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  • 3 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: Lutheran World Federation general secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt closes her eyes during a moment of prayer at the Macedonia church in Palorinya refugee settlement. Following the eruption of war in South Sudan, the Diocese of Kajo-Keji in the country’s Central Equatoria State, decided to move with some 350 congregants to seek refuge in neighboring Uganda. The diocese is since hosted under the auspices of the Diocesan office of the Anglican Church in Moyo, Uganda, and is able to continue to gather and worship as a congregation in the Palorinya settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 28 March 2022, Arusha, Tanzania: Bishop Msafiri Mbilu of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania closes his eyes in prayer during morning devotion at the ELCT offices in Arusha, Tanzania.
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  • 15 May 2022, Paralimni, Cyprus: Deacon Marios Andreou of the Church of Cyprus (left) and World Council of Churches acting general secretary Rev. Prod. Dr Ioan Sauca (right) pray at the altar as Sunday service is celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George, Church of Cyprus, in Paralimni. The service is attended by participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly that brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022.
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  • 7 October 2015, Caibarien, Cuba: Concerned cat looking out through doorway in Caibarien, Cuba.
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  • Surprised cat looking through fence in the colonial town of Remedios, Cuba.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of South Sudanese refugee women from the Kuku ethnic group dance and sing as they gather at the 'God's Grace' women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of South Sudanese refugee women from the Kuku ethnic group dance and sing as they gather at the 'God's Grace' women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 1 April 2022, Nyumanzi refugee settlement, Adjumani district, Uganda: A group of Dinca refugee women from South Sudan pass the time at a women's self-help group in the Nyumanzi refugee settlement in Adjumani district, West Nile area of Uganda. The Nyumanzi refugee settlement, in Adjumani district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 50,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Lutheran World Federation General Secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt joins a moment of prayer at the chapel of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. An institution of the ELCT closely linked with the Lutheran World Federation from the outset in the early 1960s, the hospital serves today some 800-1,000 outpatients on a daily basis.
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  • 27 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania Presiding Bishop Dr Fredrick Shoo kneels at the altar as he leads Sunday service in the Moshi Lutheran Cathedral, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania’s northern diocese.
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  • Namagero Rose, a South Sudanese refugee from the Kuku ethnic group, serves as chairwoman for a God’s Grace self-help group for women in Palorinya. Offering a safe space for women to counsel each other and heal from their trauma as survivors of war, Rose says the group has helped many women to feel better.  “Some of us had even attempted suicide. But with counselling, we saw that peace could come to our hearts,” she says, while stressing nonetheless the fragility of the current situation for many refugees. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of South Sudanese refugee women from the Kuku ethnic group dance and sing as they gather at the 'God's Grace' women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of South Sudanese refugee women from the Kuku ethnic group - lead by Margaret Konga (centre) - dance and sing as they gather at the 'God's Grace' women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of South Sudanese refugee women from the Kuku ethnic group dance and sing as they gather at the 'God's Grace' women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of South Sudanese refugee women from the Kuku ethnic group dance and sing as they welcome visitors to the 'God's Grace' women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A group of South Sudanese refugee women from the Kuku ethnic group dance and sing as they gather at the 'God's Grace' women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 1 April 2022, Nyumanzi refugee settlement, Adjumani district, Uganda: South Sudanese refugee Apyud Pyod from the Dinka ethnic group joins a women's self-help group in Nyumanzi refugee settlement, Adjumani, Uganda. The Nyumanzi refugee settlement, in Adjumani district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 50,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 26 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Moment of prayer in the chapel of the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. An institution of the ELCT closely linked with the Lutheran World Federation from the outset in the early 1960s, the hospital serves today some 800-1,000 outpatients on a daily basis.
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  • 12 March, 2022, Poprad, Slovakia: 20-year-old Anna Radchuk is one among a couple of families staying in a repurposed parsonage belonging to the Poprad Lutheran Church, opened up by the local parish as a way of offering accommodation to incoming refugees from Ukraine. <br />
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Anna and her family fled from their home in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the country. While the family wanted to stay and were long incredulous to the possibility of a war being immanent, when Russian missiles hitting the city started destroying houses in their own neighbourhood, they realised they had to flee. With support from the Red Cross, they made it to Vyšné Nemecké, the border crossing connecting Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine, and found refuge in Slovakia.
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  • 19 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: 10-year-old Bayan, a girl born with Cerebral Palsy, attends class at the Al Yarmouk Primary Mixed School, in the Lewa'a Al Jama'a district.  Following three years in a school exclusively for children with disabilities, today she attends 4th grade at Al Yarmouk, which has recently opened up to receive her. The school teaches some 750 students from 1st - 6th grade, most of them Jordanian, but some also from Syria and other countries. The school has received support from the Lutheran World Federation in refurbishing their buildings and classrooms, as well as training on protection and social cohesion, including how to become more inclusive of children with disabilities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A girl plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A boy smiles and gives a thumbs-up in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A girl plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: A large Mickey Mouse toy sits on a chair in the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Irbid.
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  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: Incentive-Based Volunteer Baha leads a psychosocial support session for Syrian refugee children and Jordanian host communities, organized by the Lutheran World Federation at the Islamic Centre in Al-Mazar.
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  • 27 January 2019, Burka Dare IDP site, near Micha, Seweyna woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: A boy puts his hands to his head in the Burka Dare site for internally displaced people. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate.
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  • 20 April 2019, Jerusalem: Holy Saturday service at Saint James' Church in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem.
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  • 21 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Mwai Makoka.
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  • 21 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Mwai Makoka.
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  • 20 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Morning prayers at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, as World Council of Churches staff gather for the annual Staff Enrichment Days. Here, Kristine Greenaway and Martin Robra.
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  • 10 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Three days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, an interreligious service was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to pray together, for a future of compassion and peace together. The event was attended by representatives of a range of religions present in Stockholm and Sweden as a whole. Here, Camilla Lif from the Katarina Parish of Church of Sweden. Oral consent obtained for use by Church of Sweden and the World Council of Churches.
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  • 9 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Two days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, a peaceful demonstration for love was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to join hands for a non-violent future.
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  • 9 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Two days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, a peaceful demonstration for love was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to join hands for a non-violent future.
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  • 9 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Two days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, a peaceful demonstration for love was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to join hands for a non-violent future.
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  • 9 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Two days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, a peaceful demonstration for love was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to join hands for a non-violent future.
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  • 17 December 2016, Cairo, Egypt: Gatekeeper Zachariah, at the Anaphora Institute, a Coptic Orthodox retreat and educational centre located north-west of Cairo.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A girl plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 17 February 2020, Zarqa, Jordan: A girl looks up in surprise, as she plays in 'the nanny room' at the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa. Through a variety of activities, the Lutheran World Federation community centre in Zarqa serves to offer psychosocial support and strengthen social cohesion between Syrian, Iraqi and other refugees in Jordan and their host communities.
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  • 16 February 2020, Irbid, Jordan: A mother holds her daughter in her lap during a caregiver support session led by the Lutheran World Federation at the Islamic Centre in Al-Mazar, offering psychosocial support to Syrian refugee mothers and Jordanian host communities.
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  • 20 April 2019, Jerusalem: Holy Saturday service at Saint James' Church in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem.
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  • 9 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the Trinity Church in Oslo, Norway on 9 December, the World Council of Churches and the Church of Norway hosted an ecumenical prayer service on the occasion of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. Oslo hosts the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony on 9-10 December 2017. The prize in 2017 goes to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Here, Church of Norway's presiding bishop Helga Haugland Byfuglien.
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  • 1 December 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: On World AIDS Day 2017, the World Council of Churches – Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA) brought together representatives of faith-based organizations as well as public sector and inter-governmental organizations at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 1 December. The event saw a commemorative prayer service, an interactive art exhibition, and a round table discussion on how to improve access to testing and treatment for children and adolescents living with HIV, particularly by means of education.
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  • 21 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Mwai Makoka.
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  • 21 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Mwai Makoka.
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  • 21 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Mwai Makoka.
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  • 20 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Morning prayers at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, as World Council of Churches staff gather for the annual Staff Enrichment Days. Here, Owe Boersma.
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  • 20 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Morning prayers at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, as World Council of Churches staff gather for the annual Staff Enrichment Days. Here, Katalina Tahaafe-Williams.
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  • 18 September 2017, Geneva, Switzerland: Morning prayers at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, as the World Council of Churches hosts a meeting of member churches' Ecumenical Officers.
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  • 9 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Two days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, a peaceful demonstration for love was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to join hands for a non-violent future.
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  • 9 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Two days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, a peaceful demonstration for love was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to join hands for a non-violent future.
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  • 9 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Two days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, a peaceful demonstration for love was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to join hands for a non-violent future.
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  • 9 April 2017, Stockholm, Sweden: Two days after a lorry was driven into a store in central Stockholm, killing at least four people and injuring many more, a peaceful demonstration for love was held at Sergels torg in central Stockholm, to commemorate the victims of violence, and to join hands for a non-violent future.
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  • 15 May 2022, Paralimni, Cyprus: H.E. Archbishop Prof. Dr Job of Telmessos of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (centre) presides over the Divine Liturgy as Sunday service is celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint George, Church of Cyprus, in Paralimni. Meanwhile, Deacon Epifanios Papantoniou of the Church of Cyprus (centre left) documents the event. The service is attended by participants in an Inter-Orthodox Pre-Assembly Consultation to the World Council of Churches’ 11th Assembly that brings together more than 50 delegates representing 20 Eastern and Oriental Orthodox member churches, in Cyprus on 9-16 May 2022.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: A teenage mother holds her child in her arms in the Palorinya refugee settlement, Obongi district of northern Uganda. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, Ugandan schools were closed for two consecutive years. In the same period, LWF World Service has observed an increase in teenage pregnancies, with 1 in every 3 girls aged 15-18 now either being pregnant or having given birth to a child. The issue is not limited to refugee settlements, as the same trend is seen both in refugee settlements and among host communities. And while the problem is not new, two years of pandemic has meant a dramatic increase, from formerly 1 in every 5 girls.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: Margaret Konga, a South Sudanese refugee from the Kuku ethnic group holds her child in her arms as she speaks at the 'God's Grace' women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 2 April 2022, Palorinya settlement, Obongi district, Uganda: Margaret Konga, a South Sudanese refugee from the Kuku ethnic group holds her child in her arms as she speaks at the 'God's Grace' women's self-help group in the Palorinya refugee settlement. The Palorinya refugee settlement, in Obongi district, West Nile area of northern Uganda, hosts more than 128,000 refugees, the majority of which arrived following the eruption of war in South Sudan in 2013. Palorinya is the second largest refugee settlement in Uganda. The refugees and host communities in the area receive support from the Lutheran World Federation World Service program in Uganda.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: Patrik Purchart is among dozens of volunteers at a church-run support point at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 11 March 2022, Vyšné Nemecké, Slovakia: A Ukrainian refugee woman holds her dog in her arms as they have arrived at the Vyšné Nemecké border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine. The Vyšné Nemecké border crossing connects Slovakia with the city of Uzhgorod in Ukraine. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February, hundreds of thousands of refugees have crossed the border to Slovakia in search of refuge and shelter from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. The border crossing at Vyšné Nemecké sees up to some 10,000 refugees cross each day, with faith-based and humanitarian organisations providing immediate support to people as they come into Slovakia. Support onsite includes simple shelter and beds for resting, information services, coordination of onward travel into Slovakia and finding temporary accommodation there, medical and psychosocial support, food, drinks, toys for the children, hygiene items and other necessities.
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  • 24 February 2020, Jerusalem: Four-year-old Lana, from Gaza, watches a video in the paediatric ward at the Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. With the support of the Lutheran World Federation, Lana has come to the hospital to spend a full month there, in order to go through radiotherapy treatment for a brain tumor.
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  • 26 February 2020, Abu Dis, Palestine: 16-year-old Diabetes patient Abdel Rahman prepares to have a fundus photo for the retina taken by supervisor Ziad Paradiah. In an effort to make Diabetes services more accessible to people in the West Bank, the Augusta Victoria Hospital offers a Mobile Diabetes Clinic, which moves around to various locations in the West Bank, offering screening and routine testing for Diabietes and the symptoms it causes.
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  • 3 November 2019, Monrovia, Liberia: A child looks up during Sunday service at Saint Andrew Lutheran Parish in Monrovia. Part of the Lutheran Church in Liberia, the parish gathers some 220 members for prayer each week.
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  • 3 November 2019, Monrovia, Liberia: A child looks up during Sunday service at Saint Andrew Lutheran Parish in Monrovia. Part of the Lutheran Church in Liberia, the parish gathers some 220 members for prayer each week.
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  • 7 September 2015: Young mother and her child, working at the Museum of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba.
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  • 26 February 2020, Abu Dis, Palestine: 43-year-old construction worker Ziad Halabeye from Abu Dis prepares to have a fundus photo taken to check his retina, adminsitered by supervisor Ziad Paradiah, as he visits the Augusta Victoria Hospital's Mobile Diabetes Clinic. In an effort to make Diabetes services more accessible to people in the West Bank, the Augusta Victoria Hospital offers a Mobile Diabetes Clinic, which moves around to various locations in the West Bank, offering screening and routine testing for Diabietes and the symptoms it causes.
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  • 4 April 2022, Kampala, Uganda: Lutheran World Federation general secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt (right) and Archbishop of the Church of Uganda the most rev. dr Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu (left) cloes their eyes during a moment of prayer, as ACT Alliance members meet with Lutheran World Federation general secretary Rev. Anne Burghardt, hosted at the compound of the Church of Uganda.
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  • 9 March 2022, Nyíregyháza, Hungary: 23-year-old mother Paulina closes her eyes for a moment as she and her children spend time in their new temporary home in Nyíregyháza. With the recent influx of refugees arriving in Hungary from the east following the Russian invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, the Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Nyíregyháza Kertváros is working hard to accommodate and support people arriving in the city. 23-year-old mother Paulina alongside her husband, a new-born baby and two daughters, is one of the beneficiaries, staying in a house offered as accommodation for incoming refugees by congregants from Nyíregyháza Kertváros. Being 8-months pregnant when starting the journey from Ukraine to neighboring Hungary, Paulina gave birth to her third child the same day she and her family crossed the border. Having started going into labour while still being on the way, Paulina was rushed from the border crossing to a nearby hospital in Fehérgyarmat in order to give birth. Hospital staff reportedly said it was a miracle the child and mother are both healthy and well.
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  • 13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Young people show the palms of their hands, on which they have drawn eyes, in an action at COP25.. As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice.
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  • 17 March 2022, Siret, Romania: A woman closes her eyes as she sits on the bus to Suceava from the Vama Siret border crossing, Romania. The Vama Siret border crossing connects northeast Romania with Ukraine. Located north of Siret and further in the south the city of Suceava, the crossing connects Romania with the Ukrainian village of Terebleche and further north the city of Chernivtsi. Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military starting on 24 February 2022, close to half a million refugees have fled across the Ukrainian border into Romania. In the past 24 hours, government figures indicate more than 50,000 people have crossed the border in search of refuge, an estimated 20 percent of whom are expected to stay in Romania, rather than transit into other European countries.
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  • 13 December 2019, Madrid, Spain: Young people show the palms of their hands, on which they have drawn eyes, in an action at COP25.. As COP25 is about to draw to a close, hundreds of young people mobilize through Fridays for Future in a strike for the climate, inside and outside the venue of COP25 in Madrid, calling for urgent action for climate justice.
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