

Ratna had lost almost everything and was near death when she arrived at the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP) in Jamkhed, India.

In the August and September months of 2008, Hurricanes Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike all took their turn striking Haiti by force.

With many of the fires in southern California contained, the California-Pacific Annual Conference in partnership with the United Methodist Committee on Relief, are determining the next steps to respond to this latest disaster.

As fighting in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo intensifies, it is estimated that more than 250,000 people have had to flee their homes since August.

Magan Ekoua smiles as her young children take an afternoon nap in the blue glow cast by their new mosquito net.

"As someone who has received a death sentence—as long as I take my medication, there's hope," says Anthony Holscher from Phoenix, Arizona.

Saif Ahmad, Chief Exec of Muslim Aid, and Rev. Dr. Sam Dixon, Deputy General Secretary of UMCOR, congratulate The Right Honourable Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP, for his inspiring, historic speech at the UN Interfaith Conference.

Leaders of the Methodist Church in Cuba residing in the United States have publicly expressed appreciation for the efforts made by the General Board of Global Ministries and especially by the United Methodist Committee on Relief.