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Photo: Leaders (women, youth and laypersons) from the Lutheran World Federation Latin America and the Caribbean and North America regions are gathering from 9-13 May for the 2022 Leadership Conference of the Americas. Photo: LWF/A.Gray
Americas: “God breathed life unto dry bones”
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10 May 2022
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10 May 2022
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All Photos: LWF/Agnieszka Godfrejow-Tarnogórska 
Poland: First nine women ordained as pastors
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9 May 2022
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9 May 2022
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From left: Lord Mayor of Gotha, Knut Kreuch, LWF General Secretary Anne Burghardt and Leading Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany Friedrich Kramer on the occasion of the award of
LWF leader receives ‘Der Friedenstein’ prize
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6 May 2022
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6 May 2022
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In Chennai, India, the Christ Lutheran Church runs economic empowerment and personal development skills for members of the transgender community. In this photo, Bishop Dr M. Stanley Jose (background, second from left), with some of the students in a beautician course. Photo: CLC 
India: From destitution to a dignified life and self-respect
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5 May 2022
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5 May 2022
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Solar panels for a solar-powered motorized water pump in Orinya village, Palorinya settlement in Uganda. The LWF uses 14 hybrid solar-powered water pumps and an additional 152 hand-pumped boreholes to provide water for refugees. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Online program to empower lay and ordained for climate justice work in communities
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4 May 2022
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4 May 2022
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Augusta Victoria Hospital, providing life-saving cancer treatment for five million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
AVH: financial crisis must be urgently resolved
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3 May 2022
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3 May 2022
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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
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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
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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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