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As part of the housing construction project, participants provide rocks, wood and food for the construction workers. Marie Nusia, a project participant, observes the progress on her new hurricane and earthquake resistant home. Photo: LWF Haiti
Haiti: building hurricane and earthquake resistant homes
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3 May 2022
  • Humanitarian
3 May 2022
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Anna Wrzesińska, Chairperson of the Local Assembly Planning Committee (LAPC), speaks to the synod of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland (ECACP). Photo: Agnieszka Godfrejów-Tarnogórska
Poland: Local LWF Assembly planning is progressing well
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2 May 2022
  • Communion
2 May 2022
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Rev. Izani Bruch, Bishop of the IELCH during a press conference at the Palacio de la Moneda following her appointment to presidential chaplaincy. Photo: Prensa de La Moneda
Chile: Lutheran bishop appointed chaplain to presidential palace
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29 Apr 2022
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29 Apr 2022
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A group of students graduating from the SYB training in coordination with Thiqa bank in Duhok, Iraq. All photos: LWF/Iraq
New partnership for LWF and International Labour Organization
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28 Apr 2022
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28 Apr 2022
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LWF’s multipurpose cash assistance project will support refugees from the war in Ukraine, like these men, women and children in Korczowa on the Polish border. Photo: Filip Błażejowski
Ukraine: LWF provides cash assistance for refugees in Poland
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27 Apr 2022
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27 Apr 2022
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LWF General Secretary Anne Burghardt addressed the synod of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands on 21 April. Photo: Jan van de Lagemaat
Putting faith into practice in words and deeds
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26 Apr 2022
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26 Apr 2022
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One of the goals of the new course at the LCCN seminary is to increase advocacy activities among youth in schools and universities in Nigeria. Rev. Emmanuel Subewope Gabriel (right) presents SoH t-shirts during an event in the northeastern city of Gombe. Photo: SoH Nigeria
Nigerian seminary brings education on irregular migration and trafficking to the classroom
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25 Apr 2022
  • Governance
  • Humanitarian
25 Apr 2022
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LWF Jordan staff, refugees and host community members take part in a training on hydroponics farming. The system uses 90 percent less water compared to conventional farming, and it is powered by photovoltaic panels, which also reduce fossil fuel energy consumption. Photo: LWF Jordan/Daham Al-Hamad
Jordan: Saving water while improving food security
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22 Apr 2022
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22 Apr 2022
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Kinga Marjatta Pap from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary is the Chairperson of the International Worship Planning Committee for the Assembly. Photo: private
Hungary: Sharing stories of credible witness in turbulent times
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22 Apr 2022
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22 Apr 2022
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