Ethiopia
WOMEN LEFT TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR, AS MEN GO OFF TO THE FRONT

The name Zenzelema has a nice ring to it and sounds like a happy place.
WOMEN LEFT TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF WAR, AS MEN GO OFF TO THE FRONT
15 November 2021
The name Zenzelema has a nice ring to it and sounds like a happy place. Zenzelema kebele is a satellite kebele of the Amhara Regional capital of Bahr Dar, located on the eastern shore of Lake Tana, the largest lake in Ethiopia and where the Blue Nile River ...
Annual Report
10 November 2021
Dear colleagues and partners, 2020 has been an exceptional year for the entire world with the corona virus/COVID-19, started towards the end of 2019 and took the world by storm and declared a pandemic on March 11th, 2020. As this annual report goes to print, ...
ILO-LWF JOINT TVET TRAINING CENTRE FOR REFUGEES AND HOST COMMUNITIES IN KEBRIBEYAH UNDER THE PROSPECTS INITIATIVE.
6 September 2021
The objective of the joint LWF and ILO Kebribeyah TVET Training Centre project under the Prospects  Initiative is designed to provide vocational training opportunities in various trades including Finishing works, General Metal Fabrication and Aluminium works, ...
ILO - LWF: Vocational skills development – a path to self-reliance
23 July 2021
In the spirit of the Global Compact for Refugees, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Lutheran World Federation  (LWF) have joined hands to bring satellite vocational training services to the district of Kebribeyah, Somali Regional State ...
Two candidates for next LWF general secretary
2 June 2021
Election to take place on 19 June (LWI) - Candidates from Estonia and Zimbabwe have been proposed for the position of general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation. The search for a new leader of the communion of churches has been concluded and the LWF ...
Great solidarity, and even more needs
26 April 2021
Impressions from a visit to Mekelle, Tigray Food is the highest priority in the camps for internally displaced persons (IDP) in Mekelle. The number of those spontaneously set up camps has grown from 14 at the end of March to a total of 21 by mid-April with ...
"People are not starving, they are being starved”
20 April 2021
LWF joins interagency call to fight famine
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 ...
Lutheran World Federation
1 April 2021
  1st April 2021 LWF strongly supports the call by humanitarian INGOs for the protection of aid workers to ensure vital assistance reaches the people in need in #Ethiopia. Humanitarian aid workers are #not a target.
Celebrating International Women’s day 2021
11 March 2021
  Celebrating International Women’s day 2021 LWF-Ethiopia International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated on the 8th of March every year around the world. LWF head office staff celebrated this day by discussing topics on what International Women’s ...
Ethiopia: Stories of flight and loss from Tigray
12 February 2021
LWF and partners to start humanitarian response (LWI) - From everyday life into chaos: For the people affected by the recent conflict in Ethiopia, life as they knew it ended abruptly with the military offensive in the Tigray region. Even before, many had ...
Ethiopia: LWF responds to Tigray conflict
1 February 2021
Water and relief goods for up to 250,000 people
Ethiopia: Tigray Conflict.
23 November 2020
In the evening of Tuesday, 3 November 2020, reports indicate that Tigray regional special forces attacked the northern command base of the Ethiopia Federal army. As a result, Ethiopia Federal military was deployed to restore law and order. A conflict has erupted ...
Ethiopia: Support after locust plague
11 November 2020
Recovery and prevention, as new swarms are already breeding (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) supports people in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, who have been affected by the desert locust infestation this year.
Peacebuilding from the grassroots
9 November 2020
Geneva Peace Week: LWF shares work with communities in Ethiopia
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