Fasting for the climate in Germany

Together with seven other Protestant regional churches and one Catholic diocese, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (ELCNG) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg, both member…

(LWI) – “The stories aren’t true,” Rigoberto Monge, 44, says. “You only get a job when you are lucky.”

Rigoberto has been to the United States and back. Now he sits in the yard of his home in Ahuachapan, El Salvador, maybe 50 meters from…

LWF provides safe drinking water for Boko Haram refugees in Cameroon

(LWI) - Twenty liters - this is the recommended minimum amount of clean water every person should have at their disposal every day. What seems like quite a restriction…

LWF supports peace building and community empowerment

(LWI) - “Do you want to go down to the river?” Not everywhere in the world, saying yes to this question means you’ll actually get to see water.

As…

LWF promotes empowerment through skills and leadership training, access to land and seeds 

(LWI) - Empowering women in the economy and closing gender gaps in the world of work are key to achieving Gender Equality. The Lutheran World…

Measuring carbon emissions and overuse of resources

(LWI) – Earth Day which is observed on 22 April was an occasion for two young climate activists to measure their ecological footprint. Observed since 1970 and promoted by the United…