LWF Ethiopia staff were on the first humanitarian flight to Mekelle after the cessation of hostilities. They visited communities LWF serves and joined the local member church in a Thanksgiving service to celebrate the fragile peace in Tigray.…
Faith is a key resource for many women fleeing from conflicts, climate emergencies or gender-based violence. LWF and partners are exploring ways of strengthening the role of religious leaders and other faith actors in preventing violence against…
LWF has started giving food aid to people displaced by the extreme drought in Somalia. Many walked for days to reach a place where they would receive aid. In the long-term however, they might need to change the way they live because of climate…
As the United Nations launch the Global Humanitarian Overview, indicating an exponential rise in humanitarian needs, LWF joins the call of humanitarian agencies to invest more into humanitarian response, and to put more emphasis on the support of…
LWF has served Syrian refugees and their hosts in Jordan for ten years. While many crises called for quick emergency aid, LWF's primary focus has been a sustainable and long-term approach to a life in dignity.
Diaconal practitioners from LWF’s member churches in Latin America and the Caribbean address contemporary challenges for Lutheran churches in the region.
In Jordan, the LWF is offering young delinquents new opportunities and hope. The LWF community centers in the country were recently approved as venues for community service of children convicted for minor offenses.
LWF is providing emergency aid to communities affected by heavy monsoon rains in Nepal this autumn. Climate change has increased the severity of the rains in recent years.
4,000 people have been left without a home after an earthquake struck Western Nepal on 9 November. Among the affected are freed Dalit/Haliya communities LWF Nepal has been working with for years. LWF now provides shelter and other items.
In Chernihiv, a region in northern Ukraine that was occupied for two months, families are still feeling the impact of the invasion and Russian occupation in the spring.
