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Churches have structures in place and contact to communities that are a great asset in containing the spread of COVID-19. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
COVID-19: LWF launches Rapid Response Fund for member churches
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17 Apr 2020
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17 Apr 2020
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In IDP camps in Rakhine State, loudspeakers are used to broadcast COVID-19 prevention messaging in Rohingya and other local languages. All Photos: LWF/Myanmar
COVID-19: LWF on frontlines of response in rural Myanmar
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16 Apr 2020
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16 Apr 2020
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Supplies of hand sanitizers, masks and other hygiene products ready for distribution by volunteers of the Eternal Life Lutheran Church in Hong Kong. Photo: ELCHK
COVID-19: Health and faith partnership to promote factual information and reduce fear
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16 Apr 2020
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16 Apr 2020
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COVID-19: Hygiene Clubs for schools in Haiti
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15 Apr 2020
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15 Apr 2020
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Beit Sahour, West Bank. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
COVID-19: “We are Easter people”
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11 Apr 2020
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11 Apr 2020
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Dr Farmacist Nicolas Saliba restocks medicine at Augusta Victoria Hospital, Jerusalem. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
COVID-19: LWF joins call for release of U.S. funding for West Bank and Gaza
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9 Apr 2020
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9 Apr 2020
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Ms. Sarashowti Rishidev, treasurer for the District Federation of Musahar Organizations supported by LWF Nepal, at a community gathering before the lockdown began. All Photos: LWF Nepal 
COVID-19: Radio and SMS reaching people in Nepal
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8 Apr 2020
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8 Apr 2020
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Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
COVID-19: LWF offers liturgies for Holy Week and Easter
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7 Apr 2020
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7 Apr 2020
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LWF staff in Minawao refugee camp, Cameroon. More than 90 percent of the 8,000 LWF field staff are from the countries they work in, and often part of the communities they serve. Photo: LWF/ A. Hillert
COVID-19: Difficult realities “becoming even more challenging”
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6 Apr 2020
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6 Apr 2020
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