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A young refugee paints a house during the retreat. Photo: LWF/ H. Lehto
7 Jan
Refugee teens talk mental health
Uganda, Youth, Protection, psychosocial support, mental health, refugee, refugee camp, South Sudan
7 Jan
LWF is running a pilot project focused on the mental health of teenager refugees in Uganda, offering them a way to process trauma and equipping them for the future.
A young refugee paints a house during the retreat. Photo: LWF/ H. Lehto
7 Jan
Refugee teens talk mental health
Uganda, Youth, Protection, psychosocial support, mental health, refugee, refugee camp, South Sudan
7 Jan
LWF is running a pilot project focused on the mental health of teenager refugees in Uganda, offering them a way to process trauma and equipping them for the future.
A young refugee paints a house during the retreat. Photo: LWF/ H. Lehto
7 Jan
Refugee teens talk mental health
Uganda, Youth, Protection, psychosocial support, mental health, refugee, refugee camp, South Sudan
7 Jan
LWF is running a pilot project focused on the mental health of teenager refugees in Uganda, offering them a way to process trauma and equipping them for the future.
The LWF World Service Central America team, performing a hymn in the main office in San Salvador. Photo: LWF Central America
22 Dec
Singing and Dancing for Christmas 
Central America, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda, LWF World Service, refugee, Staff, IDP, refugee camp
22 Dec
Singing and dancing together, despite challenging circumstances: With messages of hope, LWF World Service country programs have contributed to this year's LWF advent hymns campaign...
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
19 Aug
World Humanitarian Day: maintaining hope, in times of crisis
Global event, Diakonia, humanitarian, refugee, Refugees, Staff, LWF staff, health, Protection, World Humanitarian Day
19 Aug
Maria Immonen, director of the LWF humanitarian agency, World Service, is very open about the effects COVID-19 had on the almost 9,000 LWF aid workers, in some of the biggest humanitarian operations...
The LWF is adding its voice to a statement calling for an end to the decade-long conflict in Syria and support for all those displaced by the violence Photo: LWF/R. Schlott
25 Jun
LWF joins call to conference on ending Syria conflict
Interfaith, Diakonia, Advocacy, Youth, Women, #withrefugees, refugee, Refugees, Za'atari Refugee Camp
25 Jun
The LWF has signed onto a statement from the ACT Alliance on behalf of its members in Syria and the surrounding countries. The statement is calling for a “transformative conference” to support just...
Maria Immonen, director of LWF World Service. Photo: LWF/C.Kästner
23 Jan
World Service director to co-chair Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response
humanitarian, humanitarian support, #withrefugees, refugee, Refugees, Caritas Internationalis, emergency operation, emergency response, emergency
23 Jan
The LWF department for World Service, Maria Immonen, has been appointed vice-chair of the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response.
A group of refugees work in a tree nursery in the Minawao camp for Nigerian refugees. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
27 Nov
Cameroon: Caring for the climate, #WithRefugees
Diakonia, #withrefugees, Climate, Climate Change, refugee
27 Nov
Serving the neighbour is not just about short-term emergency intervention, but also about long-term commitment, to people as well as environment.
Around 400 people, including 50 pastors, participated in a silent march in support of Rev. Ulrich Gampert who has been fined for providing church asylum to a young Afghan refugee. Photo: Dekanat Kempten/Jutta Martin
31 Jul
Church asylum: When solidarity is criminalized
Migrants, #withrefugees, refugee, LWF member churches
31 Jul
A pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria from Immenstadt, Germany, has been ordered to pay a penalty for granting church asylum to a rejected Afghan asylum seeker.
Refugees wait their turn, at a distribution of non-food items in Minawao. The Minawao camp for Nigerian refugees, located in the Far North region of Cameroon, hosts some 58,000 refugees from North East Nigeria. The refugees are supported by the Lutheran World Federation, together with a range of partners. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
20 Jun
Faith actors call for Global Solidarity with Refugees
Department for World Service, Ebola, LWF Uganda, DRC, Risk Management, Refugees, #withrefugees, refugee, Human Rights, World Refugee Day, peace building, Peace, Protection, refugees protection, xenophobia
20 Jun
The diversity of origins and traditions which make humanity unique are being targeted by intolerance, sometimes by brutal violence, and refugees are often on the front line of this assault...
Two young men construct a house in the Beldangi Refugee Camp in southeast Nepal. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
20 Jun
Taking leadership #WithRefugees
World Refugee Day, Department for World Service, #withrefugees, refugee, Leadership, Water, shelter, psychosocial support, host communities
20 Jun
All over the world, churches are making a difference for people on the move. They provide shelter, food and water, give psychosocial support, and help to build relations with host communities. So...
Migrants and Czech citizens share different customs during a workshop run by Czech diaconia. Photo: Diakonie ČCE
21 Aug
ECCB urges Czech government to help refugees
#withrefugees, refugee, Refugees, Advocacy, Statement, Czech Republic
21 Aug
The Synodal Council of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, a member church of the LWF, in an open statement has expressed concern over the Czech government’s decision to not take in any...
A man plays football with his children in the Zaatari Refugee Camp, Jordan, while another man, wounded in fighting in Syria, looks on. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT
6 Apr
LWF and ecumenical partners link to #WithRefugees solidarity tour
#withrefugees, refugee, Kakuma, Za'atari Refugee Camp, Refugees, internally displaced people, Displaced Persons, Refugees. Displaced person
6 Apr
The #WithRefugees World Tour kicks off today with a sports day in the Za’atari Refugee Camp in Jordan. The LWF, WCC and other ecumenical partners are joining hands with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency,...
Abdi Abdullahi has come home. He is grateful to LWF for helping him gain the life experience that has enabled him to return to Somalia and serve his community. Photo: LWF/ Anne Wangari
20 Feb
LWF assists refugees returning to Somalia
Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya, refugee, Kenya refugee camps, emergency, Somalia, Peace
20 Feb
A protracted refugee situation in Dadaab, Kenya, means, that many young people are born in the camp or grow up there. As adults, they are encouraged to return to a country they have little or no...
Rev Robert Goyek Daga, in front of the millennium Cathedral that his church is building in the center of Garoua town. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner
6 Feb
Diakonia and dialogue for peace
Diakonia, Interfaith, refugee, IDP, refugee camp, Livelihoods, emergency
6 Feb
Rev Robert Goyek Daga, in front of the millennium Cathedral that his church is building in the center of Garoua town. Photo: LWF/ C. Kästner
Refugees lose many things, but never their human rights: LWF and UNHCR visibility material at the panel discussion. Photo: LWF/ A. Danielsson
1 Feb
Changing the media narrative on refugees
God and Human Dignity, Communications, Migrants, Migration, #withrefugees, refugee, refugee camps, European refugee crisis
1 Feb
Few media report the stories of refugees directly, is the finding of a new study about the representation of refugees and migrants in the media.
Students in the special needs’ education unit at Fashoda Primary School perform a traditional dance. Photo: LWF/Ann Kathure
2 Jun
Building a future with hope
DWS Kenya/Djibouti, Kakuma, refugee
2 Jun
25 years of LWF’s refugee support at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya
LWF helped Anek to return to school and pursue higher education while caring for her child. Photo: LWF Kenya
14 Feb
LWF helps teenage mothers finish high school
refugee, Women, girls, gender-based violence, Education, DWS Kenya/Djibouti
14 Feb
Combining education and protection for girls in Kakuma refugee camp, Kenya
Jesse Kamstra, LWF country representative in Uganda (center), with the winners of the contest. Photos: LWF/ S. Nalubega
3 Feb
Uganda talent show brings out best in young refugees
refugee
3 Feb
For months, teenage and youth refugees in Rwamwanja settlement have been practicing their singing, drama, dance, art and fashion routines. On 1 February, they reaped the reward: as contestants and...
Kader Ali Ahmed in Hagadera, a part of the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Photo: LWF Kenya
6 Jan
Preparing young refugees for a return to Somalia
refugee
6 Jan
Kadar Ali Ahmed, 27 years old, was born in Somalia and became a refugee at the age of 14. For half of his life, home was the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Now he is preparing himself and many fellow...
Pagirinya settlement was opened less than a month ago and is already overcrowded. Photo: LWF Uganda
7 Sep
More support needed for refugees in Uganda
Adjumani Refugee Settlement, refugee, refugee camps, refugee influx
7 Sep
Congestion, water-borne diseases biggest challenges in new settlement ...
If we ever get out of here, a documentary by filmmaker Marika Griehsel and Lollo Jarnebrink
21 Mar
"If we ever get out of here."
Kakuma, refugee, Refugees. Displaced person, DWS Kenya
21 Mar
A film documenting daily life inside the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya ...
Thousands of people have been displaced by the Burundi crisis. These people fled to safety in Tanzania. Photo: LWF
2 Mar
Humanitarian crisis in Burundi
Burundi refugee crisis 2015, Burundi, Violence, refugee, refugee influx
2 Mar
900,000 people severely affected by post-election violence
Margaret Awak Aguer is mobbed and lifted by fellow students at Shambe Primary School after emerging as the best candidate in Kakuma Refugee camp in the 2015 KCPE with 400 out of a possible 500 marks © LWF Kakuma January 2016
12 Jan
Top marks for girl student in Kakuma refugee camp
DWS Kenya/Djibouti, Kenya, Kakuma, refugee, Refugees. Displaced person
12 Jan
Primary exams in LWF schools in Kenya
Raba’a explains the situation in her family. Photo: Jennifer Clark, CLWR
19 Nov
Food support for refugees and hosts in Jordan
DWS Jordan, refugee, Refugees. Displaced person, refugee crisis
19 Nov
Relieving the burden of hunger
Dolma, a Tibetan refugee, runs a successful souvenir shop, with support from the LWF. Photo: C. Kastner
18 Jun
Having an identity, having a future
Nepal, refugee, Tibet, World Refugee Day 2015
18 Jun
"Of course I want to go back home. I miss my country."...
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