Kenya-Somalia
LWF country programs in East Africa plan joint approach to humanitarian crises

Strategic response to South Sudan crisis and climate change in the region 
LWF country programs in East Africa plan joint approach to humanitarian crises
4 October 2019
Strategic response to South Sudan crisis and climate change in the region  (LWI) - A regional response to the humanitarian crises in South Sudan and Somalia, and joint work on thematic areas such as climate change were the themes of a Regional Meeting of ...
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 ...
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”
South Sudan crisis set to become Africa’s largest
28 February 2018
LWF appeals for funds (LWI) - The plight of refugees from South Sudan is set to become Africa’s largest refugee crisis, with the Lutheran World Federation on the frontline in South Sudan and the countries receiving the refugees, including Uganda, Kenya, ...
LWF assists refugees returning to Somalia
20 February 2018
Skills enable young refugees to start a new life in back home (LWI) - A protracted refugee situation in Dadaab, Kenya, means, that many young people are born in the camp or grow up there. As adults, they are encouraged to return to a country they have little ...
Smart Communities in Kenya
25 January 2018
LWF Part of Cross-Sector Coalition Helping Refugee Settlements Go Digital
“Hagadera is my home now”
7 November 2017
Interview with a refugee in Dadaab (LWI) - Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya is one of the largest and oldest refugee camps in the world. It is inhabited mostly by refugees from Somalia who started fleeing the civil war and following unrests since 1992, and have ...
Kenyan court decision stops Dadaab closure
9 February 2017
Basic principles of international humanitarian law upheld (LWI) The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is grateful that basic principles of international humanitarian law were upheld when the High Court of Kenya ruled against the planned closure of the Dadaab ...
A better place for the elderly
2 February 2017
LWF supports aged refugees in Dadaab camp, Kenya (LWI) - Being old is not always easy, Jinay can attest to that. “You struggle each day to manage every day life – and to feed your family,” she says. The refugee from Somalia is 75 years old and lives ...
Transforming lives of refugee children
11 January 2017
The challenge of providing primary education for all in Dadaab refugee camps
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