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Syrian refugee children at a fence facing the Aegean Sea coast, Greece. Photo: ACT/ Paul Jeffrey

“Meet refugees in service and love”

Letter to European member churches

Justice
Humanitarian
News
04 Jul 2016
On April 16, an earthquake registering 7.8 magnitude struck off Ecuador’s central coast, causing widespread damage. Photo: Agencia de Noticias ANDES (CC-BY-SA)

Help needed in Ecuador

LWF Emergency hub coordinator to assess situation in earthquake area

Humanitarian
News
19 Apr 2016
Students from Luther College in the United States take in sights and stories at LWF's model village in Gressier, Haiti.Photo: LWF/Helene Branco

ELCA students visit LWF model village in Haiti

(LWI) – Students of the US-based Luther College have taken in the sights and stories of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Model village in Gressi

Humanitarian
News
12 Jan 2016
A refugee carrie a child near the Serbo-Croat border.  Photo: Paul Jeffrey

Winter clothing needed for refugees – LWF assessment team

LWF mission assesses situation at Serbo-Croatian border

Churches
Justice
Humanitarian
News
16 Oct 2015
Bishop Dr Tamás Fabiny, speaks to an ecumenical group of church leaders visiting Hungary, 26 September 2015. File Photo: Paul Jeffrey/WCC

“It is right to provide shelter”

Focus on refugee crisis at Budapest Diakonia Day sermon

Churches
Humanitarian
News
01 Oct 2015
The ELCH offered 150 daily portions of warm meals to refugees at Kelati Station, the main train station in Budapest. Photo: Zsuzsanna Bolla

Seeking a common Lutheran approach to Europe’s refugee crisis

Nordic and Central Western Europe leaders in solidarity visit to Hungary

Humanitarian
News
01 Oct 2015
Volunteers and church aid organization at a distribution in Hungary. Photo: evangelikus.hu

LWF to support Hungarian refugee response

Assessment mission to Hungary and Serbia

Humanitarian
News
24 Sep 2015
Affirming global solidarity with asylum seekers, migrants and the poor, from left: Bishop Gerhard Ulrich, United Evangelical Lutheran Church of Germany (VELKD); LWF President Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan; Nordkirche’s Synodpräses Dr Andreas Tietze; and Tanzania’s Presiding Bishop Dr Alex G. Malasusa, LWF Vice-President for Africa. Photo: Nordkirche/Eberhard von der Heyde

A more just world includes care for refugees, migrants and asylum seekers

German and global partner churches affirm “the way of justice”

Churches
Humanitarian
News
24 Sep 2015
Refugee family with caretaker, left, at the refugee home Rossauer Lände, Austria. Photo: Diakonie Refugee Service Austria/ Nadja Meister

Refugee crisis: Churches in other LWF regions express solidarity with Europe

Prayers for safety, advocacy for additional support

Churches
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16 Sep 2015

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