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Image 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 (LWI) - Leading up to the Olympic summer games in Tokyo, Japan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has released a…
Image 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 (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has joined more than 200 aid organizations in a call to fight hunger and famine worldwide. In an…
Image Youth playing on the banks of RÃo 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 (LWI) – Through its local-to-global methodology, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) continues to work with refugees, internally displaced people, indigenous communities, ethnic…
Image Houses and other buildings destroyed by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake which hit the south-west of the country on 14 August 2021. Photos: KORAL/MR Batismé LWF appeals for funds for Haiti earthquake As death toll rises, thousands of survivors brace for tropical storm heading towards the Caribbean island nation (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is working together with other humanitarian aid agencies to respond to the …
Image DKH/LWF/NCA office staff distribute emergency shelter kits for 300 families in Camp Perrin in the south of Haiti. Photo: DKH Buried under rubble: Haiti’s earthquake survivors The last in our World Humanitarian Day series brings personal testimony from LWF’s program director in Haiti (LWI) - On the morning of Saturday 14 August, Prospery Raymond, director of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) country program…
Image LWF World Service Annual Report. Photo: LWF/ S. Gallay LWF World Service Annual Report 2023 published The LWF World Service Annual Report reflects LWF’s humanitarian and development work in a growing number of conflicts and emergencies worldwide.
Image LWF WS Strategy 2025-2031 English LWF World Service Global Strategy 2025-2031 For Hope and a Future
Image LWF World Service Haiti & Caribbean | Annual Report 2011 Annual Report 2011 of the LWF Haiti & Caribbean program.
Image 2013 Annual Report: Haiti and the Caribbean As a six-year strategy ends and a new one begins, the 2013 Annual Report for Haiti and the Caribbean programs addresses both challenges and success
Image 2012 Annual Report: Haiti and the Caribbean The Annual Report 2012 of the LWF Haiti & Caribbean program continues where the ACT Appeal Emergency Response of 2011 ends. In the afterm
