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Rev. Dr Patricia Cuyatti, LWF area secretary for Latin America and the Caribbean, before the start of the UPR session on Nicaragua, 18 September, in Geneva. Photo: LWF/M. Spangler

Respect the Rights of Nicaragua’s Indigenous People

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has warned the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) that multiple human rights violations against indigenous people living on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua violate their economic, social and…

Feeling inspired: young people at a youth network camp come up with ideas to improve life in their communities. Photo: LWF Central America

Human Rights Day: Working for justice in Nicaragua

How a youth network changes society in Central America

(LWI) - “The activities I participated in have allowed me to strengthen my self-esteem and learn to value myself as a woman," says Vanessa Martinez, a 20-year-old from San Ramon, a…

The ACT forum meeting in Nicaragua. Photo: LWF/ E. CÃ©dillo

“We want peace in Nicaragua”

ACT statement calls for resumption of dialogue after violence

(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), together with LWF member church The Nicaraguan Lutheran Church of Faith and Hope (Iglesia Luterana…

Children from Nicaragua watch a movie in the ILCO offices. Photo: ILCO

Serve the people stranded on the road

Costa Rica church supports Nicaraguans fleeing conflict

(LWI) - With a transit shelter in the Costa Rican capital of San José, the Lutheran Costa Rican Church…

Award to church in Costa Rica for refugee response

"Fundamental actor in humanitarian response”

(LWI) - The Lutheran Costa Rican Church (ILCO) received the "Living Integration Seal” award 2019, award given by the…

UN Secretary-General AntÃ³nio Guterres during a briefing on COVID-19 at WHO headquarters in Geneva. 24 February 2020. UN Photo / Jean Marc FerrÃ©

COVID-19: LWF joins global UN appeal to help the most vulnerable

Joint action to respond to “unprecedented threat” of coronavirus pandemic

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) together with other organizations is joining the global appeal of the United Nations (UN) for donations to respond to …