The LWF continues to work with UNHCR, ACT Alliance members and other partners in supporting thousands of South Sudanese displaced internally and thousands more seeking refuge in the…
With the heavy rains that have started in Kenya, the Reception Center at Kakuma Refugee camp is flooded. Refugees arriving from South Sudan are literally walking in five to 10 cm of water, and the center is…
Meet one of the 2500 Humanitarian Heroes at the forefront of the LWF’s emergency response. On World Humanitarian Day (19 August) we pay special tribute to their commitment to assist - often at great personal risk - those facing violence,…
After the incidences in Maban on 3rd of August where 5 humanitarian agency staff were deliberately targeted and killed, many agencies including LWF were forced to evacuate the staff out of the location. A number of NGOs – including LWF World…
Child marriage is a common occurance in the refugee camps of Maban, South Sudan. Girls are sometimes as young as 10 when they are married to older men by their families. The LWF has been advocating against this practice for years. One occasion…
World Refugee Day on 20 June 2015 was celebrated for over a week in the various Adjumani refugee settlements. The theme of this year is “Refugees: Ordinary people living through extraordinary circumstances. Get to know and support them”,…
On World Humanitarian Day, Anne Mwaura, team leader for the Department for World Service’s Ajuongthok Refugee Program in northern South Sudan, describes her motivation to make a difference to the lives of children and young…
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) works to improve the human rights situation in South Sudan and Uganda through the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism.
Since 2015, the LWF has implemented global social and…
