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Children in one of the Nget Chaung-2 school rooms. These temporary classrooms constructed by LWF are the only school they are currently able to attend. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner
Education for Muslim children in Myanmar
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25 Jan 2017
  • Humanitarian
25 Jan 2017
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LWF churches confirm that graduates contribute to spiritual and social change in communities. This group of members of the Bangladesh Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church recently completed a course on Lutheran understanding and practice. Photo: LWF
More than 100 LWF scholarship graduates
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24 Jan 2017
  • Churches
24 Jan 2017
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Members of the local planning team for the LWF Youth pre-Assembly. Photo: LWF/ C.Bader
Young Namibians excited to host global Lutheran youth gathering
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23 Jan 2017
  • Communion
  • Churches
23 Jan 2017
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An indigenous ceremony in Guatemala, honouring the earth and creation. Respect for the environment runs deep in the indigenous communities of Guatemala, many of whom now see their traditional way of life threatened by infrastructure projects. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner
Guatemala Lutherans speak out against killing of human rights activist
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20 Jan 2017
  • Humanitarian
  • Churches
20 Jan 2017
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Rev. Ibrahim Azar has been elected a bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land
Holy Land Lutheran church elects new bishop Ibrahim Azar
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18 Jan 2017
  • Churches
18 Jan 2017
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the Week of Prayer focus on the ecumenical spirit of the Reformation commemoration pledged by the LWF, General Secretary Rev Dr. Martin Junge said. Photo: WCC-COE/Albin Hillert
Churches called to be tireless ambassadors of reconciliation
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17 Jan 2017
  • Unity
17 Jan 2017
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South Sudanese refugees in the new camp of Palorinya. The camp currently has 37,000 inhabitants, all of whom have arrived in the past weeks. Photo: LWF Uganda
Humanitarian crisis in northern Uganda worsens
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16 Jan 2017
  • Humanitarian
16 Jan 2017
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Tashi Tamang working on a house in Ramche. The training by LWF and Islamic Relief taught him how to construct quake-proof houses in the Himalaya region. Photo: LWF/ R. Sedhai
Ninety masons trained to rebuild in rural Nepal
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13 Jan 2017
  • Humanitarian
13 Jan 2017
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The Chicué River, in northwestern Colombia’s Chocó district, along which the LWF provides humanitarian assistance. Photo: Church of Sweden/Therése Naomi Jonsson
Learning to farm more efficiently in Colombia's insecure Chocó district
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12 Jan 2017
  • Humanitarian
12 Jan 2017
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