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UMCOR News Stories 2010

Large Korean-American Church Gives Generously to Haiti
On February 1, 2010, the First United Methodist Church of Flushing, Queens, gave $60,000 to UMCOR relief efforts in Haiti. Church parishioners gave about $45,000 through a special offering, and the ch ...
JFON Helps Haitians in US Find Balance
For tens of thousands of Haitian immigrants in the US, trying to maintain some semblance of balance among home, job and extended family is an ordinarily demanding task.
Aftershock Reaches Haitians in U.S.
Immediately following the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, Rev. Thomas Toussaint waited and wept with congregants who called or came by the Haitian mission he pastors in Orlando, Florida.
Immigration Services Available at JFON Clinics
In the wake of last month’s earthquake in Haiti, the US government extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitian immigrants living in the United States.
Mission Leaders who Died in Haiti Remembered
Amid numerous calls to embrace with renewed vigor the baptismal commitment to mission, hundreds of colleagues, friends, ecumenical partners and family members celebrated the lives of Rev. Samuel W. Di ...
UMCOR Relief Efforts in Haiti: One Month after the Quake
One month after a 7.0 earthquake tore through Haiti, the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is digging in its heels for a long-term recovery effort in the Caribbean nation.
UMCOR Field Office Opens in Haiti
The United Methodist Committee on Relief opened a field office in Port-au-Prince and is hiring full-time staff as part of a five-year plan to help rebuild Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake.
United Methodists Keep Focus on Haiti
The overwhelming response to assist the people of Haiti is an inspiration across The United Methodist Church
UMCOR Concludes Laba And Siga Ii Projects in Aceh
UMCOR Indonesia today concluded two major income generation projects in Aceh, Indonesia, that will continue to benefit more than 1,000 families affected by the 2004 tsunami.
Haitians Mourn Losses from Quake
The people of Haiti took three days of remembrance, Feb. 12 to 14, to mourn their losses, including family and friends as well as their homes and livelihoods.
UMCOR Responds to Earthquake in Chile
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is responding to the needs of people affected by the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile early on Saturday.
UMCOR helps Haitians stay in U.S.
He lost his wife, his home and his job when the Jan. 12 earthquake hit Haiti. The man identified only as “Bernard” also found himself alone with an infant daughter.
Offering is UMCOR’s ‘Backbone’
Eight days after the January earthquake in Haiti, Melissa Crutchfield led a small team to the island to start assessing emergency needs for the United Methodist Committee on Relief.
UMCOR in Haiti, Two Months Later
Two months after an earthquake damaged or destroyed three-quarters of the Haitian capital, the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is poised to deepen its relief work and move into the early ...
Community of Hope
Asha*, 10, and her brother Kosey*, 8, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), were orphaned when their parents were killed in DRC’s ongoing civil war. Displaced from their homes because of intens ...
Unbroken Road to Renewal Passes through Haiti
When Rev. Edgar Avitia got to Port-au-Prince shortly after the January 12 earthquake in Haiti, the first thing he noticed was the absence of children in the street. The second was the dust-covered abs ...
Books Close, but Recovery Continues on US Gulf Coast
After nearly five years of intense relief and recovery work in Louisiana, Mississippi and other states affected by the hurricanes that devastated the US Gulf Coast, UMCOR has released its final disbur ...
World Health Day, April 7,: The 2010 Global Goal 1,000 Cities, 1,000 Lives
UMCOR Indonesia, the non-governmental organization of the United Methodist Committee on Relief, will mark World Health Day on April 7 with school health events in two Acehnese schools where the agency ...
Global Ministries Reaches Out to the Methodist Church of Haiti
Bishop Bruce Ough, President of the General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM), spent the first part of Holy Week in Haiti with The Reverend Gesner Paul, head of the Methodist Church of Haiti (EMH).
Model Recovery Plan Proposed in Chile
After a week of touring disaster sites in Chile, executives of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) and General Board of Global Ministries (GBGM) will work out a "model" recovery plan with ...
Nurturing Hope in Kamina
When the group of 30 community health workers from the village of Kamina in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stepped off a bus and onto the muddy earth of their neighbors’ group farm, they were ...
Congo Community Prepares for Nets
A South African super star, government officials and religious leaders will travel down a rough, muddy path to a neglected neighborhood on April 15 bringing hope wrapped in square plastic bags.
Pastor from Texas to Lead United Methodist Committee on Relief
The Rev. Cynthia Fierro Harvey, a pastor from Texas with a background in the local church, international health ministries, domestic disaster relief, and organizational management is the new head of t ...
Earthquake Strikes China
At least 400 people have died and 8,000 were injured when an earthquake struck western Qinghai Province in China at 07:49 this morning. UMCOR is working with our partners in China to assess casualties ...
Partners Work to Eliminate Malaria in Congo
After April 15, they will be able to rest easier knowing all their loved ones will be sleeping under insecticide-treated mosquito nets donated by religious organizations including The United Methodist ...