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Deena Houmhisna, a psychosocial worker with LWF Chad, supports people who have seen unimaginable things. Photo: LWF Chad

Without psychosocial support, everything lacks foundation

“It is difficult to see so many people in need and not to be able to help them.”

GORE, Chad/ GENEVA – 12 August (LWI) - The people Deena Houmhisna works with have seen unimaginable things. “They have been in a war,” the young woman says…

Djouma Ousmane (in the back) ferries members of the community across the river with a boat they bought with collective income from an LWF livelihoods initiative. Photo: LWF Chad

Sowing in the ground, reaping on the river

ARADIB(Chad)/ GENEVA, 1 September 2016 (LWI) - ‘‘Hold the rope, firmly, pull, pull!’ Djouma Ousmane shouts as he paddles a small barge. Standing on the edge of the river Bar Azoum, a young man pulls a rope tied to the…

Mariam Yaya shows the money she received to buy food. Photo: LWF Chad

Feed the hungry, strengthen local markets

Cash-based food support in Eastern Chad

(LWI) - Sitting in the shade under a tree, Marian Yaya, 82, listens as a Lutheran World Federation (LWF) case worker calls the names of beneficiaries registered to receive cash in the village of…

On his visit to Chad, LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge encouraged staff working in the country program, met refugees and host communities and discussed the countryâs protracted refugee and forgotten humanitarian crisis. Photo: LWF/A. S. DanÃelsson

LWF General Secretary visits Chad

Attention and innovative solutions are needed to address a protracted crisis

(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge visited the LWF country program in Chad last week, the first-ever visit of an…

LWF General Secretary Martin Junge with farmers in a Seeds for Solutions garden in Eastern Chad. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Seeds for Solutions: refugees and host communities working together

LWF Chad program helps farmers reap tons of fresh produce from bare farmland

(LWI) – During his visit to Chad last week, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge met refugee and host community members…

LWF General Secretary Junge met with the chief of Koutoufou village Adam Younouss, who provided the Seeds for Solutions project with land on which refugees from the Djabal camp and villagers from Koutoufou jointly farm. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Together we achieve more

General Secretary Junge meets UN High Commissioner for Refugees, LWF partners and government officials in Chad

(LWI) – Collaboration is a key element in serving the people of Chad, Rev. Dr Martin Junge said during a visit there last week…

Staff of LWF Chad praised for competence and commitment. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson

Professional and passionate service to the neighbor

LWF General Secretary thanks LWF staff in Chad for their inspiring work

(LWI) – During his visit to the LWF Country Program in Chad last week LWF General Secretary Martin Junge met LWF staff in N’Djamena, Goz Beida in Eeastern Chad and…

Livelihoods and peace-building go hand in hand for this womenâs group of widows who are now producing snacks to sell at the market. Photo: LWF/ S. Muis

Building trust between refugees and hosts in Chad

Returnees and host community members living and working together

(LWI) - Chad in central Africa continues to receive refugees from surrounding countries experiencing civil war, including the Central African Republic (CAR). Not but all…