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A member of a flood affected family in Jhapa Rural Municipality receives a box containing food, blankets and kitchen utensils provided by LWF Nepal and its partner organization in Jhapa. Photo: LWF/ Prabesh Bhandari

LWF Supports Flood Victims in Nepal

More than 300,000 families affected

Humanitarian
News
22 Aug 2017
South Sudanese refugees receive a hot meal at Palorinya refugee camp, Uganda. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner

“Don’t reconvert plowshares into swords”

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge about the famine alert in East Africa and Nigeria, the arms race and migration

Justice
Humanitarian
News
28 Mar 2017
Peace ambassadors

Siriri means peace: Breaking a cycle of violence in the Central African Republic
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Els Hortensius

Justice
Humanitarian
Blog
27 Mar 2017
Attacked while fleeing South Sudan, Amina, 17, is now in the care of the Lutheran World Federation at Palorinya refugee camp, northern Uganda. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner

A total absence of law

LWF supports survivors of gender-based violence in South Sudan

Theology
Humanitarian
Gender
News
07 Mar 2017
Like the family of Polonne Jean-Louis, many people still live in makeshift shelters after hurricane Matthew destroyed their homes. Photo: LWF/M. French

The slow road to recovery after hurricane Matthew

A community-based approach helps the people of Haiti get back on their feet

Humanitarian
News
03 Mar 2017
Ninety percent of the refugees are women and children. Photo: LWF/C. Kästner

Overwhelming needs of refugees in Northern Uganda

(LWI) – “This is the largest refugee crisis in Africa, and the third largest in the world.

Humanitarian
News
28 Feb 2017
A man receives a shelter kit in a joint LWF/Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe distribution in Petit Goave. Photo: LWF Haiti

Shelter and blankets after hurricane Matthew

LWF and partners distribute relief goods in Haiti

Humanitarian
News
13 Oct 2016
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“Together in Hope”

Humanitarian
Document
01 Oct 2016
A damaged house in Bukoba. Photo: LWF/TCRS

Tanzanian church and LWF support Bukoba earthquake survivors

Bukoba Lutheran Bishop: Many people are “deeply shaken”

Churches
Humanitarian
News
12 Sep 2016

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