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UMCOR News Stories 2010

Pakistan Flood Update from Women's Division Partners
Faith and funding partners of United Methodist Women in Pakistan report that recent flooding in Pakistan has hit the poorest of the poor and has further deepened poverty among those living at the lowe ...
United Methodist Church Recognized as a Champion of Health
As the chair of the executive committee of the United Methodist Global Health Initiative, of which Imagine No Malaria is a part, Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton spoke at the Champions of Health event, host ...
UMCOR Facilitates Chili Harvest
With support from the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), farmers in the village of Lambeugak, Aceh Besar District, in Indonesia, have begun to harvest a second round of chili crops for sale ...
United Methodist Church Pledges Support to Global Fund
In a spirit of hope and partnership, Thomas Kemper announced today that The United Methodist Church will contribute up to $28 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, based ...
Lighting Beacons of Hope: UMCOR Health Assists Africa Annual Conferences Strengthen Health Boards
This month, the health unit of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) will offer a three-day training of health board members of the Mozambique Annual Conference of The United Methodist Chur ...
Restoring the Dignity of the Elderly
When I met Ashkhen at Narek Elderly Center in Armenia, she had already been there 11 years. Until her arrival at the center, her long life had been characterized by hardship and the struggle to surviv ...
Chilean Methodists, UMCOR Sign Agreement
When a massive earthquake struck Chile on Feb. 27, Juan Salazar and his fellow Methodists were ready to respond.
Church Awakens to AIDS Call
Lighten the Burden III, the third international AIDS conference held October 14-16 in Dallas, Texas, kicked off with an alarm that called the church to awaken from its silence in confronting the HIV/A ...
United Methodists Aim to Lift HIV/AIDS Stigma
The Rev. Shane Stanford leads what he says is “considered one of the most innovative churches in Florida.”
Earthquake and Tsunami Response Continues in Chile
More than eight months have passed since an earthquake and resulting tsunami killed more than 500 people and wiped out hundreds of thousands of homes in Chile.
UMCOR Plans Food Project for Sudan
The food shortage in South Sudan is so severe that more than half of the residents in two counties say they regularly skip meals.
UMCOR Aids Farmers Hit by Haiti’s Earthquake
To increase food production in the earthquake-impacted areas of Haiti, United Methodists are supporting a project that will encourage farmers in the practice of “passing on the gift.”
Progress in Haiti
UMCOR is in Haiti on behalf of the United Methodist Church, but more importantly, we are there for the people of Haiti,” said The Rev. Cynthia Fierro Harvey at the General Board of Global Ministries’ ...
ACT Alliance Responds to the Cholera Outbreak in Haiti
UMCOR is working with our partners to address the cholera outbreak in Haiti. Gifts to support UMCOR's work in Haiti can be made at www.umcorhaiti.org.
UMCOR Disaster Response Training Supports Methodists Worldwide
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) has long been known in the US as the go-to organization for disaster response training.
Nouveau College Bird of Haiti Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Nouveau College Bird had ample space for the celebration of its 50th anniversary in Haiti’s capital city.
Sexual Violence and HIV
During the war, Kabongo was a field of violence. Located in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), communities in and around Kabongo lived under the constant threat of the Congole ...
Haiti Braces for Tomas
After ten months of struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake in January, the people in Haiti are doing what they can to brace themselves against Tropical Storm Tomas.
Mission Students Meet in Miami
After eight weeks of conducting personal research and corresponding by email and online chats, nine United Methodists met in Miami this week as part of the Mission Travel Study to Haiti.
A Change of Heart in the Face of AIDS
As World AIDS Day, Dec. 1 draws near, United Methodists and friends are reminded of the ongoing fight against HIV/AIDS, a disease that has robbed more than 33 million lives around the world.
Imagine No Malaria has First Release of Funds
The United Methodist Church plans to combat malaria in Africa by using both its own health infrastructure and partnerships with other organizations.
Armenia: Gaining a New Perspective Toward HIV
United Methodist Committee on Relief in Armenia (UMCOR Armenia) is combating the spread of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by raising awareness in local communit ...
In Southern Sudan, UMCOR Helps Build an Infrastructure of Peace
The Integrated Community-based Education Initiatives that the United Methodist Committee on Relief is implementing in Southern Sudan provide needed health and education infrastructure.
Sierra Leone Volunteers Save Moms, Babies
Christiana Tommy is on a mission to reduce maternal and infant deaths in her community.
Cynthia Harvey Interview at Ginghamsburg Church
Listen to a conversation between Ginghamsburg Church pastor, Mike Slaughter and UMCOR's Cynthia Fierro Harvey about UMCOR's work in Sudan, Haiti, and the Gulf Coast.