|
You have searched for:
Caribbean Islands
There are 94 articles in our database in this topic.
26 through 50 shown
 |
UMCOR Hotline, April 12, 2005
In New Jersey, volunteers are cleaning up with
400 UMCOR flood buckets sent from Mission Central
in Pennsylvania. UMCOR is part of an ecumenical
coalition that rushed emergency aid to the island
of Nias in the Indian Ocean. UMCOR is putting out
an urgent call for health kits. UMCOR is at work
in Haiti, where nearly 30,000 have remained
homeless since Hurricane Jeanne's thrashing, and
Grenada, where Hurricane Ivan's winds destroyed
90 percent of buildings and virtually all its
agriculture.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Children |
Education |
Emergencies |
Health |
Natural disasters |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Tsunami |
Armenia | Azerbaijan | Georgia | Grenada | Haiti | Indonesia | North Eastern U.S. | Sri Lanka | United States | Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Caribbean Islands |
Date posted: Apr 12, 2005
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, March 22, 2005
Thousands of volunteers are needed to do help
rebuild homes in the Southeast. A grant from
UMCOR will assist with repairs of a water
drilling rig and semi-truck on the island of La
Gonave, Haiti. Deep within the rural landscape of
Zimbabwe, Nyadire United Methodist Hospital staff
serve 150,000 people a year. Afghanistan's
harshest winter in 15 years is turning into its
worst spring.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
AIDS/HIV |
Emergencies |
Health |
Natural disasters |
Poverty |
UMCOR |
Volunteers |
Water |
Afghanistan | Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Caribbean Islands | Haiti | South Eastern U.S. | United States | Zimbabwe |
Date posted: Mar 22, 2005
|
|
|
Dominican Cocoa Farmers Recover with United Methodist Help
When Hurricane Jeanne struck the Dominican
Republic last September, the resulting damage
affected some 1,600 cocoa farmers. Those farmers –
or producers, are part of the United Methodist
Committee on Relief's coffee project. The project
encourages people to buy "fair trade" items such
as coffee, tea, cocoa and chocolate.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
More about:
Agriculture |
Justice |
Poverty |
Rural |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Caribbean Islands | Dominican Republic |
Date posted: Feb 16, 2005
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, February 1, 2005
The United Methodist Committee on Relief will
assist with rehabilitation of rural schools near
Basrah, Iraq. Another 4,500 UMCOR school kits are
on their way to Grenadan children. An UMCOR staff
member leaves this week to provide short-term
logistics aid to the Methodist Church of Sri
Lanka, and soon another UMCOR aid worker will go
to Indonesia on a similar assignment.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Children |
Emergencies |
Health |
Mission opportunities |
Natural disasters |
One Great Hour of Sharing |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Partners/partnerships |
Tsunami |
Asia and the Pacific Islands | Caribbean Islands | Grenada | India | Indonesia | Iraq | Middle East | Sri Lanka |
Date posted: Feb 01, 2005
|
|
|
Staying the Course in "Mega-Disaster" Rehabilitation
How well do relief operations follow through with
rehabilitation after "mega-disasters" such as the
earthquake and tsunamis that swept the Indian
Ocean on December 26? "In big, complex recoveries
from mega-disasters, UMCOR plans to be in place
for a long time-- for years," said the Rev.
Kristin Sachen of the United Methodist Committee
on Relief (UMCOR).
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Emergencies |
Natural disasters |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Caribbean Islands | Central America | Cuba | Honduras | India | Indonesia | Iran | Middle East | Mozambique |
Date posted: Jan 14, 2005
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, January 4, 2005
United Methodists have pulled out the stops with
overwhelmingly generous donations to UMCOR's
urgent appeal to assist tens of thousands of
earthquake and tsunami survivors in South and
Southeast Asia. The Souper Bowl of Caring, a
youth-led international event that happens the
first weekend in February. Twenty families in
Santa Fe, a small fishing town at the west edge
of Havana, Cuba, have new housing and another 100
received upgraded water service as an UMCOR
project concluded in early December 2004.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Emergencies |
Health |
Hunger |
Natural disasters |
Poverty |
Refugees |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Youth |
Asia and the Pacific Islands | Caribbean Islands | Cuba | India | Indonesia | Sri Lanka |
Date posted: Jan 04, 2005
|
|
|
Historical Encounter of Caribbean Methodist Leaders for Mission, Culture and Life Meets at Boca Chica, Dominican Republic
The initial gathering of the Caribbean Methodist
Leadership Forum in 2004 brought together the
Major Antilles Methodist Leaders in Boca Chica,
Dominican Republic, December 14-16.
Participants were the heads of churches of the
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
and the Conexional President of the Methodist
Church of the Caribbean and the Americas (MCCA)
based in St. John, Antigua.
Source:
Mission Contexts and Relationships
More about:
Communities |
Ecumenical |
GBGM programs |
Global connections |
International affairs |
Partners/partnerships |
Methodism |
Caribbean Islands | Latin America |
Date posted: Dec 31, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, December 21, 2004
A new bulletin insert describes UMCOR's plans for
expanding its work in Sudan. With UMCOR's help,
he Methodist Church in Uruguay is sending teams
of volunteer doctors and technicians to Artigas.
Several thousand school kits are on their way to
children in Grenada thanks to generous volunteers
who help to assemble these supplies. One Great
Hour of Sharing resources are available.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Advent |
Agriculture |
Children |
Christmas |
Education |
Emergencies |
Hunger |
Natural disasters |
One Great Hour of Sharing |
Special Sundays |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Volunteers |
Women |
Africa | Caribbean Islands | Grenada | Latin America | Sudan | Uruguay |
Date posted: Dec 21, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, December 14, 2004
1. United States and Caribbean: Storm Recovery
Focuses on Home Repair, Gaps in Cocoa
Production.
2. UMCOR Responds to Series of Small but
Disastrous Texas Storms. 3. Iran: Bam Rebuilding
Continues After Deadly Earthquake. 4. For a
Spirit-Filled Christmas: UMCOR's Wish List
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Advent |
Children |
Christmas |
Emergencies |
Health |
Natural disasters |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Asia and the Pacific Islands | Caribbean Islands | Dominican Republic | Iran | Middle East | Nepal | North Eastern U.S. | South Central U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Dec 14, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, November 30, 2004
Philippines: Flash Floods Compound Typhoon
Damage; World AIDS Day: Kissy Clinic Worker
Educates Through Needlework; Alternative Giving:
More UMCOR Christmas Wishes; Cuba: After
Hurricanes, Households Headed by Women Will Be
Focus of Aid
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Advent |
AIDS/HIV |
Children |
Christmas |
Education |
Emergencies |
Health |
Missionaries |
Natural disasters |
Poverty |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Volunteers |
Women |
Youth |
Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Caribbean Islands | Cuba | Philippines | Sierra Leone |
Date posted: Nov 30, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, November 23, 2004
Sudan: Team of Five Will Lead UMCOR Sudan Aid;
United States: Hurricane Recovery Will Be Long,
Slow Process; Have a Heart: Transform a Life With
an UMCOR Alternative Gift; India: UMCOR Provides
Financial Aid for Flood Relief
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Children |
Education |
Emergencies |
Natural disasters |
Poverty |
Refugees |
UMCOR |
Volunteers |
Afghanistan | Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Caribbean Islands | Haiti | India | South Eastern U.S. | Sudan | United States |
Date posted: Nov 23, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, November 9, 2004
In Liberia, UMCOR's demobilization of former
soldiers continues. Grants from UMCOR to annual
conferences in Alabama, Florida, North Carolina,
and Pennsylvania are at work on hurricane relief.
In the Caribbean UMCOR has funded ecumenical
partners. 'Generation of Hope' has been reissued
as a free DVD in time to observe World AIDS Day
December 1. This holiday season, wish for a
Christmas that truly honors the birth of Jesus
and shows our concern for the whole family of God.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
AIDS/HIV |
Children |
Education |
Emergencies |
Natural disasters |
Peace |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Africa | Bahamas | Caribbean Islands | Haiti | Liberia | North Eastern U.S. | South Eastern U.S. | United States | Zimbabwe |
Date posted: Nov 09, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, November 2, 2004
Volunteers have put in more than a million hours
in recovery projects in US regions pummeled by
multiple hurricanes. In Western Pennsylvania,
Ohio, and Minnesota, UMCOR grants assisting people
in areas overrun by heavy floods. Flood buckets
are urgently needed! A team of relief specialists
just back from Haiti and Grenada is recommending
new quick impact initiatives to help both island
nations recover from devastating hurricanes.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
AIDS/HIV |
Children |
Emergencies |
Health |
Natural disasters |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Volunteers |
Caribbean Islands | Grenada | Haiti | North Central U.S. | South Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Nov 02, 2004
|
|
|
United Methodist mission agency commits $100,000 to Sudan
Expressing continuing concern about the people
of Sudan, the United Methodist Board of Global
Ministries has designated $100,000 to assist
with the humanitarian crisis there.
Source:
United Methodist News Service
More about:
Children |
Christian love |
Communities |
GBGM news |
GBGM programs |
International affairs |
Refugees |
UMCOR |
Africa | Angola | Caribbean Islands | Chad | Haiti | Indonesia | Latin America | Mexico | Philippines | South Central U.S. | Sudan | United States | Western U.S. |
Date posted: Oct 29, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Recommends Quick Impact Support for Grenada, Haiti
A team of United Methodist relief specialists just
back from Haiti and Grenada is recommending new
quick impact initiatives to help both island
nations recover from devastating hurricanes in
recent weeks. Urgent needs in Haiti include a
speed-up of food distribution and reconstruction
of homes. Grenada needs help restoring its nutmeg
industry and in rebuilding community centers.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Children |
Communities |
Emergencies |
Health |
Hunger |
Mission opportunities |
Poverty |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Caribbean Islands | Grenada | Haiti |
Date posted: Oct 28, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, October 26, 2004
UMCOR last week dispatched a team of workers to
the Sudanese region of Darfur. UMCOR's
assessments of Haiti and Grenada earlier this
month have identified unmet needs in both island
nations. Recovery efforts continue in areas of
the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf Coast that were
thrashed by multiple hurricanes earlier this fall.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
AIDS/HIV |
Children |
Emergencies |
Health |
Natural disasters |
Poverty |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Volunteers |
Women |
Africa | Caribbean Islands | Grenada | Haiti | South Eastern U.S. | Sudan | United States | Zimbabwe |
Date posted: Oct 26, 2004
|
|
|
Annual Report: United Methodist Committee on Relief
This booket describes the work of the United
Methodist Committee on Relief in 2003. UMCOR
links the hearts of generous donors with the
hands of equally generous beneficiaries around
the globe. Our work is a miracle of connection.
Thank you for engaging in this miracle with us.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Agriculture |
AIDS/HIV |
Children |
Education |
Emergencies |
Finance |
Health |
Hunger |
Immigration |
Natural disasters |
Peace |
Poverty |
Refugees |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Caribbean Islands | Europe | Latin America | United States |
Date posted: Oct 26, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, October 19, 2004
On October 24, ABC will air Hunger No More, a
documentary that shows how faith groups working
to end hunger. Last week UMCOR workers assessed
Haiti's storm-wracked northern region. Cleanup
efforts continue in Florida and other regions
thrashed by multiple hurricanes earlier this
fall. Flood buckets are urgently needed. This
week an UMCOR team will begin an assessment of
additional initiatives in the Darfur region of
Sudan.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Agriculture |
Emergencies |
Natural disasters |
Poverty |
Rural |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Violence |
Volunteers |
Africa | Caribbean Islands | Haiti | South Eastern U.S. | Sudan | United States |
Date posted: Oct 19, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, October 12, 2004
On October 24 ABC television affiliates will
begin to air Hunger No More, a documentary that
shows how faith groups working to end hunger.
With funding from from UMCOR, the Cuban Council
of Churches is implementing recovery efforts in
Cuba. UMCOR is one of several ecumenical
partners clearing debris, rehabbing schools, and
providing fresh water in Haiti. Medicine Boxes
are needed now in Azerbaijan, flood buckets in
the United
States, and health and school kits in Liberia.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Agriculture |
Children |
Emergencies |
Health |
Hunger |
Mission opportunities |
Natural disasters |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Women |
Africa | Asia and the Pacific Islands | Azerbaijan | Caribbean Islands | Cuba | Haiti | Liberia | South Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Oct 12, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, October 5, 2004
UMCOR highlights several initiatives to support
World Food Day October 16. Teams from UMCOR will
assess storm damage in Haiti, Grenada and the
Caymans this week. UMCOR has sent grants to the
church in the Bahamas, Cuba and Haiti, and to
international partners in Grenada. In the
southeastern United States, long-term case
management plans for hurricane survivors have
resumed. UMCOR issues urgent call for flood
buckets and Medicine Boxes. In Liberia, school
and health kits are needed.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Agriculture |
Children |
Emergencies |
Health |
Natural disasters |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Volunteers |
Africa | Armenia | Azerbaijan | Bahamas | Cambodia | Caribbean Islands | Cayman Islands | Cuba | Georgia | Grenada | Haiti | Liberia |
Date posted: Oct 05, 2004
|
|
|
Letter from UMCOR: On the Job
"A disaster area so large it's difficult to get
outside of it to get what you need." That is the
assessment of UMCOR disaster workers after four
hurricanes in six weeks pummeled parts of Florida,
Alabama, and Louisiana, and created havoc in many
other communities up to 1,000 miles away.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Christian love |
Donations |
Emergencies |
Mission opportunities |
Natural disasters |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Volunteers |
Caribbean Islands | Grenada | Haiti | South Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Sep 30, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, September 28, 2004
Hurricane Jeanne has delayed long-term case
management initiatives in mid-Florida while UMCOR
volunteers and workers clean up after the fourth
major storm in six weeks. UMCOR has provided
grants to other annual conferences where
hurricanes spawned tornadoes and drenched
saturated soils. UMCOR international disaster
staff members anticipate conducting assessments in
Haiti. UMCOR will also assess the scope of
disaster in Grenada.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Children |
Emergencies |
Health |
Natural disasters |
Rural |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Volunteers |
Bahamas | Caribbean Islands | Grenada | Haiti | North Eastern U.S. | South Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Sep 28, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline Special Hurricanes Update, September 23, 2004
UMCOR is responding to the floods and mudlides
emergency that has killed over 1000 people in
Haiti. In addition UMCOR has issued an urgent
call for advocacy of temporary protected status
for Haitian immigrants. In the Alabama-West
Florida Annual Conference, workers have begun the
long cleanup. Farmworkers, the elderly, and
immigrants from Haiti have received aid.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Advocacy |
Emergencies |
Natural disasters |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Volunteers |
Caribbean Islands | Haiti | South Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Sep 23, 2004
|
|
|
In Haiti UMCOR Responds to Jeanne's Lethal Aftermath
More than 700 people have died in Haiti from
flooding and mudslides, the lethal aftermath of
Tropical Storm Jeanne. Thousands more sought high
ground on the roofs of their houses as nine-foot
floodwaters swept through impoverished urban
centers. Rescue workers expect to uncover more
dead as waters recede.
Source:
UMCOR
More about:
Children |
Emergencies |
Hunger |
Natural disasters |
UMCOR |
United Methodist Church |
Caribbean Islands | Dominican Republic | Haiti |
Date posted: Sep 22, 2004
|
|
|
UMCOR Hotline, September 21, 2004
UMCOR is responding to hurricanes, storms, and
floods in the USA and the Caribbean. More than
700 people have died in Haiti from flooding and
mudslides. UMCOR emergency field staff plan to
assess damage in Grenada and Jamaica. Hurricane
Ivan lashed densely populated beach areas of
Pensacola, Florida.
Source:
UMCOR
Africa | Armenia | Azerbaijan | Bahamas | Caribbean Islands | Cuba | Georgia | Grenada | Haiti | Jamaica | Russia | South Eastern U.S. | United States |
Date posted: Sep 21, 2004
|
|
More...
|
|
Search Interfase
|
Tip:
Choose simple search or refine your search according to Source of
Information, Topic, and/or Geographic Region.
|
| Output
Style: |
|
|
|
