LWF Increases Support to Influx of South Sudanese in Uganda
(LWI) – “I am grateful for the support. Before I was sleeping under a tree in the shade with my children, now I have a plot of land, and I have just received cups,…
Interview with LWF Country Program Coordinator Lokiru Matendo
(LWI) - The conflict that started in South Sudan in mid-December 2013 has either wiped out completely or reduced significantly the gains that households had made in…
Safety and Protection at Stake for 140,000 IDPs in Rakhine State
YANGON, Myanmar/GENEVA, 2 April 2014 – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is deeply concerned about the safety and security of the communities it serves as well as…
Trekking Expedition Offers Insights from Host Communities and Tibetan Refugees
(LWI) – Sixty-five-year-old Tasha Tsering vividly remembers the day he began his new life as a refugee. He was ten when he fled from Tibet to Nepal with 15…
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is grateful to its member churches and related agencies for their sustained lobbying and advocacy in addressing the financial crisis at the Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH). Since February such action…
Insufficient Funding Compounds Situation for over 90,000 South Sudanese
(LWI) – Thirteen-year-old Panum arrived in Ethiopia’s western region of Gambella accompanied by her elder sister Nyamoun. “Our father got killed in the war and our…
(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is highly concerned about the growing vulnerability of civilians and reduced humanitarian access to internally displaced people inside…
(LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined 50 non-governmental organizations in expressing concern over the recent escalation of violence in South Sudan, which has resulted in…
