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LWF and UNHCR staff survey a site designated for a new refugee camp in Lunda Norte province, northeastern Angola. Photo: LWF

Turning a thick Angolan bush into a refugee camp

LWF and UNHCR set up a new camp for people fleeing DRC

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are jointly striving to carve a living area out of dense Angolan bush for…

Maliah and Abdulbagi joke with a teacher, as other boys look on - the boy's primary school is mixed with students with and without disabilities learning together. Photos: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

Deaf students in Kakuma aim for the sky

LWF integrates students with disabilities into schools in the refugee camp.

Abdulbagi (17) wants to be a pilot when he finishes school, his friend Maliah (18) plans to train to be a driver. “For the big trucks,” he specifies. Abdulbagi is…

Photo: Susan Muis (center), LWF Regional program Officer for CAR, DRC and Chad, speaks at the NGO briefing in the Palais des Nations. Photo: LWF/Peter Kenny

“An alarming situation”

NGO Briefing to UN member states about Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo

In 2016, the Central African Republic (CAR) , where half of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance, was labeled as the most…

Training session of FC Okapi, the soccer team currently holding third place in Kakuma premier league. The team trains every weekday afternoon. As they have their own field, they have better training opportunities than the more informal soccer teams. Photo: LWF/ C. KÃ¤stner

LWF World Service and Young Reformers in Wittenberg

Presence in Heaven’s Tent and youthPointreformation

The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) presence in Wittenberg at the World Reformation Exhibition in the last two weeks of July will feature the work of LWF World Service and the Global…

Caption: Ms Elena Cedillo, representative of the LWF Central America program, speaks at a side event of the UN High Level Political Forum 2017 in New York. On the left is Dr William F. Vendley, Secretary General, World Conference of Religions for Peace. Photo: Lutheran Office for World Community

Forging partnerships for dignified development

LWF Central America work shared at side event of High Level Forum

(LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has asserted its support for the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), acknowledging the important role of…

A white dove is part of the ritual for blessing a new refugee camp site in Lunda Norte province, Angola. Photo: LWF Angola

“I feel honoured to host the DRC refugees”

Senior chief in Angola’s Lunda Norte province speaks about refugee crisis in his country

“I feel honoured by the government´s decision to host the refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in my area” says Francisco Muhangenu (…

Suhai Ismael Abuker with a customer in her hairdressing salon. Photos: LWF/C. KÃ¤stner

Training to be tailors and barbers

LWF livelihoods projects support long-term refugees in Ethiopia

“When I have learned all this, I will start a tailoring business to provide for my family,” says Faiza Mahmud Said. The elderly woman in the yellow headscarf cuts white paper…

Protecting civilians in conflict

Experiences of refugees and LWF field staff in conflict areas

The past years have witnessed a constant reduction of space for humanitarians to provide aid. Civilians and aid workers find themselves between the lines. The protection of the…

A member of a flood affected family in Jhapa Rural Municipality receives a box containing food, blankets and kitchen utensils provided by LWF Nepal and its partner organization in Jhapa. Photo: LWF/ Prabesh Bhandari

LWF Supports Flood Victims in Nepal

More than 300,000 families affected

Incessant rainfalls and floods have caused death and destruction in Southern Nepal. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), 143 people have been killed, 43 injured and 30 have gone missing in…

Abduleh Hasan and his wife Shukri show some of their harvest. Photo: LWF/C.Kaestner

Seeds and peace in Ethiopia

Livelihoods project improves relations between refugees and hosts in Ethiopia.

The refugees have changed the life of Mahmud Ismael Merdane (65), an Ethiopian farmer in Awbarre town, close to the Somali border.

Merdane is a…

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