Christine Mangale from the Lutheran office at the UN headquarters in New York analyses the role of faith-based organizations in ensuring women’s inclusion and participation in sustainable development.
“With a small hammer, you can achieve great things”, stated French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius at the closing of the 21st United Nations (UN) climate change conference…
LWF World Service Kenya - Djibouti Program representative Lennart Hernander urges leaders to put human rights at the fore of decisions concerning refugee camps in Kenya.
“My faith teaches that compassion, mercy, love and hospitality are for everyone: the native born and the foreign born; the member of my community and the newcomer. I will remember and remind members of my community that we are all considered “…
The LWF member church delegates expressed appreciation for the Address of the President Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan and General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge, and reflected on some of the issues raised in the 16 June presentations.
Children without parents are a sad reality in many refugee camps. Often, relatives or older siblings take over the parental role. LWF Uganda staff member Betty Lamunu visited a family…
Abdifatah is eight years old but has never spoken. That is the trauma conflict causes. The trauma the education that the Australian Lutheran World Service plans to support can help heal. Impressions from a visit to Ali Addeh refugee camp,…
