by the harsh 2014 winter (June-July) in the department of Arauca in northeastern Colombia. Photo: LWF Colombia

Humanitarianism Means…Service

Meet one of the 2500 Humanitarian Heroes at the forefront of the LWF’s emergency response. On World Humanitarian Day (19 August) we pay special tribute to their commitment to assist - often at great personal risk - those facing violence,…

Alemayehu at Leitchuor refugee camp in western Ethiopia. Photo: Christof Krackhardt/Bread for the World

Humanitarianism Means…Philanthropy

Meet one of the 2500 Humanitarian Heroes at the forefront of the LWF’s emergency response. On World Humanitarian Day (19 August) we pay special tribute to their commitment to assist - often at great personal risk - those facing violence,…

Jenny Moe visiting Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, close to the border to Syria. Photo: Jenny Moe

You, Me and War

Oslo-based medical student and musician, Jenny Moe traveled to the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan in the fall of 2014 to get a personal view of life for Syrians displaced by the civil…