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LWF South Sudan

LWF General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt hears the testimonies of two teenage mothers in the Palorinya refugee settlement, Obongi district, Uganda, as part of a visit to the LWF country program in Uganda in April 2022. All photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Uganda: ‘We understand our work as putting faith into action’

Refugees, host communities testify to impact of World Service program in Uganda

Governance
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05 Apr 2022
Adyero Paradise (left), a returnee in Magwi County and LWF South Sudan staff member – Lillian (right), a returnee in Magwi County interviewed by LWF South Sudan, September 2021. Photo: LWF/ C. Mattner

“I heard of signs of peace in South Sudan, so I decided to come back”

LWF works to prepare conditions for a safe return and re-integration of South Sudanese into their home communities

Justice
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06 Oct 2021
Youth playing on the banks of Río Pogue in Atrato, northwestern Colombia. The LWF supports local communities to uphold their rights and protect the Atrato River, which has been polluted by material from extractive industries for decades. Photo: LWF/G. A. Moreno Clavijo

Supporting marginalized people to organize and empower themselves

Report on LWF’s rights-based approach work in 2020

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19 Jul 2021
Photo: LWF Kenya/ P. Kwamboka
20 Jun 2021

World Refugee Day 2021

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A traditional meal is served in Hadiya, south central Ethiopia. Photo: Albin Hillert/LWF

"People are not starving, they are being starved”

LWF joins interagency call to fight famine

Youth
Churches
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20 Apr 2021
South Sudanese refugee, Rose Nathike Lokonyen, runs the 800-metres for the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016. Photo: UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau

Refugees journey to the Olympic Games

LWF joins UNHCR call to support refugee athletes

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Churches
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08 Apr 2021
The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate. Here a group of Oromo internally displaced people move through the Burka Dare IDP site. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Peacebuilding from the grassroots

Geneva Peace Week: LWF shares work with communities in Ethiopia

Unity
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09 Nov 2020
LWF president Archbishop Panti Filibus Musa visits displaced Rohingya at the Ohn Taw Gyi South IDP camp, Rakhine state, Myanmar, in 2018. Photo: LWF/ Phyo Aung Hein

“Durable and peaceful solutions” needed for displaced Rohingya

LWF World Service director Maria Immonen reflects on the situation in Myanmar and Bangladesh

Churches
Justice
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22 Oct 2020
Children demonstrate hand washing at Kakuma refugee camp; Kenya. LWF has reinforced hygiene education to prevent a spread of COVID-19 in the camp. Photo: LWF/ P. Omagwa

COVID-19: Responding when social distancing isn’t an option

LWF World Service concerned about long-term effects of the pandemic

Churches
Humanitarian
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05 Oct 2020

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