Waking the Giant
Coming soon: Co-brand your work with the Waking the Giant logo!

Starting in April 2021, you are welcome to co-brand with Waking the Giant. Co-branding is a great opportunity to make your SDG-related work visible and connect with other churches and faith-based a
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Waking the Giant Webinars kick off June 10th
6 May 2020
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Welcome to join the Waking the Giant webinars! Waking the Giant Webinars will bring together implementers, partners and newcomers to share updates and ideas on the initiative and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Webinars will be offered between June to ...
Liberia: Education ‘secret to post-war reconciliation’
24 January 2020
Churches contribute to SDGs through Waking the Giant initiative (LWI) - Communities in Liberia, torn apart over recent years by civil war, are finding healing today through education programs that promote reconciliation alongside traditional teaching and ...
Liberia: Called to bring healing, even when times are tough
12 November 2019
Waking the Giant implementation strengthens church ministry in Liberia  (LWI) – It’s early November, and the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) has just hosted a global summit on the Sustainable Development Goals, looking to strengthen church projects ...
LWF launches SDGs’ mapping for Liberia
1 November 2019
‘Waking the Giant’ tool to help faith communities track contribution to sustainable development (LWI) - The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) has launched a process to help faith-based actors in Liberia track their contribution to  implementation of three ...
Tapping into untapped potentials
26 July 2019
LWF President Musa: Waking the Giant empowers local actors to engage in SDGs
UN endorses LWF work for Development Goals
18 June 2019
New online tool launched to help churches link their work to UN’s 2030 Agenda
Bridging the gap between gender justice and religious liberty
6 June 2019
LWF takes part in consultation aimed at keeping women’s rights at the heart of efforts to uphold freedom of religion and belief (LWI) - A woman kneels on an empty stage, bowing her veiled head in prayer. An activist for religious freedom enters on one side ...
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Waking the Giant: Global Meeting
14 May 2019
Monrovia, Liberia
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Annual global meeting of the Waking the Giant Initiative The annual global meetings of Waking the Giant bring together implementers and partners to share updates on the initiative and develop plans for future implementation. The preliminary program of this ...
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Waking the Giant: Launch of SDG self-assessment tool
14 May 2019
Geneva, Switzerland
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Launch of a web-based and paper-based tool, allowing churches and related actors to link their work to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
UN side event highlights churches’ successes in furthering Sustainable Development Goals
19 March 2019
A parallel event at UN Commission on the Status of Women highlights work of the ecumenical “Waking the Giant” initiative
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Waking the Giant: Churches Together for the SDGs
19 February 2019
New York, NY, United States
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How do communities of faith promote dignity, justice, and social protection? Join us for conversation with churches from Colombia, Liberia, Tanzania and the United States as we raise awareness and partner together for positive change.
Government thanks Liberia’s faith-based organizations for education and peacebuilding
5 December 2018
The Liberian government has commended faith-based organizations for their critical role in providing education and enhancing peace building in the country.
‘Waking the Giant’ will reinforce peace efforts in Colombia
21 November 2018
The LWF initiative supporting churches’ implementation of the SDGs has been launched in Colombia, with faith and government leaders praising its potential to strengthen peace building in the country.
“As a matter of faith: leave no one behind”
12 October 2018
LWF launches global initiative adding the presence, witness and contributions of churches to Sustainable Development Goals
Churches supporting the achievement of SDGs
10 October 2018
Waking the Giant - a new initiative Churches are perfectly positioned to help realize the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In communities across the globe, churches have for years strived to attain justice, peace and development that is dignified ...
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