As the global community marks 2016 World AIDS Day today, 1 December, hundreds of church workers throughout The Lutheran World Federation communion in local congregations, communities and at global level, are raising awareness of the need to fight…
Looking at the needs of refugees with disabilities
(LWI) – In a way, life in Za’atari refugee camp is not so different from life at home for Ahmed Bahar*, 22. Four years ago he fled his hometown Da’ara and became a refugee in Jordan. But…
An LWF supported women’s cooperative against gender-based violence in Nepal
(LWI) - When neighbors attack her verbally, Rita Lama now presses the record button on her mobile phone. “The recording is evidence if I have to fight a case in…
LWF and Islamic Relief Worldwide train builders in quake-proof construction
(LWI) - Tashi Tamang is busy. The 30-year-old mason from Ramche in Nepal’s central Rasuwa district has just finished the two-storey building of Seti Bhume High…
LWF supports communities with schools, teacher training and student kits
(LWI) - The noise of 150 primary school children in one room is deafening. In colourful clothes they sit on the floor of a “Temporary Learning Space” (TLS) in Nget…
Lutherans and Anglicans seek better relations with Buddhists in Myanmar
(LWI) – Seventy participants from Buddhist and Christian communities meeting in Myanmar have called for enhanced collaboration between the two faiths locally and…
Combining education and protection for girls in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya
(LWI) – It’s the beginning of a new year for Anek (16, name changed), a South Sudanese refugee in Kakuma refugee camp. As one of 4,000 secondary school students in…
Lutherans and Catholics in the Holy Land follow up on Joint Commemoration in Lund
(LWI) In celebration of years of cooperation and dialogue already nurtured in the Holy Land, church leaders from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan…