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Global Connections:
Sierra Leone

Mission Giving

Advance Projects
Advance #181205-1, Sierra Leone Emergency
Donations for Sierra Leone should be designated to UMCOR Advance #181205-1, "Sierra Leone Emergency Relief." Checks can be dropped in church collection plates or mailed to UMCOR at 475 Riverside Dr., Room 330, New York, NY 10115.
Health Kits and Medicine Boxes will be needed for relief efforts as soon as the country is opened to receive aid.
Hope for the Children of Africa: Bishops' Appeal

News & Features

Sierra Leone Emergency: UMCOR's Response page
Sierra Leone Clerics Ask U.N. to Help End 'Root Cause' of War, UMNS
Action Alert on Import Restrictions on Conflict Diamonds, UMW
United Methodists to Spend $1 Million on Land Mine Removal, UMNS
Archived News: 1997-2000

GBGM Links & Resources

AIDS in Africa: Heartbreak and Hope
Global Search: Africa - Links to search engines that focus on the issues and languages of Africa
Prayer for the Children of Sierra Leone on Christmas Day, December 24, 1999
Rape and War in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Annual Conference page
The Spirit of Amistad in United Methodist Church by Darrell Reeck

Other Links & Resources

Sierra Leone Web

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