LWF Laos

The LWF team and partners visit a community-owned cooperative focusing on business as well as social aspects of the community in Jhapa district. Photo: LWF/ Y. Gautam
The LWF team and partners visit a community-owned cooperative focusing on business as well as social aspects of the community in Jhapa district. Photo: LWF/ Y. Gautam
The LWF team and partners visit a community-owned cooperative focusing on business as well as social aspects of the community in Jhapa district. Photo: LWF/ Y. Gautam
Building resilience in Asia
news
27 Mar 2023
  • Humanitarian
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, the Nyugati train station in Budapest has become a central entry point for refugees arriving by train from the Ukrainian border areas in northeast Hungary. At the station, a range of civil society organisations and other volunteers offer support to incoming refugees. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
A Global Faith Leader in Action
event
11 May 2022
  • Humanitarian
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Leadership staff from Lutheran World Federation World Service country programs are meeting with the Communion Office colleagues in Geneva. Every year, LWF World Service gathers country directors, emergency team leaders, regional coordinators and other staff to discuss critical issues related to programmatic and managerial work. Photo: Albin Hillert/LWF
Leadership staff from Lutheran World Federation World Service country programs are meeting with the Communion Office colleagues in Geneva. Every year, LWF World Service gathers country directors, emergency team leaders, regional coordinators and other staff to discuss critical issues related to programmatic and managerial work. Photo: Albin Hillert/LWF
Leadership staff from Lutheran World Federation World Service country programs are meeting with the Communion Office colleagues in Geneva. Every year, LWF World Service gathers country directors, emergency team leaders, regional coordinators and other staff to discuss critical issues related to programmatic and managerial work. Photo: Albin Hillert/LWF
2022 World Service Global Leadership Team Meeting
event
29 Apr 2022
  • Governance
  • Humanitarian
- All day
Youth playing on the banks of Río Pogue in Atrato, northwestern Colombia. The LWF supports local communities to uphold their rights and protect the Atrato River, which has been polluted by material from extractive industries for decades. Photo: LWF/G. A. Moreno Clavijo
Youth playing on the banks of Río Pogue in Atrato, northwestern Colombia. The LWF supports local communities to uphold their rights and protect the Atrato River, which has been polluted by material from extractive industries for decades. Photo: LWF/G. A. Moreno Clavijo
Youth playing on the banks of Río Pogue in Atrato, northwestern Colombia. The LWF supports local communities to uphold their rights and protect the Atrato River, which has been polluted by material from extractive industries for decades. Photo: LWF/G. A. Moreno Clavijo
Supporting marginalized people to organize and empower themselves
news
19 Jul 2021
  • Humanitarian
  • Justice
Photo: LWF Kenya/ P. Kwamboka
Photo: LWF Kenya/ P. Kwamboka
Photo: LWF Kenya/ P. Kwamboka
World Refugee Day 2021
event
17 Jun 2021
  • Humanitarian
- All day
South Sudanese refugee, Rose Nathike Lokonyen, runs the 800-metres for the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016. Photo: UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau
South Sudanese refugee, Rose Nathike Lokonyen, runs the 800-metres for the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016. Photo: UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau
South Sudanese refugee, Rose Nathike Lokonyen, runs the 800-metres for the Refugee Olympic Team at Rio 2016. Photo: UNHCR/Benjamin Loyseau
Refugees journey to the Olympic Games
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8 Apr 2021
  • Humanitarian
  • Communion
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