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LWF distributed mosquito nets to more than 12,000 households in two camps in Cox'’s Bazaar refugee camp. The nets will protect especially small children against diseases such as Dengue fever and Malaria. Photo: Bela Wadud/ RDRS/LREP

LWF supports displaced Rohingya in Bangladesh

Livelihood support and protection against diseases

Climate
Humanitarian
News
03 Mar 2021
LWF country representative Sophie Gebreyes and EECMY-DASSC staff Desta Hadera (right) meet Eritrean refugees in an EECMY church in Mekelle. Photo: LWF/C. Masanga

Ethiopia: Stories of flight and loss from Tigray

LWF and partners to start humanitarian response

Churches
Humanitarian
News
12 Feb 2021
LWF peace ambassadors in the Central African Republic, 2017. The young men and women have been trained to mediate in community conflicts, which can vary from a fight about the village water point to accusations of witchcraft or domestic violence. Photo: Els Hortensius, ICCO and Kerk in Actie

LWF staff resumes work in CAR after violence

Projects adapted to address additional needs 

Churches
Humanitarian
News
04 Feb 2021
A man at a water harvesting system in Seharti Samre, Tigray. Photo: Hilina Abebe/Norwegian Church Aid (2013)

Ethiopia: LWF responds to Tigray conflict

Water and relief goods for up to 250,000 people

Humanitarian
News
01 Feb 2021
LWF Honduras representative Carlos Rivera (with white face mask) visits Chamelecón, Honduras, to see the damage done by hurricanes Eta and Iota. As the flooding came unexpectedly fast, many people lost all their belongings. Photo: Sean Hawkey

“It will take years to recover”
By
Sean Hawkey, photographer

Climate
Communion
Churches
Blog
13 Jan 2021
29-year-old Jihad Albaba, from the Am'ari Camp, repairs the wifi functionality of a mobile phone in a small shop in Ramallah, after graduating from studies in Telecommunication at the LWF vocational training center in Ramallah. The GRIT project aims to increase the number of Palestinian women in technical and other non-traditional professions, which often offer better paid jobs. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert

LWF project opens new doors for Palestinian women

LWF Jerusalem offers vocational training and economic empowerment

Churches
Humanitarian
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News
12 Jan 2021
Oumarou Baba (left) and LWF interim representative Joseph Pfattner in central Baoro. Photo: LWF CAR

Hope for a future without violence

LWF and ELCA support returnees and the local community in CAR 

Humanitarian
News
21 Dec 2020
Sakina Khatun holds her youngest child in front of the family home, which needs a better roof and sanitation. All photos: LWF/ Y. Gautam

COVID-19: Build back lives and resilience in Nepal

LWF and the City of Geneva support marginalized families  

Churches
Humanitarian
News
18 Dec 2020
The piggery near Jérémie, which was set up by LWF and is now successfully run by a local organization. Photo: LWF Haiti

Opportunities for the future
By
Prospery Raymond, LWF-NCA-DKH country representative in Haiti

Churches
Humanitarian
Blog
14 Dec 2020

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