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A young South Sudanese refugee eats porridge in Northern Uganda. Photos:LWF/Uganda

Uganda: Life-saving interventions for babies and mothers

LWF’s integrated humanitarian support reaches over 640,000 people in need

(LWI) - Support to nursing mothers and their babies is one of the approaches that the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) uses in Uganda to ensure nutritious diets,…

LWF condemns stifling of democracy in Venezuela

Government urged to work with civil society and international community to end violence

(LWI) - As the political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela deepens, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has called on all sectors of society to…

A father carries his baby at the Aguas Calientes border post between Honduras and Guatemala, close to a military roadblock. No undocumented migrant was allowed out of Honduras or into Guatemala, and anyone with an arrest warrant on either side of the border was taken into custody. Photo: LWF/Sean Hawkey

LWF in Honduras offers alternatives to migration

Skills training and human rights advocacy provide hope for young people facing poverty and violence

(LWI) - Following the caravans of people who left Honduras last year, with up to 15,000 asylum seekers travelling together to the US…

Bhagwati Tamang lays bricks in Jogimara village in central Nepal after the devastating earthquake of April 2015. Following the disaster, the LWF worked jointly with Islamic Relief Worldwide and other partners to provide shelter in remote villages where thousands lost homes and livelihoods. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT

LWF highlights value of interfaith collaboration with the United Nations

World Interfaith Harmony Week: an opportunity to promote common human values

(LWI) - A broad-based interfaith group mandated to work on human rights, sustainable development, peace and security issues has pledged its support to the United…

Mexican Lutheran Church Pastor President Rev. Roberto Trejo Haager. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay

Mexican Lutheran church leader shares his vision of a healing community of believers

Towards a church and society without barriers

(LWI) - A healing community of believers, that is how Rev. Roberto Trejo Haager envisages the Lutheran church in Mexican society today.

For Trejo, Pastor President of the…

Visiting LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge and his team join EECMY church leaders in a meeting with members of the Hundedo self-help group in Hadiya, on 31 January. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert

Ethiopia: Symbols of Hope help rebuild lives of young people

LWF General Secretary thanks EECMY for its holistic ministry

(LWI) - In south central Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) and the…

A choir of the Addis Ababa Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Ethiopia. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert

Ethiopia: A vibrant Lutheran church with 9.3 million faithful

LWF General Secretary and ecumenical guests join Sunday worship at Mekane Yesus

(LWI) - Worshipping together as Lutherans from different parts of the world is so much “at the heart of being churches in communion.”

The Lutheran World…

The Tamrazyan family arrived in the Netherlands from Armenia nine years ago. Photo: Peter Wassing

Dutch pastor praises faith of refugee family

The family spent 97 days inside a Protestant church before being granted right to remain in the Netherlands

(LWI) - The head of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN) has praised the faith of a…

Rev. Tseganesh Ayele of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus welcomes participants to the CMCR. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert

“As churches in mission, we belong to each other”

LWF General Secretary addresses EECMY Committee of Mutual Christian Responsibility

The Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge addressed the Committee of Mutual Christian Responsibility (CMCR) in Addis Ababa on 6…

Thanks to collaboration between the LWF and IRW, locals have a fountain that provides safe drinking water. Photo: LWF/IRW

Nepal: Building better houses and promoting interfaith harmony

Earthquake-resilient buildings and sustainable livelihoods, thanks to the LWF and IRW

(LWI) – Women in Nepal’s Langbu village have gained both privacy and dignity with the public bathing cubicles built collaboratively by the…

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