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Organizations need to promote women’s confidence
19 August 2019
World Humanitarian Day: Interview with World Service director Maria Immonen #WomenHumanitarians
Fighting against injustice and inequality
16 August 2019
A volunteer from Nepal shares her story on World Humanitarian Day #WomenHumanitarians (LWI) - When Amrita Rai was just nine years old, she was forced to flee her home in Bhutan and travel to Nepal, where she grew up surrounded by people struggling to find ...
Selfless service at the front line
15 August 2019
Sarah Ewoi, Kenya, receives refugees from South Sudan #WomenHumanitarians (LWI) - 46-year-old Sarah Ewoi is a mother of 4, working for the Lutheran World Federation – World Service at the Nadapal Transit Centre in Kenya. The center is located just behind ...
Taking leadership #WithRefugees
20 June 2019
Churches engage in service, support empowerment (LWI) - 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 what’s ...
Rooted in faith, committed to serving others
16 May 2019
World Service country program staff in Geneva for Global Leadership Team Meeting (LWI) - How can the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) respond better to emergencies and to the long term development needs of the world’s most vulnerable people? How can it help ...
World Humanitarian Day: LWF calls for protection of humanitarian space
17 August 2018
“Humanitarian workers have become soft targets for warring parties”
Working in a high-risk area
17 August 2018
Interview with Jacob Aleer, LWF Security Focal Point in Jonglei, South Sudan (LWI) - For the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), South Sudan has proven the most challenging country in terms of safety and security in the past year. As the civil war continues, ...
“Blue flowers” in the desert
12 April 2018
LWF Regional Program Coordinator Pablo Lo Moro shares impressions from the Country Program in Mauritania The moment the plane of UN Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS) landed in Bassikounou — a once sleepy Mauritanian outpost deep into the Sahara — the ...
Youth are making a difference as climate advocates
11 November 2016
Caroline Ditebogo Lebea is a member of the LWF delegation at the UN climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco. She shares some of the lessons youth are learning and the experiences they bring.
LWF Youth Delegates Mobilize at COP22 Marrakech
11 November 2016
7 - 18 November, Marrakech, Morocco will be the scene of a concerted global effort to mobilize action on climate change. For the LWF, climate change is a question of justice, peace, the care for creation, and human rights. It is also a question of justice ...
Connecting the local to the global at climate conference
10 November 2016
LWF Ethiopia brings perspectives from communities devastated by climate change (LWI) – Delegates from The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and other non-governmental organizations taking part in the United Nations (UN) climate conference in Morocco, shared ...
Advocates urge transition to low-carbon economy, clean energy
9 November 2016
Delegations from the ACT Alliance, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and World Council of Churches (WCC) at the United Nations climate conference in Marrakech, Morocco, 7-18 November, are jointly demanding a more rapid transition to a low-carbon economy ...
Women engineers brighten the village
7 March 2016
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania/ GENEVA, 7. March 2016 (LWI) – It is rather unusual to see women in Mauritania handle large technical equipment, but Bowba mint Brahim and Aichetou mint Khayling connect the large batteries and the solar panels with practiced ease. ...
Preparing for leadership
4 February 2016
MBERRA, Mauritania/ GENEVA, 4 February 2016 (LWI) – “It’s difficult to say how we pass our time in the camp. You wake up and you wonder what to do all day,” Ag Mohamed, 19, says. “There is nothing for us to do here.”
Mauritania: stability and income after fleeing war
29 October 2015
“I want the best life for my children” "We were just looking for peace,” says Bolozi Nzenze Budiaki, as if apologizing for the fact that she is now sitting in a tent and relyies on development aid in a country which is not her home.
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