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Bringing water and life to the Turkana people at Nakururum and Lokwamur in Kenya. #WorldWaterDay Photo: ALWS / H. Wikstrom

When water comes to life

Australian Lutheran World Service Community Action Manager Jonathan Krause reflects on the importance of providing clean water

Here in Australia, we know how to “do” weather. Our northern parts sometimes receive a year’s rainfall in a…

Rigoberto and his family with an image of their son, who was kidnapped on the migration route to the US. Photo: LWF/C. KÃ¤stner

Displaced by climate change

(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…

Children play at one of the water collection tanks between the Mailoti river and Minawao refugee camp. Photos: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

The journey of water

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…

Children lead the way to the dry riverbed near Burka Dare site for internally displaced people, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert

Water, peace, and long-term commitment

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…

A woman works in the fields of Ouaddai Province in Eastern Chad. Photo: LWF/Allahramadji Gueldjim

16 Days: Working for women’s economic justice

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…

LWF Global Young Reformers Erika Rodning (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada) and Fernanda ZuÃ±iga (Lutheran Church in Chile) during a march through the streets of central Madrid as part of a public contribution to the United Nations climate meeting COP25, urging decision-makers to take action for climate justice. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Earth Day: Rethinking our ecological footprint

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…

For the most vulnerable people access to sufficient and clean water is essential at times of climate change as well as during the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In Minawao camp, a young woman waits for her bucket to fill up at one of the tapstands. The Minawao camp for Nigerian refugees, located in the North region of Cameroon, hosts some 58,000 refugees from North East Nigeria. The refugees are supported by the Lutheran World Federation, together with a range of partners. Photo: LWF/A

Earth Day: Acting to prevent hardship and suffering in the future

LWF and interfaith partners call for sustainable, just and healthy societies

(LWI) - Observing today’s Earth Day, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), together with other inter-faith groups active at United…

Hand washing before a distribution in Burundi. Water is essential to proper hygiene and to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Photo: LWF Burundi

On World Water Day, LWF calls for access to safe water

Water essential for protection in times of COVID-19

(LWI) - One year after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic; many people still live without access to clean and safe water. "Access to water is still a problem in many places where we work…