Give Now: Myanmar EmergencyOn May 3, Tropical Cyclone Nargis tore through the Irrawady Delta before slamming into Myanmar's (Burma's) largest city of Yangon. The current death toll is 22,500, with a further 41,000 missing. UMCOR is working with its partner, Church World Service, to bring emergency relief to thousands of people.
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-"At the time of civil war, the hospital was seeing three patients a day," said Janet Bio, head midwife at Kissy United Methodist Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. "But I started bringing pregnant women to the hospital--just a few at a time." Twelve years later, 400 women come each week to see "Sister Bio".
High in the Illimani Mountains of Bolivia's Altiplano, Justa Mamani weaves shawls in a cooperative with about 20 other women from her village of Catacora.
Cookson Hills Center and The Advance Celebrate 60th Anniversaries 
United Methodist Bishop Visits Mission Institution in Fort Worth, Texasby Barbara Wheeler
As an all-church meeting continues in Fort Worth, Texas, one bishop took time on April 24 to attend another important gathering: snack time in the after-school program.
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60 Years of Sharing Hope Through The AdvanceThe Advance is an accountable, designated-giving arm of The United Methodist Church that ensures 100 percent of each gift reaches its intended mission or ministry. You decide which program or ministry to support through The Advance. 
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