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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

(LWI) - Unparalleled cooperation, resilience and commitment, but also an enormous challenge for field staff and the communities we serve – this is what a global health…

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

(LWI) - The needs of displaced Rohingya need to be addressed in a more sustainable way, says Maria Immonen, director of the Lutheran World…

A herd of camels is trying to find its way through an invasion of locust in Ethiopia, Jijiga, December 2019. Photo: FAO/Petterik Wiggers

Aid organizations call for prevention before next locust swarm

"Alarming situation” in East Africa

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) together with other partners working in the East and Horn of Africa region is calling for anticipatory measures to fortify communities against the next locust…

Mr. Yagya briefs the local community about the LWF COVID-19 response during a handover of medical equipment at the hospital in Morang, Nepal. Photo: LWF Nepal

Strengthen those who have been hit hardest

LWF calls for more livelihoods support during COVID-19

(LWI) - A choice between contracting a potentially fatal virus and having nothing to eat: The COVID-19 pandemic means many communities LWF serves are faced with impossible…

Dead locusts in Shilabo, Ethiopiaâs Somali region, December 2019. Many locust have died as a result of spraying. Photo: FAO/Petterik Wiggers

Ethiopia: Support after locust plague

Recovery and prevention, as new swarms are already breeding

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) supports people in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, who have been affected by the desert locust infestation this year.

“I had the…

Landscape in Amhara province, the state bordering Tigray, Ethiopia. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

Churches express deep solidarity with Ethiopia

Ecumenical organizations send pastoral letter to churches and people of Ethiopia facing multiple challenges

(LWI) - Ecumenical organizations have sent a pastoral letter of solidarity to the churches and people of Ethiopia, expressing…

LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Unexpected joy during an unprecedented Christmas

LWF President Musa shared LWF’s 2020 Christmas Message

(LWI) – In a Christmas season marked by uncertainty and fear from the unfamiliar and unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christians are invited to trust in the promise…

LWF country representative Sophie Gebreyes and EECMY-DASSC staff Desta Hadera (right) meet Eritrean refugees in an EECMY church in Mekelle. Photo: LWF/C. Masanga

Ethiopia: Stories of flight and loss from Tigray

LWF and partners to start humanitarian response

(LWI) - From everyday life into chaos: For the people affected by the recent conflict in Ethiopia, life as they knew it ended abruptly with the military offensive in the Tigray region. Even…