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Dr Martina Fischer. Photo: LWF/I. Benesch

Overcoming trauma and taking conflict transformation action
By
Dr Martina Fischer

Blog
22 Dec 2016
Theology student Khulekani Sizwe Magwasa. Photo: LWF/Ryan Rodrick Beiler

Climate change and capacity building in developing countries
By
Khulekani Sizwe Magwasa

Youth
Climate
Churches
Blog
16 Dec 2016
A mother and child in Upper Nile State, South Sudan. The rights of women and children were one of the things found lacking in the LWF submissions to the UPR reports of Uganda and South Sudan. Photo_ LWF/ C. Kästner

Improving the Human Rights Situation in South Sudan and Uganda
By
Emmanuel Gore

Justice
Blog
15 Nov 2016
Caroline Ditebogo Lebea. Photo: LWF/Ryan Rodrick Beiler

Youth are making a difference as climate advocates
By
Caroline Ditebogo Lebea

Youth
Climate
Churches
Blog
11 Nov 2016
Dr. theol. Panu Pihkala (Lutheran Church of Finland) will present key themes from his extensive research on twentieth-century ecotheology. Photo: private

Tragedy, hope, and the environment
By
Panu Pihkala

Theology
Climate
Blog
09 Nov 2016
During the 23rd IECLB Youth Congress, Young Reformers from LWF member churches in the LAC and other regions exchanged information on the

Growing in confidence as agents of change
By
Marian Andrea Coy Contreras

Churches
Humanitarian
Blog
19 Aug 2016
Worship band “Jāņa ielas republika” (Republic of St John's Street) performs with guitar players at a training concert by the Youth Center of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia. ELCL/ Augusts Kolms

We may not see it all, but something special is happening
By
Gints Graudiņš

Churches
Blog
16 Aug 2016
Candles lit in the shape of a cross to symbolize young adults as light in the world. Photo: LWF/C. Bader

A friendly encounter in Brazil
By
Pablo Gudiel

Communion
Churches
Blog
12 Aug 2016
Emmanuel sits in class, supported by the LWF and safe from the violence he fled in South Sudan. Photo: LWF Uganda

The little things in life matter – keep dreaming
By
Betty Lamunu

Humanitarian
Blog
08 Aug 2016
Blind but not illiterate: Mahomed, right, is blind but intelligent and learns about the world through the radio his brother holds. Photo: ALWS/Jonathan Krause

When the light scatters
By
Jonathan Krause

Humanitarian
Blog
04 Aug 2016
The yellow school bus in Markazi refugee camp that transports children from the refugee camp to school each day. Photo: ALWS/ Jonathan Krause

When normal life ends
By
Jonathan Krause, Australian Lutheran World Service

Justice
Humanitarian
Blog
27 Jul 2016
“I realize that God gives us freedom to pursue passions in our life, not with greed but with a pure heart”, says Aldonna Purba, of the  Batak Christian Protestant Church, Indonesia,. Photo: private

Unite God’s people for God’s mission
By
Aldonna Purba

Churches
Blog
26 Jul 2016

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