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LWF provides psychosocial support to patients from Gaza Augusta-Victoria-Hospital in East Jerusalem provides live-saving cancer and kidney treatment to Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza.
LWF World Service launches new website LWF World Service has launched a new website to feature the humanitarian and development work of the LWF.
AVH trying to get vital medical supplies into Gaza Doctors have run out of basic medications to treat the injured and hospitals no longer have drugs for cancer patients or those facing other life-th
Lutherans worldwide join prayer for peace in Israel and Palestine Lutheran churches worldwide are heeding a unified call for peace prayers in Israel and Palestine on 17 October.
“A catastrophe is imminent” Dr Fadi Atrash, the head of the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem, talks about how the war in the region affects patients from Gaza and t
AVH receives funds but financial situation still vulnerable The Augusta Victoria Hospital has received vital funding from the United States Government but the hospital continues to struggle with financial st
Assembly calls for protection of Christians in the Holy Land In a public statement, the Thirteenth LWF Assembly voiced concerns about the violence and loss of lives in Israel-Palestine, calling upon the inter
Augusta-Victoria Hospital delegation visits US Capitol Contributions to the hospital need to meet the increasing number of patients.