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Faith in Action
Humanitarian Aid
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LWF Urges Humanitarian Assistance without Conditions
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LWF World Service and NCA Sign Agreement on Emergency Cooperation
Two Biggest Global Implementers of ACT Inspired by Tunisian Work -
FEATURE: Social Worker Answers Call to Help Somali Refugees
The “Face” of the LWF at Dadaab
Living with Next to Nothing in Senegal’s Drought-Hit Region
LWF and Local Church Assist Families
FATICK, Senegal/GENEVA, 4 May 2012 (LWI) – Residents of Fangad village in southwestern Senegal have been living off the beautiful but austere land for generations, always knowing it to be the safest of employers. But things are changing in the Fatick region.
1,000 Refugees Trek Daily into LWF-Managed Camp in Mauritania
Enormous Pressure on Already Stretched Resources
MBERE, Mauritania/GENEVA, 20 April 2012 (LWI) – It looks like any other school yard, any other school day. But it is actually the first day of school in Camp Mbere, a refugee camp 60 kilometers from the Malian border with Mauritania. Suddenly a camera attracts attention and hundreds of children set off, screaming and laughing.
Treating the Symptoms and Causes
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.
DWS Certification Shows People at Center of Humanitarian Response
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.
South Sudan: LWF Supports Thousands Displaced in Inter-Ethnic Conflict
Some Pastoralists Have Lost Everything
NAIROBI, Kenya/GENEVA, 13 January 2012 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is delivering humanitarian assistance to thousands of people displaced in inter-ethnic fighting in Jonglei State in South Sudan.
LWF Urges Humanitarian Assistance without Conditions
Salvadoran Bishop Seeks Conversion of World Bank Loan into a Grant
GENEVA, 24 November 2011 (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has expressed “deep concern” regarding the practice of responding to humanitarian emergencies with conditional loans that exacerbate poverty and increase national debt burdens.
LWF World Service and NCA Sign Agreement on Emergency Cooperation
Two Biggest Global Implementers of ACT Inspired by Tunisian Work
GENEVA, 15 November 2011 (LWI) – The two biggest global implementers in the ACT Alliance, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and Norwegian Church Aid (NCA), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in emergencies.
New Homes in Kenya for Somali Muslims before Eid Festivities
Faith Is a Binding Factor
DADAAB, Kenya/GENEVA, 31 August 2011 (LWI) – After almost three months of living in temporary settlements in refugee camps around Dadaab, Kenya, over 20,000 Somali Muslims have been relocated to permanent sites in time to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of the fasting observed during the Islamic month of Ramadan.
