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At UNEA-5 a historic resolution to End Plastic Pollution was e endorsed that will be forged into an international legally binding agreement by 2024. Photo: Dustan Woodhouse, Unsplash
LWF calls to “protect and restore ecosystems”
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9 Mar 2022
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9 Mar 2022
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Farmers remove weeds in a Laos rice field. In most Asian countries, rice is both a main staple and a principal livelihood. Photo: Thomas Lohnes
LWF Myanmar: innovative techniques for rice farmers
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8 Mar 2022
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8 Mar 2022
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A Ukrainian refugee, Masha, with two of her children, at an aid station at the Ukrainian-Hungarian border on 2 March 2022. Masha, her husband and nine children fled from near the Crimean Peninsula and are receiving aid at a shelter where ACT Alliance member Hungarian Interchurch Aid is assisting Ukrainian refugees. Photo: FCA/Antti Yrjönen
Uphold rights and dignity of women fleeing conflict
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8 Mar 2022
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8 Mar 2022
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Ukrainian refugees at the border between Ukraine and Poland. Photo: Frank Schultze / Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
Welcome all affected by the war in Ukraine
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4 Mar 2022
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4 Mar 2022
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Hungarian volunteers assisting Ukrainian refugees. Photo: Elekes Andor (CC-BY-SA)
Ukraine: Lutheran churches in neighboring countries provide shelter and support
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4 Mar 2022
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4 Mar 2022
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Lutheran church leaders across the world have issued calls for a just peace in Ukraine and an end to the Russian invasion. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Ukraine: Lutheran churches across the world call for Peace and Support 
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28 Feb 2022
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28 Feb 2022
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Bishop Jerzy Samiec, Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland, and Bishop Pavlo Shvarts, German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ukraine. Bishop Samiec has called on the parishes of his church to open their doors to welcome refugees from Ukraine. Photo: Dariusz Bruncz
Ukrainian Bishop Shvarts: “Give shelter to refugees"
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27 Feb 2022
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27 Feb 2022
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LWF General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
Restore peace in Ukraine
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25 Feb 2022
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25 Feb 2022
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Photo: AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda
Ukraine: LWF calls for donations to support people and churches
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25 Feb 2022
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25 Feb 2022
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