News & Features
Browse UMCOR’s breaking news, releases and announcements, and recent stories from the field.
Nurturing Gifts
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is empowering more than 900 displaced special needs children in the Republic of Georgia.
UMCOR Philippines Opening Dedication
he Salakot Chapel was overflowing with bishops, General Board of Global Ministries directors, disaster response coordinators, district superintendents and volunteers who were among the nearly 200 people celebrating the grand opening of UMCOR Philippines.
UMCOR Brings Hope to Zimbabweans in South Africa
“The first call of justice is that all people are treated with dignity,” believes Bishop Paul Verryn referring to the Central Methodist Mission
UMCOR Philippines Prepares to Officially Open
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) announced the opening of its newest office – UMCOR Philippines.
Hope for Samuteb Memorial Hospital
Samuteb Memorial Hospital deteriorated significantly during the prolonged war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
For You Yourselves Were Once Aliens
On World Refugee Day, a group of youth and adults in the Western New York Annual Conference gathered to learn more about what it means to be uprooted and displaced.
Grant Provides for Expansion at Kissy United Methodist Hospital
Kissy United Methodist Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, will now be able to double the capacity of the Maternal and Child Health unit through a recent grant awarded to the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR).
The Story of Christine and Her Son Stephen
Christine, 13 years old, is a maiden who was forced by her parents to marry early as tradition requires here.
UMCOR Supports the Displaced in Myanmar
Since 2006, the number of people seeking refuge at the Ee Htu Hta camp in the eastern part of Myanmar, also known as Burma, has grown from 600 to nearly 4,200.
A Mission Intern and Sojourner: From North Carolina to South Africa to New York
Six years after Brittany Brooks' father dropped her off at Pfeiffer University for her first year in college, he drove her back again last month. However, Ms. Brooks returned to the United Methodist University not to pick up her dorm-room keys but to give the keynote address for "Mission Awareness Week."
UMCOR Selected to Lead Case Management Training
New York, NY The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) will train as many as 600 case managers to work with families in Texas whose lives were uprooted as a result of Hurricane Ike in September 2008.
UMCOR and Equal Exchange Celebrate United Methodist “Tons” of Fair Trade Support
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) and its partner Equal Exchange, a worker-owned co-operative dedicated to fair trade, celebrate the efforts of United Methodists everywhere who participated in UMCOR’s 100-Ton Challenge by purchasing fairly traded products through UMCOR’s Coffee Project.
UMCOR West Opens in Utah
United Methodists from throughout the Western Jurisdiction gathered on Saturday for the grand opening of UMCOR West office and depot.
UMCOR Provides Relief for Displaced People in Sri Lanka
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is providing direct assistance to people displaced by the recent weeks of fighting in Sri Lanka.
Refugee Ministry at Gig Harbor UMC
Hanaa’s life has been full of challenges. When war broke out in Iraq, she and her family fled their home to live in Jordan.
