Caseworker Training is October 7 and 8. We need you! Following any disaster, in order to provide long term recovery, one of the key components that needs to occur is the assessment of damage, the property owners ability to pay for recovery, and the need for charitable assistance. Part of this process looks at the […]
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Hurricane Irene Response Update – Response Information and Needs
Updated: 11-27-2013 at 2:40 PM Hurricane Irene Response Click here for all Disaster Response/Recovery Articles. Or type Hurricane Irene in the Search box at the top right hand corner of the page. The NC Conference has activated a disaster response call center in readiness for Hurricane Irene at the Methodist Building in Garner, NC. […]
Immediate need for Flood Buckets!
Updated – 9-27-13 9:18 AM We have a continual need for FULLY assembled flood buckets. Due to the large numbers of flood buckets that we have sent to hurricane victims, we are immediate need of replenishing our stock to continue our response to flood victims. Please do not send partially completed buckets or supply […]
World Refugee Day
Each year people all over the world recognize World Refugee Day. World Refugee Day encourages us to prayerfully reflect on the lives of refugees, and raise awareness in our communities and congregations about refugee resettlement. UMCOR, together with congregations and the Church World Service resettlement network across the country, has developed a series of World Refugee […]
Healthcare Initiatives in Africa – 10 Fold April
10-Fold April – Healthcare Initiatives in Africa ”My work with Health and Welfare has taught me not to underestimate the resilience of women and men however adverse their condition may be.” —Dr. Cherian Thomas, Director of Health Ministries for UMCOR. Help spread the word to your districts and congregations that the next 10-Fold online event […]
Plea from District Superintendent Labala in Liberia – Refugee Response
From Rev. James Labala in Liberia – Ivory Coast Refugee Crisis: My dear friends and partners: As some of you may know by now, there is fighting going on in the Ivory Coast. Gompa District has common boundary with the Ivory Coast. Right now more than 100,000 refugees have crossed over into Liberia. Our supervising pastor in the […]
UMCOR Deputy General Secretary Speaks of UMCOR Response with Japan
March 21, 2011 Dear Friends, I join you in lifting up the people of Japan in prayer during this time of crisis. We grieve with them and stand with them in solidarity. Once again, I am struck by the extravagant generosity of United Methodists who are supporting UMCOR’s efforts to bring healing and hope to […]
Japan Earthquake and United Methodist Presence and Response
A UMNS Report By Linda Bloom* The United Methodist Church, which has had a long-time relationship with Christians in Japan, has been monitoring events following the catastrophic March 11 earthquake and tsunami — and subsequent nuclear threat — in Japan. Here is some basic information regarding the church’s response and relationships there: How can individuals contribute […]
UMCOR Responds to Japanese Earthquake Devastation (Updated)
Update: To see how UMCOR is responding in Japan on behalf of United Methodists around the world, please read the letter from Reverend Cynthia Fierro Harvey, Deputy General Secretary of UMCOR via UMCOR’s website. Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunamis The earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan was a frightening experience even for people in Tokyo, some […]
Haiti – UMCOR Continues to Respond – 1 Year Later
CHRONOLOGY OF RECOVERY When the 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck at 4:53 p.m., then UMCOR head, the Rev. Sam Dixon, was already in the country designing, with Eglise Methodiste d’Haiti (EMH, the Methodist Church of Haiti) and other partners, a plan to improve health ministries in the country. Dixon was accompanied by the head of United Methodist […]