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UMCOR Hotline September 7 Weekly News Update

Read about how UMCOR is responding to the needs of people around the world.

 

Trina Scott-Zuor (left) and Amy Spaur are commissioned missionaries of The United Methodist Church.First Monday: Internet Resource on the Church and Immigration:

First Monday is a monthly internet newsletter that offers valuable resources on the church and immigration issues in the United States.

 

The 2010 monsoon rains and glacier melting have resulted in Pakistan’s worst natural disaster.Floods Threaten Core of Pakistan

The floodwaters covering Pakistan are sweeping away homes and crops and destroying the country’s schools, health-care centers and roads – the essence of its social system.

 

The Rev. Tom Hazelwood visits the United Methodist Committee on Relief'sSager Brown Depot in Baldwin

Five Years of Hurricane Katrina Response

Rev. Tom Hazelwood, UMCOR’s US disaster response executive, reflects on the contributions of United Methodists in the rebuilding of homes and lives following Hurricane Katrina.

 

NadiaRain of Compassion

With new floods compounding the effects of weeks of inundation across Pakistan, the people of this nation in crisis are in desperate need of a different kind of deluge: the rain of compassion.

 

PurityGlobal AIDS Fund Provides Help, Comfort

Purity became involved in a United Methodist-supported project that linked her with a group of 12 families in her community. The Champion Working Group, as it is known, helped her plant grass — feed for the family cow — and cultivate greens to sell for profit, sharing the income.

 
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