June 4, 1999
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Volunteers are urgently needed both now and for months to come in Oklahoma and Kansas for clean-up, debris removal and rebuilding work following the tornadoes. Volunteers are also needed for ongoing recovery work from Hurricane Mitch in Central America. Please call the UMCOR Volunteer Line at (800) 918-3100. Current relief efforts for Kosovar refugees include the provision of packaged and bulk foods as well as local produce to refugees and host families in Macedonia. UMCOR has worked through the Food Resource Bank to provide this food as well as seeds for vegetable gardens. UMCOR's ecumenical partner ACT (Action by Churches Together) continues to construct and administer camps in the region as well as provide food and other relief items to the refugees. Your gifts to UMCOR's International Disaster Response, #982450-8, ensure that UMCOR can continue to respond to this crisis. UMCOR is currently assigning Kosovar refugee cases where churches (in areas where CWS/UMCOR can resettle refugees) are ready to sponsor. Local congregations are urged to consider sponsorship and co-sponsorship needed for families from Kosovo and from Africa. For further information please see the UMCOR website at {http://gbgm-umc.org/global/refugees/resettle.html} or contact UMCOR's refugee office at 212-870-3807, fax: 212-870-3624.
The Oklahoma Conference and Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference are putting local personnel in place for long term recovery from the tornadoes. In La Junta, Colorado, UMCOR disaster workers have led a door-to-door assessment to determine needs following recent flooding. In Kansas, interfaith recovery groups are actively involved in the recovery process following the tornadoes there. Please join in the recovery work by giving to UMCOR's Spring Storms '99, Advance #901415-4.
Give through your local United Methodist Church or call (800) 554-8583 to make a credit card donation.
Please pray for those who suffer from war, natural disasters, hunger and poverty. UMCOR Hotline: |
