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A father carries his baby at the Aguas Calientes border post between Honduras and Guatemala, close to a military roadblock. No undocumented migrant was allowed out of Honduras or into Guatemala, and anyone with an arrest warrant on either side of the border was taken into custody. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
LWF in Honduras offers alternatives to migration
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31 Jan 2019
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31 Jan 2019
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Photo by Chris Slupski on Unsplash
LWF condemns stifling of democracy in Venezuela
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29 Jan 2019
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29 Jan 2019
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A young South Sudanese refugee eats porridge in Northern Uganda. Photos:LWF/Uganda
Uganda: Life-saving interventions for babies and mothers
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24 Jan 2019
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24 Jan 2019
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A congregation of new LWF member church the United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod meets in Santiago de Cuba. The church has more female ordained leaders than male. Photo: United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod
New LWF member: United Evangelical Church in Cuba Lutheran Synod
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23 Jan 2019
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23 Jan 2019
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Participating in the e-mobility pilot project, from left: Jan Westphal (director, Horizonte gGmbH Altenburg), Dietmar Wiegand (deputy head, Altenburger Land church district), Rev. Christian Sparsbrod ( Rudolstadt-Saalfeld church district) and Rev. Jens Bechtloff ( Kindelbrück pastorate) with the new cars. Photo: EKM/Diana Steinbauer
Speed limit, electric cars and a forest towards a climate-friendly church
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23 Jan 2019
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23 Jan 2019
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An LWF-run child-friendly space in Thi Kyar village, Mrauk U township, Rakhine state, Myanmar. Photo:C/Kästner
International NGOs call for unrestricted access to affected populations in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
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22 Jan 2019
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22 Jan 2019
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More than 250 migrants have drowned since the beginning of 2019 as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea to escape poverty and violence. Photo: Óglaigh na hÉireann
Lutherans in Italy call for compassion to end migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea
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22 Jan 2019
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22 Jan 2019
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From left: Lutheran Bishop Jerzy Samiec, President of the Polish Ecumencial Council and Orthodox Archbishop Abel, Diocese of Lublin-Chełm of the Church of Poland. Photo: PEC
Churches in Poland call for tolerance after killing of Gdansk mayor
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18 Jan 2019
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18 Jan 2019
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María Ruth Sanabria, Colombian human rights defender. Photo: LWF Colombia
María Ruth Sanabria: 40 years of taking risks to defend the rights of others
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18 Jan 2019
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18 Jan 2019
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