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Maria Immonen, director of LWF World service. Photo: LWF
Organizations need to promote women’s confidence
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19 Aug 2019
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19 Aug 2019
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Amrita Rai works as a volunteer in Sanischare Refugee Camp. Photo: LWF Nepal
Fighting against injustice and inequality
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16 Aug 2019
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  • Churches
16 Aug 2019
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Sarah Ewoi, with a South Sudanese refugee family at Nadapal center. Photo : LWF Kenya
Selfless service at the front line
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15 Aug 2019
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15 Aug 2019
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Migrants from Central America at the Mexican border in Nov 2018. Many of them have been walking for 22 hours or more. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey
A “visionary and prophetic stand” to welcome the stranger
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9 Aug 2019
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  • Communion
9 Aug 2019
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Around 400 people, including 50 pastors, participated in a silent march in support of Rev. Ulrich Gampert who has been fined for providing church asylum to a young Afghan refugee. Photo: Dekanat Kempten/Jutta Martin
Church asylum: When solidarity is criminalized
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31 Jul 2019
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31 Jul 2019
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Participants at the LWF advocacy training workshop in San José, Costa Rica, 14-16 July. Photo: LWF/F. Wilches
LWF rolls out Advocacy Handbook in Central America
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30 Jul 2019
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  • Justice
30 Jul 2019
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As part of the events to mark the tenth anniversary of the coup, Lutherans held a public prayer service at the spot where the first fatal victim of the coup was killed. Riot police and army surrounded the event as a memorial cross was carried to the center of the capital city afterwards. All photos: LWF/S.Hawkey
Lutherans support struggle against repression, violence and poverty in Honduras
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29 Jul 2019
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29 Jul 2019
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Painter and consulting artist Dogari Samson teaches children how to make drawings as a way to share messages of peace. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert
’It’s all interlinked’ – LWF Cameroon supports livelihoods and education for CAR refugees
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24 Jul 2019
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24 Jul 2019
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Human rights defenders have expressed concern about the partiality of justice in handling the situation. Photo: ILUGUA
Guatemalan church defends right to peaceful protest
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3 Jul 2019
  • Justice
  • Humanitarian
3 Jul 2019
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