25 years of LWF’s refugee support at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya

Few among those fleeing northeast African conflicts to seek refuge in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya 25 years ago could have imagined what is now a city…

While Dr Denis Mukwege from the Democratic Republic of Congo was delivering his keynote speech to the Twelfth Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in the Namibian capital of Windhoek, there was new fighting in his home country. Mukwege…

Hungarian church support for minorities and disadvantaged groups

“We must not abandon the persecuted Christians of Iraq and other countries,” says Hungarian Bishop Dr Tamas Fabiny, reflecting on a recent visit to a displaced people’s camp…

Statement by LWF President Musa and General Secretary Junge

(LWI) – On World Refugee Day today, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) calls on its member churches and all people of goodwill to “extend the hand of welcome to refugees and…

‘More positive examples needed from the CAR’, says LWF team leader

The president of the AFUDES women’s group in the Central African Republic (CAR) could have fled during the bitter 2013 conflict but she instead decided to stay in her…

LWF joins faith-based organizations calling for solidarity with forcibly displaced people

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined the worldwide plea of a wide range of ecumenical groups for solidarity with the world’s millions of…

Women’s group in Jordan advocates against early marriage and child labor

(LWI) – In the eyes of her family and community, Wafeh should feel happy: Her daughter has already received two offers for marriage. As a mother of five girls, the…

LWF and UNHCR set up a new camp for people fleeing DRC

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are jointly striving to carve a living area out of dense Angolan bush for…

LWF gathers faith-based organizations at training around CEDAW session

(LWI) Delegates from around the world will this week explore strategies that lay and religious leaders and other civil society actors can use to increase the impact of…

LWF integrates students with disabilities into schools in the refugee camp.

Abdulbagi (17) wants to be a pilot when he finishes school, his friend Maliah (18) plans to train to be a driver. “For the big trucks,” he specifies. Abdulbagi is…