(LWI) - Gender-based violence and poor access to education are among the major human rights challenges for refugees in south western Uganda. That was made clear during a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) workshop at the end of 2015 for local staff…

(LWI) - Renewed fighting in South Sudan has caused a new influx of refugees into neighboring Uganda.

“Since the beginning of January 2016, Uganda has been experiencing a significant increase in the influx of South Sudanese refugees. Since…

Canadian Bishop visits Adjumani refugee camp

(LWI) - “Someone told me: statistics are human beings with the tears dried off,” Bishop Susan Johnson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada says. “Having the chance to meet refugees…

LWF Teko Wa project in Uganda promotes sustainable energy that generates income

(LWI) - Margret Akot, 41, a mother of seven lives in in Baroput village, in Uganda’s northern district of Agago.

Until two years ago, she lived off…

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…

LWF receives more than 12,000 people this week

(LWI) – Following violent clashes in South Sudan, thousands of South Sudanese have now arrived in Uganda to seek refuge in the neighboring country.

Most are entering through Elegu…

Rape survivor a tireless worker for refugee women’s rights in Uganda

(LWI) - Shantal M is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The mother of three arrived in Uganda in 2012 where The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)…

ADJUMANI (Uganda)/ GENEVA, 7 September 2016 (LWI) – Six weeks after an outbreak of violence in South Sudan forced tens of thousands to flee, the situation of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda is still critical. More than 70,000 have fled…

Bukoba Lutheran Bishop: Many people are “deeply shaken”

(LWI) – The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania (ELCT) together with its diaconal arm, and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) are reaching out to families affected by the 5.7…

Courses on fuel-efficiency foster peace between refugees and hosts in Uganda

(LWI) – “By the end of the day, we expect to complete four stoves,” says Drichi Godfrey, a 26-year-old refugee from South Sudan. He, his wife and the two…