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Hussein (left) and his sister Nadhifo, the two siblings of the Ali family in class at Hagadera refugee camp, Dadaab Kenya. Photo: LWF Kenya â Dadaab

Special Education Helps Refugee Family Overcome Disability

By Lawi Malenje

Ali Hassan Matan and his wife Adey Wiro Arore and their family have encountered various forms of hardships but never given up on life.

They were among the first refugees to arrive in Dadaab, Kenya more than 22…

South Sudanese refugees receive a hot meal at Palorinya refugee camp, Uganda. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

“Don’t reconvert plowshares into swords”

LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge about the famine alert in East Africa and Nigeria, the arms race and migration

(LWI) On March 16, the United Nations issued an alert, drawing attention to the famine in South Sudan, Somalia,…

A group of women participants at MLCâs jubilee. Photo: MLC

Precious in God’s Eyes

16 days of activism to overcome gender based violence

(LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is encouraging church leaders to speak up publicly against gender-based violence. Joining the…

Abdi Abdullahi has come home. He is grateful to LWF for helping him gain the life experience that has enabled him to return to Somalia and serve his community. Photo: LWF/ Anne Wangari

LWF assists refugees returning to Somalia

Skills enable young refugees to start a new life in back home

(LWI) - A protracted refugee situation in Dadaab, Kenya, means, that many young people are born in the camp or grow up there. As adults, they are encouraged to return to a…

2020 New Year Message: So that all have life in abundance

“In times of exclusionary populism, silence is never an option”

(LWI) - In his New Year message, the General Secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Rev. Dr Martin Junge calls on churches to bear witness to the gospel message…

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 …

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…

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…