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A woman from Bhajani Municipality, in Kailali district in the far western part of Nepal cooks food at waterlogged premises. Photos: LWF/ P. Maharjan

Responding to disaster and climate change in Nepal

LWF program restores livelihoods and environment

(LWI) – The floods which swept his crops away and wreaked havoc in his village took Ganga Bahadur Bhujel, 58, by surprise: “We never had a flood like this before. We took it for granted…

Goma Timalsina tends her vegetables. Using savings from a cooperative set up by the LWF, Timalsina has invested in agriculture and livestock. Photo: Santosh KC, ICDO

Savings scheme boosts confidence

LWF cooperatives transforming lives in Nepal

(LWI) - Goma Timalsina lives a dignified life thanks to her local women’s cooperative, which is supported by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Nepal. In the year since joining, the resident…

Asmita Nyasur, an indigenous woman in Nepal, used financial support provided by LWF Nepal to recover from the 2015 earthquake. Photo: LWF/Ram Sharan Sedhai

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

LWF Nepal supports Adivasi Janjati

(LWI) - August 9 is International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples.

According to the UN, there an estimated 370 million indigenous people in the world, living across 90 countries. They make up…

Jacob Longar Aleer. Photo: LWF/ S. Gallay

Working in a high-risk area

Interview with Jacob Aleer, LWF Security Focal Point in Jonglei, South Sudan

(LWI) - For the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), South Sudan has proven the most challenging country in terms of safety and security in the past year. As the…

Messages of peace in a school run by LWF in Upper Nile State, South Sudan. Photo: LWF/ C: KÃ¤stner

World Humanitarian Day: LWF calls for protection of humanitarian space

“Humanitarian workers have become soft targets for warring parties”

(LWI) - On World Humanitarian Day, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) calls for a better protection of humanitarian…

The LWF crosses a river on their way to the project site. Photo: Swosthani Gurung

Reaching out to remote communities in Nepal

“Team effort is essential”

(LWI) - Nepal’s remote mountain trails may be attractive to tourists, but to the The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) team, the country is also a challenge: Many communities we serve are difficult to access.…

Camp secretary Rev. Tikaram Rasaily shows Rev. Dr Martin Junge around the Beldangi refugee camp, Jhapa district, Nepal. All photos: LWF / Albin Hillert

Committed to dignified, durable solutions

LWF supports Bhutanese refugees in Nepal

(LWI) - On his visit to a Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal, Rev. Dr Martin Junge, general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF),…

Fertile soil: community vegetable gardens in Nepal funded by the LWF not only improve nutrition but mean surplus crops can be sold at market. Photo: LWF / Albin Hillert

People of faith for people in need

LWF general secretary visits post-earthquake rebuild in Nepal

(LWI) - “The LWF goes where no one else goes and the LWF goes to people who others hardly meet,” Lutheran World Federation (LWF)…

A group of participants in LWF's transformative education program for freed Haliyas in Baitadi, Nepal. Photos: LWF Nepal

From silent humiliation to advocacy for social change

LWF work with Nepal’s Haliya community targets women’s rights and education

(LWI) - Thirty-year-old Basanti Mahar of Bashulinga village in Nepal says talking to other women about alcohol-fueled domestic abuse in their community has…

Thanks to collaboration between the LWF and IRW, locals have a fountain that provides safe drinking water. Photo: LWF/IRW

Nepal: Building better houses and promoting interfaith harmony

Earthquake-resilient buildings and sustainable livelihoods, thanks to the LWF and IRW

(LWI) – Women in Nepal’s Langbu village have gained both privacy and dignity with the public bathing cubicles built collaboratively by the…