LWF continues to provide humanitarian aid to Sudanese refugees in Chad. Many are severely wounded and have travelled far in search of safety. LWF and partners are calling for more funding to care for the people in need.…
(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Department for World Service (DWS) is providing emergency assistance to thousands of people fleeing the violence in the Central African Republic (…
Chad Hosts over 420,000 Refugees from Neighboring Countries
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has contributed non-food items to support 18,000 Sudanese refugees under the care of the United Nations High Commissioner for…
LWF providing a safe haven in the midst of conflict
(LWI) The field seems to stretch all the way to the horizon. In the midst of this dry semi–desert of red and dusty roads, a green haven unfolds. There are carrots, herbs, sesame…
(LWI) – Wreaths of sesame, sorghum and peanut plants are the first tangible results of the project “Seeds for Solutions” implemented by The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and UNHCR in…
(LWI) – “It was about time the rain came,” Genio Maidoum says. Together with three younger brothers, the 16-year-old plows the family fields in Dosseye camp, southern Chad. They have one acre - the…
DOSSEYE, Chad/ GENEVA, 19 June 2015 (LWI) - “A civil servant buys what he needs in a market. A farmer has it at home,” Daniel Deba, President of the seed production group quotes a proverb he learned…
GORE, Chad / GENEVA, 23 June 2015 (LWI) - The log is still lying in the yard of her home in Maro village, Chad. It's a big white chunk of wood, heavy to lift and polished from a person touching it and sitting…
LWF supports refugees with small loans to generate income
(LWI) – Her assortment includes salt, onions, Maggi flavour cubes, little yellow peppers and cooking oil. Pointy plastic bags with the yellow liquid are shining in the afternoon…
“It is difficult to see so many people in need and not to be able to help them.”
GORE, Chad/ GENEVA – 12 August (LWI) - The people Deena Houmhisna works with have seen unimaginable things. “They have been in a war,” the young woman says…