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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…

LWF member church affected by mud slides in Sierra Leone

At least 330 dead after mudslide in Freetown

(LWI) In the aftermath of a devastating mudslide in Freetown, Sierra Leone, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has offered condolences to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone (ELCSL…

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…

Indian shawls, a gift from UELCI staff to delegates from Africa and Asia, jointly reviewing the LWF HICD frameworks, during the meeting in Chennai. Photo: LWF/Immanuel

Diaconal training and praxis sharing are paying off

African and Asian church leaders assess effectiveness of capacity development

(LWI) – African and Asian Lutheran church leaders sharing experiences on the effectiveness of capacity building and skills’ training for social services…

Pastors at the celebrations of the Indonesian Christian Church 90th Anniversary on 8-9 July in Permatang Siantar, Indonesia. Photo: LWF/P. Lok

New approaches to proclaim the gospel in North Sumatra

The Indonesian Christian Church (ICC) celebrates its 90th anniversary and launches new center for community development, diakonia and youth ministry

The Indonesian Christian Church (ICC), a member church of The Lutheran World Federation (…

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN-GELC)

Church Name

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN-GELC)
Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Namibia (ELKIN-DELK)
Église évangélique luthérienne de Namibie (ELCIN-DELK)
Iglesia Evangélica Luterana en Namibia (ELCIN-GELC)

Affiliations

Martin Luther Bund
Church Council of Namibia
United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa

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…

ALP students at Bahr El Naam Girls Primary school in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya. Photo: LWF/ C.KÃ¤stner

A second chance in Kakuma

LWF Accelerated Learning Program supports students from conflict zones

Rose Imoya Banner is what the little girls call a “big mama”. At the age of 24, the young woman is not only an exception from the other students of the Bahr El Nahm…

General Secretary Junge with Lutheran Community Care workers in Alice Springs, Australia. LCC staff explained how the organisation serves and meets needs of people who are doing it tough through its emergency relief program.

“‘Lutheran’ stands for compassionate embrace and service”

LWF General Secretary Martin Junge on his visit to the Lutheran Church in Australia and New Zealand

In August 2017, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge visited the Lutheran churches in Australia and…

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