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LWF Kenya/Djibouti/Somalia

LWF helped Anek to return to school and pursue higher education while caring for her child. Photo: LWF Kenya

LWF helps teenage mothers finish high school

Combining education and protection for girls in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya

Churches
Humanitarian
Gender
News
14 Feb 2017
New arrivals at the Ifo refugee camp receive an LWR baby kit as well as other non-food items as they are formally registered during the reception process in Dadaab, Kenya. The Ifo settlement is the oldest of the camps in Dadaab, dating back to the early 1990s. Photo: Jonathan Ernst/LWR (2011)

Kenyan court decision stops Dadaab closure

Basic principles of international humanitarian law upheld

Justice
Humanitarian
News
09 Feb 2017
Dadaab refugee camp resident, Jinay, says it's time we It’s time we recognized elderly people as a resource in the community. Photo: LWF Kenya

A better place for the elderly

LWF supports aged refugees in Dadaab camp, Kenya

Humanitarian
News
02 Feb 2017
Girls assemble in a school yard in Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya. Education is a focus of LWF work in the camp. Photo: LWF/Kenya

Transforming lives of refugee children

The challenge of providing primary education for all in Dadaab refugee camps

Justice
Humanitarian
News
11 Jan 2017
Kader Ali Ahmed in Hagadera, a part of the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Photo: LWF Kenya

Preparing young refugees for a return to Somalia

Initiative links refugee skills in Kenya to employment offers in Mogadishu

Humanitarian
News
06 Jan 2017
Rose Nathike Lokonyen in the chapel of the Ecumenical Center, where the LWF is based. Lokonyen will be one of the speakers at Malmö arena. Photo: LWF/M. Renaux

Rose Nathike Lokonyen to speak at Malmö arena

Refugee athlete to give testimony at Ecumenical Commemoration

Theology
Communion
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News
30 Sep 2016
Blind but not illiterate: Mahomed, right, is blind but intelligent and learns about the world through the radio his brother holds. Photo: ALWS/Jonathan Krause

When the light scatters
By
Jonathan Krause

Humanitarian
Blog
04 Aug 2016
The yellow school bus in Markazi refugee camp that transports children from the refugee camp to school each day. Photo: ALWS/ Jonathan Krause

When normal life ends
By
Jonathan Krause, Australian Lutheran World Service

Justice
Humanitarian
Blog
27 Jul 2016
Ahmed with his children in Ali Addeh camp. The family had to flee violence for the safety of the camp in Djibouti. Photo: ALWS/Jonathan Krause

Being a Christian is to be a stranger
By
Jonathan Krause, Australian Lutheran World Service

Humanitarian
Blog
20 Jul 2016

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