LWF Peace Oasis in Za’atari refugee camp offers hope for young refugees from Syria
(LWI) - “The LWF programs are useful because they help us to achieve our goals,” says Sumayah Hassan Al-Salem. The 19-year-old is a refugee from Syria and…
LWF facilitates workshop for churches in West Africa
(LWI) – Church representatives from West Africa said training workshops provided by The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) on innovative management of human resources for diaconal work…
(LWI) - Sitting in the shade under a tree, Marian Yaya, 82, listens as a Lutheran World Federation (LWF) case worker calls the names of beneficiaries registered to receive cash in the village of…
(LWI) – “Europe in Solidarity – Evangelical Lutheran Insights“ was the topic of a panel discussion at the General Synod of the United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD), 3–5 November, in…
LWF Ethiopia brings perspectives from communities devastated by climate change
(LWI) – Delegates from The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and other non-governmental organizations taking part in the United Nations (UN) climate conference…
ADJUMANI, Uganda/ GENEVA, 25 November 2016 (LWI) – “I did not have a say in whatever was arranged. The only time I had ever met the man I was supposed to marry was at family functions. I always thought he was one of those distant family members,…
(LWI) – “The world became silent and it felt like I was the only one in it.” Molly Aringo, 48, uses these words to describe the day she was diagnosed with HIV. For her it meant the end of life…
LWF human resource management training for churches in Central and East Africa
At a recent workshop focusing on empowerment, transformation and innovative ways of carrying out diaconal work, participants from LWF member churches in…