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UMCOR News Stories 2010

Zimbabwe Maize Meal Distribution
Drought, cholera, HIV/AIDS, and economic meltdown came together in early 2010 to plunge to a new low Zimbabwe’s already considerable humanitarian crisis.
UMCOR Issues Appeal for Flood Survivors
As a “1,000-year flood” drenched the southeastern United States early last month, viewers were glued to their TVs and other media.
Help Tennessee Recover
It will be at least 2 years before the people of TN recover from the 2010 flood. Your help is URGENTLY needed.
Flooding in Indonesia Forces Hundreds from Homes
Torrential rain and gale-force winds struck Banda Aceh, Indonesia, June 5 - 6, and brought significant flooding to several villages. Buildings were damaged, trees downed, and hundreds of people were f ...
People’s Stories Inspire Domestic Disaster Exec
It is people’s stories that inspire the Rev. F. Thomas Hazelwood, the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s executive in charge of domestic disaster response in the United States, Latin America and t ...
L’Eglise Methodiste d’Haiti Plans for the Future
In the midst of recovery following the January 12 earthquake that devastated much of Haiti, staff from the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) met with more than 25 leaders of the Methodist C ...
Voices from Haiti: Madame Remy
Madame Remy lives in the Corail resettlement camp in Haiti because her home in Delma was destroyed in the January 12 earthquake. She says here is a collective sadness in the camp because of the earthq ...
Voices from Haiti: Fabiola
Fabiola Chikel is a college student at the University of Quisqueya in Haiti studying pediatrics. The General Board of Global Ministries supports her studies with an International Leadership Developmen ...
Haiti Relief, Six Months after the Quake
During the half-year since an earthquake unleashed massive destruction in Haiti, the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) has been devoted to both providing immediate assistance to survivors a ...
Volunteer Teams Aid in Haiti Recovery
The Rev. Tom Vencuss was in a good mood as he stood on the porch of the Methodist Guest House in Port-au-Prince the afternoon of Jan. 12.
Justice For Our Neighbors: Dallas/Fort Worth
The Old Testament is full of scriptures admonishing God's people to treat immigrants with compassion and fairness. Exodus 23:9 states, "Do not oppress an alien; you yourselves know how it feels to be ...
The Spirit is Stirring
I awakened this morning with a tension in my heart. On the one hand it ached and on the other it danced for joy. Today marks the six month anniversary of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. As I sit i ...
Indonesian Communities Rebuild through Creative Arts
Kopwan Inong Aceh, an Indonesian women’s cooperative supported by the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), was represented at the fourth annual Indonesia Creative Products Exhibition in Jakar ...
Navigating a Landscape of Hope in Haiti
Over the course of our 70-year history in relief and recovery work around the world—from Louisiana to Indonesia—the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) has learned that recovery following a c ...
UMCOR's Response to Floods in Pakistan
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is responding to the flash floods and landslides in Pakistan. More than 1,000 people have died and 25,000 are stranded without food or water.
UMCOR in Spotlight at School of Congregational Development
Disaster relief was in the spotlight at a public celebration during a United Methodist training institute on starting and strengthening churches, and the unusual combination made perfect sense.
UMCOR Reaches Out to Partners in Pakistan
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is reaching out to its network of partners in Pakistan to respond to the most severe flooding ever to affect that country.
Clean Water and Food Relief to Pakistan
Food and clean drinking water are among the most urgent needs in Pakistan, as casualties from widespread flooding continue to rise.
Church AIDS Work Makes a Difference
In rural Zimbabwe, there is not much relief — physically or emotionally — for those dying from the complications of HIV/AIDS.
Alert About Email for Funds for the UMC of Pakistan
We have been made aware that there is an email and letter circulating amongst United Methodist entities requesting funds for the people of Pakistan through the United Methodist Church of Pakistan.
Global AIDS Fund Provides Help, Comfort
Purity became involved in a United Methodist-supported project that linked her with a group of 12 families in her community. The Champion Working Group, as it is known, helped her plant grass — feed f ...
Pakistan Floods Threaten Millions of Children
For some 3.5 million children, Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years could have deadly consequences.
Rain of Compassion
With new floods compounding the effects of weeks of inundation across Pakistan, the people of this nation in crisis are in desperate need of a different kind of deluge: the rain of compassion.
Donors Respond Slowly to Pakistan Floods
The outpouring of donations following the Jan. 12 earthquake that rocked Haiti is not being repeated for the people of Pakistan fighting for survival in the wake of massive floods.
Floods Threaten Core of Pakistan
The floodwaters covering Pakistan are sweeping away homes and crops and destroying the country’s schools, health-care centers and roads – the essence of its social system.