Uganda
World Humanitarian Day: maintaining hope, in times of crisis

Talk about the mental health of aid workers, LWF World Service director says
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.
Lutherans and Anglicans join hands to support South Sudanese refugees
18 May 2020
LWF Uganda and Episcopal diocese in South Sudan explore joint programming, awareness-raising  (LWI) - The diocese of Kajo-Keji of the episcopal church in South Sudan and The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) country program in Uganda are exploring joint ...
COVID-19: LWF Uganda ramps up prevention
23 April 2020
Campaigns focus on information sharing, hand washing, providing protective equipment, keeping distance (LWI) - As countries around the globe continue to assess the spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Lutheran World Federation (LWF) staff ...
COVID-19: LWF World Service calls for donations
18 March 2020
Protect vulnerable communities and staff in refugee camps (LWI) - In light of the worldwide Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) humanitarian arm World Service is calling for donations to mitigate the effects in the ...
LWF prepares South Sudanese refugees for return home
29 January 2020
Interview with Girma Gudina, LWF Country Representative (LWI) - After almost five years of civil war, 2.3 million South Sudanese are living as refugees outside their country. The majority found refuge in neighboring Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. As the situation ...
Faith actors call for Global Solidarity with Refugees
20 June 2019
UNHCR, LWF and other faith communities commit to support refugees
LWF Uganda scales up risk intervention against the spread of Ebola virus
13 June 2019
Communication strategies to increase awareness in the community about the disease
Supporting adult literacy in Uganda
28 September 2018
LWF provides education and cash grants to refugees and hosts  (LWI) Shop owner James Erama’s business used to lose a lot of money every month because he couldn’t balance his books or track his investments, sales or profits. However, ever since he learned ...
Urgent support for DRC refugees needed
14 February 2018
Over 2000 people a day crossing border to Uganda (LWI) - The LWF in Uganda is poised to manage three entry points for refugees fleeing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an emergency the UN has labelled critical.
The first female constructor in Rwamwanja
5 October 2017
LWF provides education and job opportunities to Congolese refugees Hawa Andrew has the most beautiful house in Rwamwanja refugee settlement, Uganda. That at least is the opinion of her family, who lives with her, and of course of the person who constructed ...
More than one million refugees in Uganda
14 September 2017
East Africa’s largest refugee crisis needs more support "The militia shoot at anybody, we have lost mothers, fathers, siblings and children to their attacks," says 35-year-old Watson Odaga, a South Sudanese refugee in Palabek settlement, Northern Uganda. ...
A refugee’s journey
23 March 2017
Three days to three weeks – that’s the length of time refugees from South Sudan describe taking to get to north Uganda. From the border onwards, they are being met by aid organizations such as The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) which register people with ...
Overwhelming needs of refugees in Northern Uganda
28 February 2017
(LWI) – “This is the largest refugee crisis in Africa, and the third largest in the world. How many thousands have to come, how many people have to die until the international community wakes up?” – Jesse Kamstra, country representative of The Lutheran ...
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