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From left to right, 9-year-old Freedom Gai, 7-year-old Nyalat Pouch and 5-year-old Nyabena Gai show how proper hand washing with soap can prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. All Photos: LWF/P. Kwamboka
COVID-19: LWF steps up prevention in Kenya refugee camp
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2 Apr 2020
  • Humanitarian
2 Apr 2020
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Ceiling of the UN Human Rights Council, by Spanish painter Miquel Barceló. Photo: LWF/C. Kästner
HRC: LWF advocates for the rights of the most vulnerable
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31 Mar 2020
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31 Mar 2020
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Churches and agencies are calling on the U.S. government “to extend compassion and help to those who are in need” at this time of global pandemic. Photo: LWF/ Shaban Mortaja (Juzoor Gaza)
COVID-19: Churches in U.S. call for end to Middle East sanctions
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27 Mar 2020
  • Humanitarian
  • Unity
27 Mar 2020
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres during a briefing on COVID-19 at WHO headquarters in Geneva. 24 February 2020. UN Photo / Jean Marc Ferré
COVID-19: LWF joins global UN appeal to help the most vulnerable
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25 Mar 2020
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25 Mar 2020
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The hospital has set up a special isolation ward and is carefully screening patients and staff before admitting them to the hospital . Photo: LWF/ S. Weinbrenner
COVID-19: Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem makes room for emergency
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25 Mar 2020
  • Humanitarian
25 Mar 2020
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At the river nearby the Burka Dare site for Internally Displaced People in Oromia, Ethiopia. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
COVID-19: LWF World Service calls for donations
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18 Mar 2020
  • Humanitarian
  • Communion
18 Mar 2020
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Seeking asylum is a human right, Lutheran and Catholic bishops in the Nordic countries insist and EU member States have both a legal commitment and a moral obligation to support people escaping from oppression and persecution. In the image, Oreokastro refugee camp outside of Thessaloniki, Greece. Photo: Håvard Bjelland/Kirkens Nødhjelp
Lutheran and Catholic leaders call on EU to support refugees
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11 Mar 2020
  • Humanitarian
  • Churches
11 Mar 2020
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LWF General Secretary says he is “distressed” by the “unsettling scenes at the Turkey-EU borders, particularly in Greece, where people from Syria and from other parts of the world are being treated inhumanely and are left in an unbearable limbo. Photo: Klara Tarr/ELCH
Recalling Europe’s responsibility to protect refugees
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10 Mar 2020
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  • Justice
10 Mar 2020
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Bishop Ibrahim Azar of ELCJHL and LWF Country representative Sieglinde Weinbrenner shake hands after signing the MOU. Photo: LWF Jerusalem
LWF Jerusalem centralizes its vocational training in Ramallah
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3 Mar 2020
  • Gender
  • Youth
3 Mar 2020
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