LWF and partners have received a six million EUR grant for multipurpose cash assistance to refugees in Uganda. The grant comes at a time when the refugee response in the country faces severe funding cuts.…
Thousands have fled to neighboring countries following the fighting in Sudan. LWF country programs respond in the Sudanese border areas of Chad, Ethiopia and Sudan.
The Lutheran World Federation expresses shock and sympathy at the killings of seven peace workers in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan on 29 April. The South Sudanese delegates to a peace conference were traveling with Norwegian Church Aid…
LWF has set up a cross-border project between northern Uganda and South Sudan, to provide information and bridge return-related insecurities for refugees, returnees, and old and new host communities.
LWF on the Ground to Assist Refugees from the Conflict
(LWI) – Some 200,000 people are reported to be internally displaced and 1,000 have been killed since fighting broke out in the South Sudanese capital of Juba on 15 December…
Interview with LWF Country Program Coordinator Lokiru Matendo
(LWI) - The conflict that started in South Sudan in mid-December 2013 has either wiped out completely or reduced significantly the gains that households had made in…
(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is highly concerned about the growing vulnerability of civilians and reduced humanitarian access to internally displaced people inside…
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined 50 non-governmental organizations in expressing concern over the recent escalation of violence in South Sudan, which has resulted in…