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Leading Bishop Ralf Meister (right) and Diaconia Board Spokesperson Hans-Joachim Lenke in conversation with women who have fled Ukraine. Svitlana Kryzhanivska (left) interprets the discussion. Photo: Lothar Veit
Ukraine: “I don’t want to sit around until the war is over” 
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6 Apr 2022
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6 Apr 2022
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LWF General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt hears the testimonies of two teenage mothers in the Palorinya refugee settlement, Obongi district, Uganda, as part of a visit to the LWF country program in Uganda in April 2022. All photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Uganda: ‘We understand our work as putting faith into action’
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5 Apr 2022
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5 Apr 2022
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Outside LWF's vocational training center in Ramallah – front row from left, program director Yousef Shalian, Bishop Ibrahim Azar, LWF Representative Sieglinde Weinbrenner, LWF Regional Program Coordinator Caroline Tveoy and Heather Platt from Canadian Lutheran World Relief. The ELCJHL’s director of education Dr Charlie Haddad and the ELCA’s Rev. Gabi Aelabouni are behind them. All photos: Abd Al Rahman Hadidi
Stepping up vocational training for Palestinian students
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5 Apr 2022
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5 Apr 2022
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A group of women from the Kajo-Keji Diocese march to church in the refugee settlement of Palorinya in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert 
‘There’s no commandment greater than loving your neighbor’ 
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4 Apr 2022
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4 Apr 2022
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Felix Kalbe (center) takes medical supplies to Lviv in Ukraine as a volunteer driver. Photo: private 
Germany: With heart and mind – doing what is necessary for the people of Ukraine
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1 Apr 2022
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1 Apr 2022
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Following her training as a Peace Messenger in 2019, Ms Oneyda Fuentes and fellow youth of the Salvadoran Lutheran Church have organized retreats in El Salvador on how to work for peace in their context.  Photo: Chris Manke 
LWF invites youth to apply for Peace Messengers training in June
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1 Apr 2022
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1 Apr 2022
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Emmanuel, a Nigerian student who fled from Ukraine and has been welcomed in Budapest by staff and students at the Theological Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary. All photos: LWF/A. Hillert
Ukraine: “One minute we’re in school, the next we’re running for our lives”
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31 Mar 2022
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31 Mar 2022
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Two friends enjoy a meal on the campus of the ELCT-Diocese of Meru, Usa River Rehabilitation and Training Centre for people with special needs, in Arusha, Tanzania. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert 
Tanzania: Heart-warming witness to the gospel
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30 Mar 2022
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30 Mar 2022
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The refugee crisis in Korczowa, on the Polish-Ukrainian border, caused by the war in Ukraine. Photo: Filip Błażejowski
Hot meals and kind hugs: Polish welcome for Ukrainian refugees
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29 Mar 2022
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29 Mar 2022
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