(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) intervention at the 36th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), 11-29 September, included oral statements on the human rights…
Refugees speak about the importance of education for girls
“Education is light, ignorance is darkness,” says Fatuma Aden Siyad. If this would be be applied literally, the young woman from Somalia lived in darkness for the first eleven…
(LWI) - Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya is one of the largest and oldest refugee camps in the world. It is inhabited mostly by refugees from Somalia who started fleeing the civil war and following unrests…
LWF rehabilitates schools in Jordanian host communities
When the students enter the principal’s office, their admiration for their principal and school is palpable. “We are so proud of how beautiful our school is, and we are much more…
(LWI) - A decision by the United Nations (UN) Security Council on 15 November to add a further 900 peacekeepers to the UN mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has been welcomed by…
LWF General Secretary Junge visits indigenous community in Colombia
(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge has pledged continuing support for the indigenous people of Puebla Nuevo in Colombia as…
