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Yusuf Mohamed Ali, 42, and his family. He came as a refugee from Bey Dedawa, Somalia in 2007. Four of his nine children have been born in the camp. LWF supported him with chicken so he could start poultry production. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner
Ethiopia to implement new refugee framework
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5 Dec 2017
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5 Dec 2017
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“Seeking Conviviality: Faithful Living in Diversifying Europe” workshop participants, Balatonszárszó, Hungary. Photo: LWF/I. Lukas
‘People on the move’ strategy for diversity
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4 Dec 2017
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4 Dec 2017
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In an interview marking the 16 Days of advocacy against Gender-Based Violence Rev. Dr Faith Kokubelwa Lugazia called on churches to work and pray together for justice in the world. Photo: LWF
Knowing Who We Are Key to Ending Gender-Based Violence
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1 Dec 2017
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1 Dec 2017
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Castle Church in Wittenberg. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux
Realizing Lutheran Communion through Writings and Encounter
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1 Dec 2017
1 Dec 2017
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A woman carries water from a barehole installed by the LWF in Cacanda reception center, Northern Angola. Photo: LWF / C. Kästner
Water and sanitation for Kasai refugees in Angola
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30 Nov 2017
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30 Nov 2017
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Berta Caceres stands at the Gualcarque River in the Rio Blanco region of western Honduras where she, COPINH (the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) and the people of Rio Blanco have maintained a two year struggle to halt construction on the Agua Zarca Hydroelectric project, that poses grave threats to local environment, river and indigenous Lenca people from the region. Photo: Tim Russo/Goldman Environmental Prize
Ecumenical groups join in UN forum on business and human rights in Geneva
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30 Nov 2017
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30 Nov 2017
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IERP General Secretary Rev. Sonia Skupch at a past LWF event. She becomes the first woman to be elected as President of the Ecumenical Commission of Christian Churches in Argentina. Photo: LWF/Eugenio Albrecht
Lutheran pastor Skupch is the first woman president of Argentine ecumenical body
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29 Nov 2017
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29 Nov 2017
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LWF representatives and Caritas Nepal team after signing the MoU in the Caritas Nepal office. Photo: LWF
LWF and Caritas to collaborate more closely in Nepal
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28 Nov 2017
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28 Nov 2017
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A group of women participants at MLC’s jubilee. Photo: MLC
Precious in God’s Eyes
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25 Nov 2017
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25 Nov 2017
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