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Minawao camp for Nigerian refugees, Northern Cameroon. The people living here have been displaced by Boko Haram terror in their countries. Photo: LWF/A. Hillert

Africa’s forgotten crises in focus

World Service Regional Management Team Meeting in Cameroon

(LWI) - Serving people in need in the so-called forgotten crises in the French- and Portuguese-speaking countries of Africa are the subject of a…

Olive tree in the Mount of Olives, East Jerusalem. Photo: LWF/M.Renaux

Grave concern over US “Peace to Prosperity” plan

“Peace can never be unilaterally imposed”

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has expressed grave concern over the “Peace to Prosperity” plan for Israel and Palestine presented by the U.S. administration this week.

“Peace…

A cooperative of South Sudanese women in Njumanzi refugee settlement, Northern Uganda. LWF gave them goats to start a livelihood activity. Photo: LWF/C. KÃ¤stner

LWF prepares South Sudanese refugees for return home

Interview with Girma Gudina, LWF Country Representative

(LWI) - After almost five years of civil war, 2.3 million South Sudanese are living as refugees outside their country. The majority found refuge in neighboring Uganda, Kenya and…

The old city of Jerusalem. The US âPeace to prosperityâ planâs suggestion about the future situation of the capitals for Israel and Palestine is but one of the contested measures proposed. Photo: LWF/ A. Danielsson

LWF joins coalition to reject US “Peace to Prosperity” plan

International community to take “decisive action” against further annexation of Palestinian territory

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has signed on to a statement with a coalition of other non-government organizations,…

Fadinatou Amadou Tukur (left) and Tanga Moktar (right) run a small poultry farm in the Gado refugee camp, Cameroon. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Africa’s forgotten crises: Strengthening regional cooperation and advocacy

LWF Vice president: “The Lutheran family will not forget”

(LWI) – Chronic conflict, pervasive poverty, scant media attention and growing “donor fatigue. The challenges addressed by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) World Service…

Girls in primary school in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. LWF is working to protect their right to education and a childhood without violence. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

A network to stop early marriage

How LWF work saves young girls from forced marriage in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya

(LWI) - Zawadi (name changed) was 16 when her father started constructing a new house in their compound in Kakuma…

Participants at a workshop in Nepal in December 2019 develop ideas on how to pilot the âChurches and Emergenciesâ program in the two target communities. Photo: LWF/NELC

Nepal: Ready to respond to those in need

New LWF program helps member churches be better prepared to deal with emergencies and natural disasters

(LWI) - When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit central and eastern Nepal on the morning of 25 April 2015, Rev. Marandi Patras, General…

A child receiving dialysis at Augusta Victoria Hospital, East Jerusalem. The presence of a parent for treatment is one of the key demands of the LWF. Photo: Atta Jabr

LWF and partners advocate for Palestinian children’s access to health care

Security checks delay treatment and hinder parental accompaniment

(LWI) - Insufficient health care, limited access to specialized treatment, security checks delaying treatment or hindering the accompaniment of a parent: Palestinian…

Bishop Ibrahim Azar of ELCJHL and LWF Country representative Sieglinde Weinbrenner shake hands after signing the MOU. Photo: LWF Jerusalem

LWF Jerusalem centralizes its vocational training in Ramallah

Local church school building is converted into a training center

(LWI) - The new Lutheran World Federation (LWF) vocational training center in Ramallah, Palestine, is about to take shape: On Sunday, 1 March Bishop Sani Ibrahim Azar of…

LWF General Secretary says he is âdistressedâ by the âunsettling scenes at the Turkey-EU borders, particularly in Greece, where people from Syria and from other parts of the world are being treated inhumanely and are left in an unbearable limbo. Photo: Klara Tarr/ELCH

Recalling Europe’s responsibility to protect refugees

Lutheran leader writes letter to EU heads of state reminding them of obligations under refugee convention

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) leader, Rev. Dr Martin Junge, has written to European Union heads of state reminding…