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Displaced by climate change (LWI) – “The stories aren’t true,” Rigoberto Monge, 44, says. “You only get a job when you are lucky.”
Displaced by violence (LWI) – “We live as if in a prison,” Maria (not he real name) says. “We cannot go outside, and even in our homes we are not safe.
“Heavenly Cross” inaugurated at Luther Garden LWF leaders and German President Gauck unveil work of art