(LWI) – "It is one thing to tell the story,” Alexis Mendoza says, “but it’s another thing to experience it. It is difficult to lose your animals and have all your crops damaged. You already have very little and…
DOHUK, Iraq/GENEVA, 13 November 2015 (LWI) – When the Islamic State militia (IS) advanced on Asna’s (not her real name) village in the Sinjar mountains, her neighbor convinced the Yazidi family to…
GENEVA, 14 November 2015 (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation(LWF) condemns in the firmest terms the despicable attacks in Beirut and Paris, this Thursday and Friday, which have caused massive loss of lives.
(LWI) - The directors of Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) and of the Anglican organization The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) have offered hopeful words about the…
Giving communities a voice on the international stage
(LWI) – The governments of Myanmar and Nepal have accepted recommendations of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) at their Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which took place at the…
DOHUK, Iraq/ GENEVA, 20 November 2015 (LWI) – At age 12, Besna has already learned what it means to lose your home. “I miss my books and things, my video games and my laptop,” the girl with the green T-Shirt says. “At home, I could just…
AL MAFRAQ, Jordan/ GENEVA, 19 November 2015 (LWI) - Raba’a’s children were hungry, but they didn’t complain. They knew the pressure their mother was under to provide for the family. “They notice there’s a difference in the amount of food…
LWF Peace Oasis in Jordan counters the effects of Syrian war
(LWI) - “I wish to become a teacher,” Salam says. The six-year-old girl has just started school and is one of the many children visiting the Peace Oasis in Za’atari refugee camp…
National Bishop Johnson: Living out the call to be a church in mission for others
National and regional staff from several different Lutheran bodies in Canada are coming together for the first time to sponsor a Syrian refugee family. …
