GENEVA, 8 March 2016 --International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March represents an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women worldwide.
(LWI) – Representatives of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) member churches in Tanzania and Germany met in Wittenberg, Germany, where they reflected on the Reformation and its global…
Follow the lives of three refugees in the Kakuma refugee camp, northwest Kenya, in this documentary by the Church of Sweden, If we ever get out of here. What have they fled? What…
“How do you say ‘yes’ in the Syrian language?” an eight-year-old Icelandic boy asked his teacher during a discussion about refugees in class. When the teacher asked him why he wanted to know, the boy…
New irrigation schemes help Ethiopian farmers deal with climate change
(LWI) - For Kassa Adane, 63, every day is a day to be grateful for the gift of water. The farmer in North Wollo, Ethiopia, and father of eight children is one of 94…
A prophetic voice with a passion for justice, peace and reconciliation
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has hailed South African Bishop (Emeritus) Manas Buthelezi, a former LWF vice-president who died on 20 April, aged 81, as a…
Lutheran communion support is important and much needed
(LWI) – They are sitting in a circle on the floor, eagerly listening to teacher Almaz Tesfaldet reading out from a booklet of Bible stories for children. Aged between four and six…
How LWF improves water supply and sanitation in the refugee settlement
(LWI) – These days, the Njumanzi settlement is growing again. Renewed insecurity in South Sudan has caused people to cross the border into north Uganda. As Uganda…
