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Nepal: Emergency aid to flood victims LWF is providing emergency aid to communities affected by heavy monsoon rains in Nepal this autumn.
Jordan: Community service provides opportunities, gives hope In Jordan, the LWF is offering young delinquents new opportunities and hope.
A Singing Communion in Advent 2022 For the fifth year, the LWF marks the Advent season with hymns of Advent and Christmas from member churches around the globe.
COP27: A small step in the right direction After more than two weeks of intense negotiations, COP27 closed with significant successes.
Germany: Taking climate action from local to global to local levels Michelle Schwarz from the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony (Germany) is one of the young people representing the LWF at the UN climate confere
COP27: Faith leaders call on negotiators to “act on urgency of climate crisis” LWF’s youth delegates at COP27 have joined a call on negotiators to act on the urgency of the climate crisis and make the decision required to make
Nepal: LWF provides aid after earthquake 4,000 people have been left without a home after an earthquake struck Western Nepal on 9 November.
LWF launches new website The new website of the LWF is a home for the communion’s online communication which introduces the LWF and its work and invites visitors to engage
COP27: “The time to act is now!” At the end of the first week of COP27, negotiations at COP27 and governments’ commitments are insufficient to achieve the required goals, say LWF’s
Ukraine: “We just want the war to be over” In Chernihiv, a region in northern Ukraine that was occupied for two months, families are still feeling the impact of the invasion and Russian occu
Urgent appeal to G20 leaders ahead of Bali summit As G20 leaders meet in Indonesia, LWF and other Christian leaders are urging them to take action towards fairer and more participatory financial sy