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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Kenya / Dadaab – Delivering caring, professional assistance
Interview with Director of LWF World Service GENEVA, 29 July 2011 (LWI) – The director of the LWF Department for World Service (DWS), Rev. Eberhard Hitzler, will be on a fact-finding tour in Kenya from 31 July to 3 August, … Continue reading
Posted in Emergencies, Somali Refugee Crisis 2011
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Kenya – 4th Update Situation in Dadaab 27th July 2011
by Lennart Hernander, LWF Country Representative, Kenya/Djibouti program In the wider perspective; There are currently an estimated 11.6 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa (here defined as Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia). The population … Continue reading
Posted in Emergencies, Somali Refugee Crisis 2011
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Ethiopia – Dollo Ado Camps – Update 27th July 2011
Update by Dr. Lemma Degefa (LWF Country Rep Ethiopia) & Michael Hyden (LWF Africa Emergency Officer) I would like to give you all a short quick update based on reports I have received today from Lemma Degefa our Country Representative … Continue reading
Posted in Emergencies, Somali Refugee Crisis 2011
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Kenya – 3rd Update Situation in Dadaab 17th July 2011
by Lennart Hernander, LWF Representative, Kenya/Djibouti Program Influx of Refugees – new arrivals Officially there are now 519.000 refugees in Kenya. The latest available official figure for Dadaab is 388.000, for Kakuma the figure is 79.000 and for refugees living … Continue reading
Posted in Emergencies, Somali Refugee Crisis 2011
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Kenya – 2nd Update Situation in Dadaab Update 9th July
Dadaab Update 9th July 2011 – by Lennart Hernander, LWF Representative, Kenya/Djibouti Program Photo – LWF Kenya/Djibouti Program Here is a second update on the situation in Dadaab, Northeast Kenya. The influx of new refugees began to increases early 2011, … Continue reading
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Kenya – Drought Exacerbates Somali Refugee Crisis in Dadaab Camp
DADAAB, Northeastern Kenya/GENEVA 7 July 2011 (LWI) – There is no more space inside the Dadaab refugee camp to accommodate the 1,300 Somalis arriving daily in neighboring Kenya fleeing insecurity at home and one of the most severe droughts in … Continue reading
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South Sudan – LWF can contribute to a new South Sudan
As featured on the LWF website (http://www.lutheranworld.org/lwf/) Cyprian Peter Lotari (Sudan) is an LWF/DWS water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) project officer in Ikotos County, Southern Sudan. Lutheran World Information spoke to him about his work and his hopes for South … Continue reading
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South Sudan – Great Hope for South Sudan
Text – taken from the LWF wesbite (http://www.lutheranworld.org/lwf/) Mary Obara (Kenya) has served as LWF Department for World Service (DWS) Sudan program coordinator since April 2009. She spoke to Lutheran World Information about the response of LWF/DWS to the needs … Continue reading
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South Sudan – Sudanese deserve concrete fruits of peace
Text – from the LWF website (http://www.lutheranworld.org/lwf/) Leo Siliämaa (Finland) served with the LWF Department for World Service (DWS) as an agricultural program officer in Sudan’s Upper Nile Province between 1978 and 1980, as LWF/DWS Sudan program director 1981-1984 and … Continue reading
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South Sudan – LWF unwavering partner in South Sudan
Text – from the LWF website (http://www.lutheranworld.org/lwf/) Bob Koepp (United States) was LWF Department for World Service Sudan relief coordinator in Khartoum 1987-88, and Sudan Emergency Operations Consortium coordinator based in Nairobi, Kenya, from 1988 to 1996. For Lutheran … Continue reading
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