Lutheran Churches Support Villagers’ Struggle to Protect Rain Forests
(LWI) - Villagers from Pandumaan in the North Sumatra province of Indonesia have been harvesting and preserving benzoin from one of the last untouched rain forests in…
(LWI) - “We are not used to fetching water from a borehole,” says 25-year old Sara Tarakila. With many others, she is waiting at one of the boreholes in the Nyumanzi refugee…
LWF providing a safe haven in the midst of conflict
(LWI) The field seems to stretch all the way to the horizon. In the midst of this dry semi–desert of red and dusty roads, a green haven unfolds. There are carrots, herbs, sesame…
Possibilities for Further Collaboration to Empower Rural Communities
(LWI) – A government award to The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) for its “timely and relevant response” to populations affected by severe flooding in…
LWF Increases Support to Influx of South Sudanese in Uganda
(LWI) – “I am grateful for the support. Before I was sleeping under a tree in the shade with my children, now I have a plot of land, and I have just received cups,…
Interview with LWF Country Program Coordinator Lokiru Matendo
(LWI) - The conflict that started in South Sudan in mid-December 2013 has either wiped out completely or reduced significantly the gains that households had made in…
