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Oromo IDPs walk along a dry riverbed near Burka Dare site, Ethiopia. LWF supports displaced communities through emergency aid and long-term resilience projects. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
16 Jun – 19 Jun 2025

Regional Management Team Meeting for East Africa

Humanitarian
Event
Ngomoromo transit site in Lamwo district, northern Uganda - a main entry point for refugees from South Sudan into Uganda. Photo: LWF/ Victor Wahome

Host communities: The heart of any refugee response
By
Stella Namatovu

Humanitarian
Blog
13 May 2025
Women in Sohal Tole, a community of Santhal and Dalit (Musahar) people on the margins of society in Nepal, are involved in an LWF-supported project on disaster preparedness and improving livelihoods. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

Hope for a humanitarian sector in turmoil?

Global Leadership Team Meeting hears how World Service and partners are responding to economic and political challenges 

Humanitarian
News
13 May 2025
LWF implements inclusive education for Sudanese refugees in Upper Nile and Unity States, South Sudan. Photo: Church of Sweden

Prioritize education in emergencies across East and Southern Africa

"A lifeline for millions of children”

Humanitarian
Youth
News
02 May 2025
Maria Immonen, LWF Director for World Service and heads of the other SCHR member organizations meet with Pope Francis. Photo: Vatican Media

Working together to face escalating humanitarian challenges

A Rome meeting of the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response highlights new needs and hopes

Humanitarian
News
29 Jan 2025
Villagers in the Lake Chad region raise awareness about the dangers of early marriage in a play. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner-Meyer

Adapting to climate change around Lake Chad

Empowering women, strengthening communities

Humanitarian
News
21 Jan 2025
Workshop on water and sanitation in Aleppo, with LWF’s local partner GOPA-DERD. Photo: GOPA

Syria: LWF calls for donations

Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, LWF is urgently calling for donations to help rebuild the country.

Humanitarian
News
13 Dec 2024
A group from the Regional Management Team Meeting for francophone Africa visited communities in Kousseri (Cameroon), near N'Djamena. Located close to the Logone river, they are experiencing the effects of climate change in an already vulnerable situation. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner-Meyer

Strategies for forgotten crises

World Service programs in francophone Africa discuss strategy at Regional Management Team Meeting

Humanitarian
News
09 Dec 2024
Euphigenie Ntezimana in front of her home. Photo: LWF/L. Gillabert

How LWF empowers communities in Burundi

LWF project combines emergency response and development work

Humanitarian
News
24 Oct 2024

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