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Refugees journey to the Olympic Games

LWF joins UNHCR call to support refugee athletes
Refugees journey to the Olympic Games
8 April 2021
LWF joins UNHCR call to support refugee athletes (LWI) - Leading up to the Olympic summer games in Tokyo, Japan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has released a video calling for support for the refugee teams in the Olympic and Paralympic ...
Young women from Kakuma speak about gender justice
8 March 2021
Webinar from refugee camp in Kenya, brings voices of young refugees (LWI) - Young women in Kakuma refugee camp face many obstacles when aiming for equal opportunities as men and boys. In a webinar: “Emerging Women who Choose to Challenge”, young refugees ...
COVID-19: LWF steps up prevention in Kenya refugee camp
2 April 2020
Efforts focus on sharing information and training in handwashing and hygiene to stop spread of virus 
“Rise and make the most of it”
15 June 2018
TEDx talk from Kakuma refugee camp highlights talents and contributions of refugees
LWF refugee athlete tells UN to listen to refugees
14 June 2018
Rose Nathike speaks at Global Compact on Refugee consultation
When water comes to life
1 June 2018
Australian Lutheran World Service Community Action Manager Jonathan Krause reflects on the importance of providing clean water Here in Australia, we know how to “do” weather. Our northern parts sometimes receive a year’s rainfall in a couple hours, ...
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, ...
Smart Communities in Kenya
25 January 2018
LWF Part of Cross-Sector Coalition Helping Refugee Settlements Go Digital
Building a future with hope
2 June 2017
25 years of LWF’s refugee support at Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya Few among those fleeing northeast African conflicts to seek refuge in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya 25 years ago could have imagined what is now a city would still be here ...
Rose Nathike Lokonyen to speak at Malmö arena
30 September 2016
Refugee athlete to give testimony at Ecumenical Commemoration (LWI) – Olympic athlete and refugee Rose Nathike Lokonyen will be one of the speakers at the Joint Lutheran-Catholic Commemoration in Sweden on 31 October.
Kenya’s decision to end refugee hosting will increase risks for thousands
11 May 2016
LWF joins call to uphold the rights of refugees (LWI) – The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is among non-governmental organizations (NGOs) urging the Kenyan government to reconsider its intention to both close refugee camps in the country and disband its ...
"If we ever get out of here."
21 March 2016
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Top marks for girl student in Kakuma refugee camp
12 January 2016
(LWI) - The dust has finally settled and top performing Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) class of 2015 candidates have had a week celebrating their achievements. Some are even gracing national TV stations to tell the whole world what it took for ...
Dancers from Kakuma refugee camp in national dance competition
16 July 2015
After successfully taking part in the the regional Eldoret Dancing Competitions, a dance group from Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya is going on to the Sakata auditions, a national Citizen TV dancing competition. Lennart Hernander, LWF Country Representative ...
Education for South Sudanese refugees in Kakuma Camp
15 January 2015
“Fostering the Peace in Society” (LWI) – Simon Puot Poth believes in education’s ability to bring people together. “It fosters the peace in society, because it enables people to discuss any differences they have among themselves. If there were ...
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