DOHUK, Iraq/ GENEVA, 19 June 2015 (LWI) – Shahla Edno started her life in a plastic crate. Born in December 2014 at the Berseve 1 camp near the city of Zakho in Northern Iraq, her mother Kamla had…
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…
"Of course I want to go back home. I miss my country."
« Om mani padmi om »… The old woman mumbles while touching the prayer wheels outside the stupa- or gomba- in the Tishaling Tibetan Settlement near Pokhara, Nepal. There are four…
Eleven students receive diploma in oncology nursing
JERUSALEM/ GENEVA, 24 June 2015 (LWI) – The first class of oncology nurses have graduated from the Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem. Eleven post-graduate students received a…
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’s Oral Statement on Roma People at Human Rights Council
(LWI) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Ms Rita Izsak encouraged The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and other faith-based organizations to put more…
KATHMANDU, Nepal/GENEVA, 8 July 2015 (LWI) - While he could see everyone else run from their homes when the earthquake hit on 25 April, Dharma Lal Shrestha, 63, of Shankarapur Municipality…
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…
LUANG NAMTHA, Laos/ GENEVA, 9 July 2015 (LWI) - Poverty and scarce food supply was just a fact of life for the people in Koutou village, Luang Namtha province, Laos. With most people relying on…