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Community-school teacher training for the Children of Peace project in Sittwe. Photo: LWF Myanmar

Children’s Education Supported in Myanmar

Second phase for EU project in Rakhine State Launched

(LWI) – On 4 February 2015, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Myanmar program launched a new educational assistance project in Rakhine State with support of European Union (EU)…

A cooperative of Dalit women in Nepal. LWF is working with marginalized communities to help them claim their rights. Photo: LWF/C. KÃ¤stner

Human Rights in Myanmar and Nepal

LWF Submits Parallel Reports to Human Rights Council

(LWI) - Safeguarding human rights of disadvantaged groups in Myanmar and Nepal is a prime concern of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF). Therefore, the LWF has submitted two reports on…

Aid agencies provide reilef in a camp for internally displaced people before the monsoon season. Many IDP camps were set-up on paddy fields which are prone to flooding in the rainy season. Photo: Evangelos Petratos EU/ECHO, CC-NC-ND (archive photo)

Myanmar: Support to people affected by monsoon floods

“Massive devastation”

SITTWE, Myanmar/ GENEVA, 5 August 2015 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Country program in Myanmar has formed an emergency response team to support the people affected by the monsoon floods in Rakhine…

U Kyaw Thein and his family in front of their flood-affected home. Photo: LWF Myanmar/ M. Celiz

LWF relief brings hope to people in Myanmar

SITTWE, Myanmar/GENEVA (LWI) – U Kyaw Thein has planted again. After a flood destroyed the livelihood he had built up over several years, his family saw no other way than to to move away from his home village. Support by The Lutheran World…

A woman walks down a street in Myanmar, where women are particularly disadvantaged. The LWF has presented recommendations to the UN human rights process which will scrutinise human rights in Myanmar.

Human rights support sought to change lives in Myanmar

Delegation from Myanmar presents human rights report report

(LWI) - Safeguarding the human rights of disadvantaged groups in Myanmar and Nepal is a prime concern of The Lutheran World Federation.

The LWF has submitted reports on the…

A Dalit woman in Nepal. Implementing the Discrimination and Untouchability Act of 2011, which abolishes caste discrimination, is a major human rights challenge in Nepal. Photo: LWF/Lucia de Vries

Human rights: Myanmar and Nepal accept LWF recommendations

Giving communities a voice on the international stage

(LWI) – The governments of Myanmar and Nepal have accepted recommendations of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) at their Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which took place at the…

Community consultations in Mozambique led to a parallel report raising the issue of land rights, womenâs rights, the right to justice, and the rights of minorities. Photo: LWF/ S.Oftadeh

Empowering people to claim their rights

(LWI) – “Our key achievement was getting information directly from the communities,” says Francesca Traglia, Deputy Programme Coordinator with The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Myanmar. “We have been able to strengthen civil society in…

Camp management officer Nan Oo Hlaing is pleased when women speak up on matters. Photo: LWF Myanmar

Rising to the challenge of camp management

“Committed to challenging work” with displaced people in Myanmar”

(LWI) - Managing a committee of camp managers is a complex job but one Nan Oo Hlaing handles with evenhandedness and calm.

She became a humanitarian worker in…

Children in one of the Nget Chaung-2 school rooms. These temporary classrooms constructed by LWF are the only school they are currently able to attend. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

Education for Muslim children in Myanmar

LWF supports communities with schools, teacher training and student kits

(LWI) - The noise of 150 primary school children in one room is deafening. In colourful clothes they sit on the floor of a “Temporary Learning Space” (TLS) in Nget…