Reports

By Susan Kim* June 28, 2013—The debut of a spring Gospel Music Festival in Nevada City, CA, promises to become an annual tradition of inspiring music, traditional southern-style food, and generosity from fans who care about their…

By Julia Kayser* One in three children in Zimbabwe are chronically malnourished. Pregnant and lactating mothers suffer severe malnutrition as well, leading to one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. The Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment…

By Michelle Scott Okabayashi* Access to clean water is essential to life, yet 884 million people around the world don't have it. UMCOR's water and sanitation programs are working with vulnerable communities to give them access to…

By Julia Kayser* June 29, 2012 — Even though malaria is both preventable and treatable, the World Health Organization estimates that 13,600 malaria-related deaths occur in Zimbabwe every year. Zimbabwe’s National Malaria Control Programme calls for the…

By Kathryn Paik* December 22, 2011—Water and sanitation are key to good hygiene practices, and good hygiene practices promote good health. The Nyadire Connection and the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) are working together to ensure…

By Zvidzai Maburutse* June 7, 2010-Drought, cholera, HIV/AIDS, and economic meltdown came together in early 2010 to plunge to a new low Zimbabwe's already considerable humanitarian crisis. In January, at the peak of the hunger season, an estimated 1.9 million…

By Melissa Hinnen "The first call of justice is that all people are treated with dignity," believes Bishop Paul Verryn referring to the Central Methodist Mission (CMM) a church in Johannesburg, South Africa and home to 2,000 people who have…

(extract) PHILIPPINES: UMCOR OPENS NEW OFFICE UMCOR will open an office in the Philippines on July 24 to help bring relief to a population vulnerable to natural disasters, civil conflict and extreme poverty. Based on the campus of Union Theological Seminary…

Because of a difficult agricultural season combined with hyperinflation, most households in Zimbabwe report they are now eating fewer meals. Ellen is a widow who is raising seven children in the Harare District. She sells stones but people are…

Containers of lifesaving medicine and other supplies from United Methodists have arrived in Zimbabwe. The shipment is part of the United Methodist Committee on Relief's (UMCOR) ongoing work to provide assistance to Zimbabwe in response to an ever-widening cholera and…