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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
Jaisara improved her nutrition and her family’s situation by learning to raise chicken. Photo: LWF/ D. Lamsal

Countering stigma and poverty in Nepal

Economic empowerment for women affected by labor migration and HIV

Humanitarian
News
17 Oct 2024
Pontien at the first meeting in 2023 . Photo:LWF/ L. Gillabert

Burundi: From Bumba to the world
By
Léa Gillabert

Humanitarian
Blog
27 Aug 2024
LWF staff explains where they can help to migrants from Venezuela. The map of the Arauca Casanare protection route was developed by LWF Colombia in Venezuela with support from the Swiss Embassy. Photo: LWF/ Lorena Acevedo

Acting for humanity: gratitude for LWF humanitarian staff

On World Humanitarian Day, LWF General Secretary praises staff for commitment and service

Humanitarian
News
19 Aug 2024
LWF Ethiopia – 50 years – Adigrat

LWF Ethiopia celebrates 50 years

LWF Ethiopia has worked for people affected by conflict, natural disasters, and climate change for five decades.

Humanitarian
News
05 Aug 2024
Sardar Saleh Hasan, from the host community in Dohuk, participated in the QUEST project to improve his photography studio. Photo: LWF Iraq

Iraq: LWF Empowers Vulnerable Communities

Humanitarian
News
04 Jul 2024
The LWF Nepal team 2024 in front of the Kathmandu office. Photo: LWF Nepal

LWF Nepal celebrates 40 years of work for people in need

A long-term commitment to development work in the Himalayas: The LWF Nepal program celebrates 40 years and many achievements in supporting former b

Humanitarian
News
28 Jun 2024

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