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COVID-19: Responding when social distancing isn’t an option

LWF World Service concerned about long-term effects of the pandemic
COVID-19: Responding when social distancing isn’t an option
5 October 2020
LWF World Service concerned about long-term effects of the pandemic
World Humanitarian Day: maintaining hope, in times of crisis
19 August 2020
Talk about the mental health of aid workers, LWF World Service director says (LWI) - “In the past months, we have seen cases of stress, anxiety and burn-out among our staff.” Maria Immonen, director of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) humanitarian ...
World Refugee Day: Every Action Counts
18 June 2020
Lutheran church leaders advocate for the protection of displaced people (LWI) - Churches and faith communities need to actively support refugees. Every action counts. This is the call of Lutheran church leaders worldwide on World Refugee Day. “In solidarity ...
Annual Reports highlight humanitarian, development, and advocacy work
3 June 2020
Showing impact and change (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has issued two annual reports highlighting its humanitarian, development and advocacy work in 2019. They complement the global LWF Annual Report 2019, which was issued in early May.
Working together for justice, peace and reconciliation
15 May 2020
LWF publishes 2019 Annual Report
COVID-19: Difficult realities “becoming even more challenging”
6 April 2020
World Service director grateful for commitment and dedication of staff (LWI) -The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) World Service director Maria Immonen has sent a letter to the staff in humanitarian and development operations, encouraging them during the outbreak ...
A total absence of law
7 March 2017
LWF supports survivors of gender-based violence in South Sudan (LWI) Amina* was lying under a palm tree when a caseworker from The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) found her. The teen had been covering herself with palm leaves after walking for days from South ...
LWF Staff Arrive Safely in Juba
6 January 2015
Call for protection of the humanitarian space 
LWF Staff Return to Maban
18 September 2014
After the incidences in Maban on 3rd of August where 5 humanitarian agency staff were deliberately targeted and killed, many agencies including LWF were forced to evacuate the staff out of the location. A number of NGOs – including LWF World Service – ...
South Sudan: LWF Condemns Aid Workers’ Killing, Evacuates Maban Staff amid Growing Insecurity
7 August 2014
Temporary Suspension of Assistance to Sudanese Refugees and Host Communities (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has strongly condemned the targeted killing of aid workers in South Sudan’s Maban county, as fighting escalates between militia groups ...
Calling the International Community to Action in South Sudan
12 May 2014
NGOs Propose Seven Steps to Address Crisis, Churches Call to Prayer (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF), together with other non-governmental organizations (NGOs), is calling on the international community to urgently increase efforts to alleviate ...
LWF Pleads for Cessation of Hostilities and Humanitarian Access to Civilians in South Sudan
25 April 2014
High Risk of Conflict Destabilizing Entire Region (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is highly concerned about the growing vulnerability of civilians and reduced humanitarian access to internally displaced people inside South Sudan. The recent targeted ...
South Sudan: Intervention Critical for IDPs Before Long Rainy Season Begins
12 March 2014
Interview with LWF Country Program Coordinator Lokiru Matendo
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