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With the LWF Rapid Response Fund, 35 women living in poverty in the UELCI member church areas have regained their livelihoods. A tiffin owner serves lunch. UELCI
COVID-19: India’s churches help women achieve economic independence
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17 Aug 2021
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17 Aug 2021
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Houses and other buildings destroyed by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake which hit the south-west of the country on 14 August 2021. Photos: KORAL/MR Batismé
LWF appeals for funds for Haiti earthquake
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16 Aug 2021
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16 Aug 2021
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Central Riga with St Peter’s Church tower visible on the left-hand side. Photo: Unsplash/Martin Kleppe
LWF responds to decision by Lutheran church in Latvia
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12 Aug 2021
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12 Aug 2021
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LWF trains members of a Farmer’s Association in Angola’s drought-prone Cunene province in resilient farming methods. Photo: LWF Angola/Benny Fulayi
Food insecurity worsening in resource-rich Angola
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12 Aug 2021
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12 Aug 2021
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Bishop Dr David W. Preus, Vice-President of the LWF, February 1987. Photo: LWF/Emily Demuth
Remembering Bishop Dr David W. Preus
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11 Aug 2021
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11 Aug 2021
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The Environmental Education Center (EEC) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land (ELCJHL) educates youth to be stewards of creation through learning programs and practical activities such as planting olive trees. Photo: EEC
Palestine: Teaching youth how to care for the earth
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11 Aug 2021
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11 Aug 2021
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Extreme weather events: LWF representative Carlos Rivera (with white face mask) visiting Chamelecón, Honduras, where many homes were washed away in unexpected flooding from the hurricanes Eta and Iota in 2020. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
LWF welcomes new UN climate report, urges ambitious action to protect the most vulnerable
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10 Aug 2021
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10 Aug 2021
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The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) President Yonas Dibisa (seated right) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Presiding Bishop Dr. Fredrick Shoo (center) signed a “Learning and Sharing” collaboration agreement in July. LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa is seated left.Photo: E.Adolph/ELCT
Lutheran Churches in Ethiopia, Tanzania meet to share and learn together
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6 Aug 2021
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6 Aug 2021
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Rev. Ruth Wolff-Bonsirven of the Union of Protestant Churches of Alsace-Lorraine. Photo: UEPAL
France: Finding the voice of gender justice in Scripture
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6 Aug 2021
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6 Aug 2021
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