Uganda
Unconditional cash grants bring joy to amputee refugee

 
Unconditional cash grants bring joy to amputee refugee
28 July 2021
  Nyakabande* a 57-year-old male South Sudanese refugee had lost his wife when he fled the war to Uganda for safety. On arrival in Uganda, the father of seven settled with his children in one of the settlements in Northern Uganda. Due to insecurity issues ...
'Adult literacy has given me a second chance to read and write'
28 July 2021
  32-year-old Mary* is one of the many refugees living in the Kyangwali settlement who cannot read and write. It was not her will to miss school at a tender age, but rather the primitive cultural practices in her community back in the Democratic Republic ...
SALIMA project offers economic empowerment for refugees
14 July 2020
  “We are not only surviving but also steadily developing,” says Vestina, a 25-year-old Congolese single mother, expressing her gratitude towards the Lutheran World Federation and partners for the support. Vestina is living in Western Uganda's Kyangwali ...
LWF General Secretary announces he will step down in 2021
20 May 2020
"Junge has personified LWF's passion for the church and for the world" (LWI) – LWF General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge announced today that he will be stepping down from his position on 31 October 2021, three years before his term ends. "Serving as ...
LWF, Partners launch new aid programme in Kyangwali refugee settlement
3 March 2020
  Kikuube District: The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in collaboration with three other organisations has launched a project meant to ensure self-reliance, wellbeing and peaceful coexistence among the refugees and host communities in Kikuube and Hoima ...
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