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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 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 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
news
4 Feb 2021
  • Humanitarian
  • Churches
Oumarou Baba (left) and LWF interim representative Joseph Pfattner in central Baoro. Photo: LWF CAR
Oumarou Baba (left) and LWF interim representative Joseph Pfattner in central Baoro. Photo: LWF CAR
Oumarou Baba (left) and LWF interim representative Joseph Pfattner in central Baoro. Photo: LWF CAR
Hope for a future without violence
news
21 Dec 2020
  • Humanitarian
LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
LWF President Archbishop Dr Panti Filibus Musa. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Unexpected joy during an unprecedented Christmas
news
17 Dec 2020
  • Churches
  • Governance
The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate. Here a group of Oromo internally displaced people move through the Burka Dare IDP site. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate. Here a group of Oromo internally displaced people move through the Burka Dare IDP site. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate. Here a group of Oromo internally displaced people move through the Burka Dare IDP site. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Peacebuilding from the grassroots
news
9 Nov 2020
  • Humanitarian
  • Unity
LWF president Archbishop Panti Filibus Musa visits displaced Rohingya at the Ohn Taw Gyi South IDP camp, Rakhine state, Myanmar, in 2018. Photo: LWF/ Phyo Aung Hein
LWF president Archbishop Panti Filibus Musa visits displaced Rohingya at the Ohn Taw Gyi South IDP camp, Rakhine state, Myanmar, in 2018. Photo: LWF/ Phyo Aung Hein
LWF president Archbishop Panti Filibus Musa visits displaced Rohingya at the Ohn Taw Gyi South IDP camp, Rakhine state, Myanmar, in 2018. Photo: LWF/ Phyo Aung Hein
“Durable and peaceful solutions” needed for displaced Rohingya
news
22 Oct 2020
  • Humanitarian
  • Churches
Daw Ma Saw Myint, head teacher of an LWF-run temporary Learning Space in Myanmar, experienced herself the limited opportunities for girls and women. She is trying to keep adolescent girls in school. Photo: LWF/ S. Thandar
Daw Ma Saw Myint, head teacher of an LWF-run temporary Learning Space in Myanmar, experienced herself the limited opportunities for girls and women. She is trying to keep adolescent girls in school. Photo: LWF/ S. Thandar
Daw Ma Saw Myint, head teacher of an LWF-run temporary Learning Space in Myanmar, experienced herself the limited opportunities for girls and women. She is trying to keep adolescent girls in school. Photo: LWF/ S. Thandar
COVID-19: Empower girls to determine their future
news
8 Oct 2020
  • Humanitarian
  • Justice
Children demonstrate hand washing at Kakuma refugee camp; Kenya. LWF has reinforced hygiene education to prevent a spread of COVID-19 in the camp. Photo: LWF/ P. Omagwa
Children demonstrate hand washing at Kakuma refugee camp; Kenya. LWF has reinforced hygiene education to prevent a spread of COVID-19 in the camp. Photo: LWF/ P. Omagwa
Children demonstrate hand washing at Kakuma refugee camp; Kenya. LWF has reinforced hygiene education to prevent a spread of COVID-19 in the camp. Photo: LWF/ P. Omagwa
COVID-19: Responding when social distancing isn’t an option
news
5 Oct 2020
  • Humanitarian
  • Churches
13-year-old Mairamou Zra and her family work their field, sowing groundnut near the Minawao camp for Nigerian refugees, Cameroon. The family forms part of the host community in the area around the camp, which hosts some 58,000 refugees from North East Nigeria. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
13-year-old Mairamou Zra and her family work their field, sowing groundnut near the Minawao camp for Nigerian refugees, Cameroon. The family forms part of the host community in the area around the camp, which hosts some 58,000 refugees from North East Nigeria. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
13-year-old Mairamou Zra and her family work their field, sowing groundnut near the Minawao camp for Nigerian refugees, Cameroon. The family forms part of the host community in the area around the camp, which hosts some 58,000 refugees from North East Nigeria. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
International Day of the Girl
event
24 Sep 2020
  • Justice
  • Youth
- All day
The LWF team in Northern Iraq distributed food aid to vulnerable families in Summel District in Dohuk Governorate. To respond to #COVID19, the government has issued movement restrictions and other measures which impact on the livelihood of many families. Photo: LWF Iraq
The LWF team in Northern Iraq distributed food aid to vulnerable families in Summel District in Dohuk Governorate. To respond to #COVID19, the government has issued movement restrictions and other measures which impact on the livelihood of many families. Photo: LWF Iraq
The LWF team in Northern Iraq distributed food aid to vulnerable families in Summel District in Dohuk Governorate. To respond to #COVID19, the government has issued movement restrictions and other measures which impact on the livelihood of many families. Photo: LWF Iraq
World Humanitarian Day: maintaining hope, in times of crisis
news
19 Aug 2020
  • Humanitarian
  • Churches