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Image The Accelerated Learning Program at Tirhaka ALP Center in South Sudan serves children with disabilities, especially refugees, through LWF's inclusive education program. Photo: LWF/C. Mawel South Sudan: expanding education for children with disabilities “Children and youth like me had lost hope for the future but now see a bright future”
Image March 2022: A volunteer at a church-run support point at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine shares information with a refugee family who have just arrived in Slovakia. At the onset of the war, the border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké saw up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert Slovak church highlights Ukraine response at EU "Churches today want to be here for others”
Image “I will go where you go.” Book cover. Illustration by Abel Gutierrez Perez. Photo: ILM Mexico: New book explores biblical migration stories Book from the Mexican Lutheran Church uses Bible texts to raise awareness about migration
Image US President Joe Biden delivers his address during his visit to the Augusta Victoria Hospital today. Photo: AVH/Arine Rinawi Jerusalem: US President Biden visits Augusta Victoria Hospital 100 million USD in aid to East Jerusalem Hospital Network
Image LWF’s SAFER project humanitarian support point is a welcome sight for migrants in Arauca, Colombia. The transit point works to ensure a safe migration along the routes in Eastern Colombia. Photo: LWF/D. Alvarez Colombia and Venezuela: a refugee’s incredible journey home A Venezuelan woman walks 1,212 kilometers to Bogotá and now returns four years later
Image Houses in Chernihiv, as seen by the LWF assessment team. Photo: LWF/J.Pfattner Ukraine: LWF team visits towns north of Kyiv “The most vulnerable stayed behind”
Image Mr Allan Calma is the LWF World Service Global Humanitarian Coordinator. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay World Humanitarian Day "Local people are usually the first providing aid”
Image Maro Maua and his supporters cycling through Mombasa during the “Fit for climate justice” campaign. Photos: Bay Gene Kenya: Youth project “Fit for climate justice” draws lively engagement Climate duathlon combines a cycling tour and beach clean-up
Image Beiratsmitglieder besichtigen einem der drei Linearbeschleuniger für die Strahlentherapie. Foto: LWB/C. Tveoy AVH advisory board meets to discuss hospital’s future Board members also hold talks with Palestinian officials to seek greater financial stability
Image Religiöse Führungspersonen und junge religiöse Akteure, die sich für die Aufnahme und Integration von Flüchtlingen einsetzen, trafen sich zu einer zweitägigen interreligiösen Konferenz mit dem Titel "Fremde willkommen heißen, als Nachbarn leben". Foto: LWB/M. Renaux Vital role of faith in refugee protection and integration 'Welcoming the Stranger’ conference ends with renewed commitments to increase interfaith cooperation
