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Ukrainian refugee woman Alona looks at supplies at one of the aid workers’ stands at Nyugati train station in Budapest. Alona, her 1.5-year-old son, and her mother arrived from Ukraine on 6 March, following a 26-hour long journey from the capital city Kyiv. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert

Ukrainian refugee woman Alona looks at supplies at one of the aid workers’ stands at Nyugati train station in Budapest. Alona, her 1.5-year-old son, and her mother arrived from Ukraine on 6 March, following a 26-hour long journey from the capital city Kyiv. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert

Hungary: Mobilizing support for Ukrainian refugees

“I am proud of the people of my church,” says Bishop Fabiny

(LWI) – Since Russian troops launched their invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Hungary has seen more than 200,000 refugees cross its border from Ukraine by 8 March, seeking…

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10 Mar 2022
Refugee families from Ukraine make for the bus that is to take them from the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine and further into Slovakia, on 11 March. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. The crossing sees up to some 10,000 refugees arrive each day since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. A range of faith-based, civil society and humanitarian organizations provide immediate support to refugees as t

Refugee families from Ukraine make for the bus that is to take them from the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine and further into Slovakia, on 11 March. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. The crossing sees up to some 10,000 refugees arrive each day since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. A range of faith-based, civil society and humanitarian organizations provide immediate support to refugees as t

Slovakia: ’A test of our faith, in deed and in action’

LWF member church in Slovakia welcomes refugees from Ukraine

LWI – As refugees from Ukraine continue to pour into the country by the thousands each day, the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia is opening its arms…

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25 Mar 2022
LWF humanitarian support officer Katerina Brzicova and Samuel Reslour, a volunteer, assist in transporting relief items to a warehouse of the Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH), which is partnering with the LWF to distribute food and non-food items to refugees fleeing from Ukraine at the Zosin and Dohoruth borders. Photo: B. Khanal

LWF humanitarian support officer Katerina Brzicova and Samuel Reslour, a volunteer, assist in transporting relief items to a warehouse of the Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH), which is partnering with the LWF to distribute food and non-food items to refugees fleeing from Ukraine at the Zosin and Dohoruth borders. Photo: B. Khanal

LWF scales up response to Ukrainian refugee crisis

Priorities include humanitarian work and supporting member churches on front lines of welcome for refugees

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is scaling up its response to the war in Ukraine, setting up a team to coordinate…

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20 Apr 2022
Children looking by a window at the Katalyeba Early Learning Center, in Rwamwanja, Uganda. The center welcomes children from both the host community and the refugee settlement. Photo credit: LWF/M. Renaux

Children looking by a window at the Katalyeba Early Learning Center, in Rwamwanja, Uganda. The center welcomes children from both the host community and the refugee settlement. Photo credit: LWF/M. Renaux

Uganda: LWF responds to urgent resource crisis for refugees

Meeting urgent needs to build a sense of security

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and its partners in southwestern Uganda are responding to a new wave of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who are fleeing…

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21 Apr 2022
LWF’s multipurpose cash assistance project will support refugees from the war in Ukraine, like these men, women and children in Korczowa on the Polish border. Photo: Filip Błażejowski

LWF’s multipurpose cash assistance project will support refugees from the war in Ukraine, like these men, women and children in Korczowa on the Polish border. Photo: Filip Błażejowski

Ukraine: LWF provides cash assistance for refugees in Poland

Enrolment centers in six locations to reach at least 60.000 vulnerable families

(LWI) - In response to the needs of growing numbers of refugees fleeing from the war in Ukraine, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is working closely…

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27 Apr 2022

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