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LWF Meets Immediate Needs while Addressing Causes of Poverty in South Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan/GENEVA, 3 February 2012 (LWI) – There is a general rule that a person can live for three minutes without air, three days without water and three weeks without food. In disasters where people have lost everything, this rule of “three” governs emergency relief priorities.

The Story of Manyok and His Family in South Sudan

BOR, South Sudan/GENEVA, 30 January 2012 (LWI) – Manyok is the father of a Dinka family living in Jonglei State, South Sudan.

He married his wife Rebecca two years ago and they have a one-year-old child. Rebecca’s father died many years ago, so when Manyok married her, he took responsibility for her, her sister, two brothers and mother.

Influx Increases Diakonia Work for Lutheran-led Ecumenical Program

JÄRVENPÄÄ, Finland/GENEVA, 22 December 2011 (LWI) – People seeking a better life flock to the autonomous province of Vojvodina in the Republic of Serbia.

It is the most prosperous region of the country, but it has experienced economic woes since the end of the Yugoslav federation.

More Help Needed to Prevent Humanitarian Disaster

JUBA, South Sudan/GENEVA, 25 January 2012 (LWI) – Humanitarian organizations, including The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), have added emergency aid programs to their ongoing work in South Sudan in response to inter-ethnic fighting there.

Twenty Years on: Insecurity, Violence and Poverty Persist

GENEVA, 24 January 2012 (LWI) – The Salvadoran Lutheran Church has welcomed government celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the peace agreement that ended the country’s civil war but called for a new agreement that will return the country to peace and justice.

LWF Supporting Peace Process Launched by Sudan Council of Churches

JUBA, South Sudan/GENEVA, 23 January 2012 (LWI) – Ask almost anyone in South Sudan today what the key to peace is and most will have the same answer–youth.

LWF President Issues Pastoral Letter to Nigeria’s Lutherans

GENEVA, 17 January 2012 (LWI) – The President of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Bishop Munib A. Younan has urged Nigeria’s two millions Lutherans to continue to struggle for justice in the midst of violence against Christian and Muslim worshippers by extremists.

LWF Values of Accountability and Transparency Underlined

GENEVA, 17 January 2012 (LWI) – Lutheran World Federation (LWF) General Secretary Rev. Martin Junge has called the certification of the LWF by a global quality assurance body a milestone for the communion of churches.