World Refugee Day 2012 | Message from the LWF General Secretary

Rukiya Ibrahim, 19, has lived in Kakuma for nearly half her life. The young Ethiopian is studying community development and enjoys writing poems and plays. Her dream is to be a news presenter on Al Jazeera. THANK YOU Came as stranger with lost hope no home and became your members We found friends and family [...]

The LWF & World Refugee Day 2012

The LWF and World Refugee Day 2012 | Three young people living in Kakuma refugee camp in northwestern Kenya talk about their hopes and dreams for the future. More World Refugee Day Stories

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In Haiti, one hears many uplifting phrases about “Building Back Better.”  Two years after the catastrophic earthquake of January 2010, humanitarian aid agencies have struggled to use the majority of resources donated for constructing better and adequate housing. The need to remove ten million metric tons of rubble prevented quick and easy solutions. The absence [...]

In Jerusalem, the LWF continued to focus on those most in need—young people without hope of employment and patients from Gaza and the West Bank suffering from catastrophic diseases who are frustrated with inadequate health care, and on housing issues. Six-year-old Asmah lives in a refugee camp in Gaza and was diagnosed with cancer at [...]

Over 12,000 Tibetan refugees live in 13 settlements scattered across Nepal. The refugees fled Tibet during the Tibetan uprising in 1959. Most have relied on small tourism-based businesses for their livelihoods. The LWF is present in most settlements, offering horticulture and farming training, as well as adult literacy classes, support for construction and maintenance of [...]

It is the first day of a new school term in Kenya’s Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab, northeastern Kenya. The dusty landscape around Dadaab is dotted with students in colorful uniforms making their way to school. The LWF operates six schools in this camp where about 13,000 students are enrolled. John Kaissa is the LWF’s [...]