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Image Girls in primary school in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. LWF is working to protect their right to education and a childhood without violence. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner A network to stop early marriage How LWF work saves young girls from forced marriage in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya (LWI) - Zawadi (name changed) was 16 when her father started constructing a new house in their compound in Kakuma…
Image Rev. Toshiki Toma (right) and Rev. KristÃn Ãórunn Tómasdóttir (third from left) with the congregation at Laugarnes-church in Reykjavik. Photo: Rev. Hjalti Jón Sverrisson Iceland’s pastor for immigrants and asylum seekers Church seeks to ‘welcome the stranger’ as numbers of foreigners rise in the Nordic nation (LWI) - Rev. Toshiki Toma’s work in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik reflects the far-reaching changes taking place in the geographically isolated…
Image An emoji for forgiveness, selected from the proposals submitted in a campaign by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Photo: ELCF Finland: New emoji for forgiveness presented Former president Halonen selects emoji from hundreds of submissions (LWI) - Two hands showing the "thumbs up" gesture in front of a heart – this is the winner of the emoji campaign launched by the…
Image Students from schools in the West Bank take part in a training workshop on environmental leadership. Photo: Adrainne Gray LWF promotes religious education as a path to ecological sustainability A Lutheran communion contribution to interdisciplinary approaches to teaching ecology (LWI) – What do theologians, scientific researchers, faith leaders, educators, legal experts and climate activists have in common when it comes to…
Image LWF delegates at COP25 in Madrid join other faith-based organizations to pray for urgent and just action to find a way out of the climate crisis. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert LWF joins prayer chain for climate justice Churches and individuals urged to take part in 10-month initiative leading up to COP26 climate summit (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is inviting its 148 member churches to take part in a prayer chain ahead of the next UN…
Image A child receiving dialysis at Augusta Victoria Hospital, East Jerusalem. The presence of a parent for treatment is one of the key demands of the LWF. Photo: Atta Jabr LWF and partners advocate for Palestinian children’s access to health care Security checks delay treatment and hinder parental accompaniment (LWI) - Insufficient health care, limited access to specialized treatment, security checks delaying treatment or hindering the accompaniment of a parent: Palestinian…
Image Journalists interview LWF General Secretary Martin Junge following a meeting with government officials in Harare. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson Churches called to combat exclusion, discrimination LWF leader explores ‘Role of the Church in the Public Space’ in meeting with Zimbabwe Council of Churches (LWI) - Churches around the world today are called to combat “exclusionary, discriminatory narratives and policies”, modelling…
Image LWF General Secretary says he is âdistressedâ by the âunsettling scenes at the Turkey-EU borders, particularly in Greece, where people from Syria and from other parts of the world are being treated inhumanely and are left in an unbearable limbo. Photo: Klara Tarr/ELCH Recalling Europe’s responsibility to protect refugees Lutheran leader writes letter to EU heads of state reminding them of obligations under refugee convention (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) leader, Rev. Dr Martin Junge, has written to European Union heads of state reminding…
Image Moments after this photograph was taken a bomb was thrown into the church. No one was harmed. Photo: IELCH Molotov Bomb Thrown into Congregation In Chile Community Discussion on Upcoming Referendum (LWI) - On 27 February, the Congregation La Paz of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile (IELCH) was the victim of an attack…
Image Seeking asylum is a human right, Lutheran and Catholic bishops in the Nordic countries insist and EU member States have both a legal commitment and a moral obligation to support people escaping from oppression and persecution. In the image, Oreokastro refugee camp outside of Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo: HÃ¥vard Bjelland/Kirkens Nødhjelp Lutheran and Catholic leaders call on EU to support refugees Bishops in Nordic countries issue unprecedented joint statement calling for shared response (LWI) - Lutheran and Catholic bishops in the Nordic countries have issued an unprecedented…
