United Methodist Community-Based Malaria Control Program Launches in Sierra Leone by Michelle Scott NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2005- United Methodists are working to stamp out malaria, one community at a time through the United Methodist Community-Based [
more... ]
Hurricanes 2005 Where the Money Goes More than $62 million was contributed in 2005 to UMCOR for hurricane relief and rehabilitation in the United States and wider Gulf of Mexico region. Your generosity has allowed UMCOR to support recovery in 13 [
more... ]
UMCOR Disaster Response Network Assists the Most Vulnerable Wilma Survivors NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2005-- Hurricane Wilma is the latest in a string of major hurricanes to strike the US. Its strong winds tore a path across South Florida, blowing off [
more... ]
UMCOR Prepares Wilma Response NEW YORK, October 21, 2005- In a few days' time Hurricane Wilma has set many records: most intense Atlantic storm ever recorded, 12th Atlantic hurricane this season, and 21st named storm in this year's hurricane [
more... ]
What experience does UMCOR have in U.S. disaster response? What is UMCOR's role in the National Case Management Consortium? What is UMCOR's experience in managing large disaster relief grants? What is case management? Why [
more... ]
NEW YORK, October 11, 2005—United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Directors agreed yesterday to grant $505,893 to the Methodist Church of India in Chennai and Andaman Island to assist them in their community-wide tsunami recovery efforts. [
more... ]
October 10, 2005, NEW YORK— Days of unrelenting rains spawned by Hurricane Stan caused massive flooding and mudslides in Guatemala, Mexico, and El Salvador. More than a thousand are feared dead in Guatemala alone. This devastating loss is [
more... ]
October 10, 2005, NEW YORK— The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is responding to the most powerful earthquake to strike South Asia in a century. At least 20,000 people are assumed dead and twice as many are injured. Up to 4 million [
more... ]
NEW YORK, October 6, 2005- Hurricane recovery in Louisiana is slow, but steady. Having been struck by two major hurricanes in the span of one month, people throughout state are engaged in recovery and relief work.
The diaspora created by [
more... ]
NEW YORK, October 5, 2005—FEMA is inviting UMCOR to train 18 employees in case management to assist 1,500 Katrina evacuees living on the Carnival “Fun Ship”, Holiday. “FEMA recognizes UMCOR as the agency whose niche is case management,” says UMCOR [
more... ]
