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Emergency response | Syria

Ali Alsamrah in Homs, his home city. Photo: LWF/ A. Alsamrah

Returning to Syria: A journey of hope and heartbreak
By
Ali Alsamrah

Humanitarian
Blog
18 Feb 2025
Destruction in Homs. Photo: LWF/A. Alsamrah

LWF expands humanitarian aid in Syria as rebuilding starts

LWF team continues humanitarian aid

Humanitarian
News
10 Feb 2025
Workshop on water and sanitation in Aleppo, with LWF’s local partner GOPA-DERD. Photo: GOPA

Syria: LWF calls for donations

Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, LWF is urgently calling for donations to help rebuild the country.

Humanitarian
News
13 Dec 2024
LWF Country Director for Jordan and Syria Ameera Khamis visits a dialysis center in Aleppo

Fighting in Syria halts LWF activities in Aleppo

Syria’s civil war had already provoked one of the world’s largest refugee crises, but renewed fighting is causing further suffering and a breakdown

Humanitarian
News
05 Dec 2024
LWF WS Strategy 2025-2031 English

LWF World Service Global Strategy 2025-2031

Humanitarian
Justice
Climate
Document
30 Sep 2024
Danamadja village in Chad, where LWF supports returnees and their hosts with agricultural tools and professional formation. Photo: LWF/ M. Renaux

World Refugee Day 2024

Humanitarian
News
20 Jun 2024
LWF World Service Annual Report. Photo: LWF/ S. Gallay

LWF World Service Annual Report 2023 published

The LWF World Service Annual Report reflects LWF’s humanitarian and development work in a growing number of conflicts and emergencies worldwide.

Humanitarian
Justice
Climate
News
11 Jun 2024
For the 2023 GLTM, participants met in Prague, Czech Republic, where LWF World Service has a support office. Photo: LWF
27 May – 31 May 2024

Global Leadership Team Meeting – World Service

Governance
Humanitarian
Event
Screenshot of the new LWF World Service website. Photo: LWF/ S. Gallay

LWF World Service launches new website

LWF World Service has launched a new website to feature the humanitarian and development work of the LWF.

Humanitarian
News
10 Nov 2023

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