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Children looking by a window at the Katalyeba Early Learning Center, in Rwamwanja, Uganda. The center welcomes children from both the host community and the refugee settlement. Photo credit: LWF/M. Renaux

Children looking by a window at the Katalyeba Early Learning Center, in Rwamwanja, Uganda. The center welcomes children from both the host community and the refugee settlement. Photo credit: LWF/M. Renaux

Uganda: LWF responds to urgent resource crisis for refugees

Meeting urgent needs to build a sense of security

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and its partners in southwestern Uganda are responding to a new wave of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who are fleeing…

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21 Apr 2022
LWF Jordan staff, refugees and host community members take part in a training on hydroponics farming. The system uses 90 percent less water compared to conventional farming, and it is powered by photovoltaic panels, which also reduce fossil fuel energy consumption. Photo: LWF Jordan/Daham Al-Hamad

LWF Jordan staff, refugees and host community members take part in a training on hydroponics farming. The system uses 90 percent less water compared to conventional farming, and it is powered by photovoltaic panels, which also reduce fossil fuel energy consumption. Photo: LWF Jordan/Daham Al-Hamad

Jordan: Saving water while improving food security

LWF pioneers hydroponic farming system enabling refugees and host communities to grow fresh fruit and vegetables

(LWI) - Improving food security for Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan, while at the same time promoting climate…

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22 Apr 2022
One of the goals of the new course at the LCCN seminary is to increase advocacy activities among youth in schools and universities in Nigeria. Rev. Emmanuel Subewope Gabriel (right) presents SoH t-shirts during an event in the northeastern city of Gombe. Photo: SoH Nigeria

One of the goals of the new course at the LCCN seminary is to increase advocacy activities among youth in schools and universities in Nigeria. Rev. Emmanuel Subewope Gabriel (right) presents SoH t-shirts during an event in the northeastern city of Gombe. Photo: SoH Nigeria

Nigerian seminary brings education on irregular migration and trafficking to the classroom

Students and teachers of ‘Symbols of Hope’ in congregations and communities

(LWI) – The June 2022 graduates of the Bronnum Lutheran Seminary (BLS) in Yola, northeastern Nigeria, will include the…

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25 Apr 2022
Solar panels for a solar-powered motorized water pump in Orinya village, Palorinya settlement in Uganda. The LWF uses 14 hybrid solar-powered water pumps and an additional 152 hand-pumped boreholes to provide water for refugees. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Solar panels for a solar-powered motorized water pump in Orinya village, Palorinya settlement in Uganda. The LWF uses 14 hybrid solar-powered water pumps and an additional 152 hand-pumped boreholes to provide water for refugees. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Online program to empower lay and ordained for climate justice work in communities

“Climate change affects every corner of the world”

(LWI) – “My passion for climate justice makes me have a different worldview regarding all creation. The church must be involved in this work,” says Kwanele Ncube, pastor and dean of the…

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04 May 2022
In Chennai, India, the Christ Lutheran Church runs economic empowerment and personal development skills for members of the transgender community. In this photo, Bishop Dr M. Stanley Jose (background, second from left), with some of the students in a beautician course. Photo: CLC 

In Chennai, India, the Christ Lutheran Church runs economic empowerment and personal development skills for members of the transgender community. In this photo, Bishop Dr M. Stanley Jose (background, second from left), with some of the students in a beautician course. Photo: CLC 

India: From destitution to a dignified life and self-respect

Lutheran church supports transgender community’s right to economic progress and well-being

(LWI) - A skills’ training program by the Christ Lutheran Church (CLC) in Chennai, India, is enabling transgender persons to live with dignity,…

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05 May 2022
From left: Lord Mayor of Gotha, Knut Kreuch, LWF General Secretary Anne Burghardt and Leading Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany Friedrich Kramer on the occasion of the award of

From left: Lord Mayor of Gotha, Knut Kreuch, LWF General Secretary Anne Burghardt and Leading Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany Friedrich Kramer on the occasion of the award of

LWF leader receives ‘Der Friedenstein’ prize

General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt highlights urgency of educating young people to be agents of reconciliation

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary, Rev. Anne Burghardt has received the 2022 ‘Der Friedenstein’…

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06 May 2022

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