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Image South Sudanese refugee, Rose Nathike Lokonyen, runs the 800-metres for the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016. Photo: UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau Refugees journey to the Olympic Games LWF joins UNHCR call to support refugee athletes (LWI) - Leading up to the Olympic summer games in Tokyo, Japan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has released a…
Image A traditional meal is served in Hadiya, south central Ethiopia. Photo: Albin Hillert/LWF "People are not starving, they are being starved” LWF joins interagency call to fight famine (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined more than 200 aid organizations in a call to fight hunger and famine worldwide. In an…
Image Youth playing on the banks of RÃo Pogue in Atrato, northwestern Colombia. The LWF supports local communities to uphold their rights and protect the Atrato River, which has been polluted by material from extractive industries for decades. Photo: LWF/G. A. Moreno Clavijo Supporting marginalized people to organize and empower themselves Report on LWF’s rights-based approach work in 2020 (LWI) – Through its local-to-global methodology, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) continues to work with refugees, internally displaced people, indigenous communities, ethnic…
Image LWF World Service Annual Report. Photo: LWF/ S. Gallay LWF World Service Annual Report 2023 published The LWF World Service Annual Report reflects LWF’s humanitarian and development work in a growing number of conflicts and emergencies worldwide.
Image Worship in African Contexts of Holism and Crisis The publication explores four specific questions: What, from an African perspective, is worship?
