The UMCOR Hotline
October 25, 2005
In Today's Hotline:
US: Hurricane Wilma
Pakistan: Seeking Shelter
Central America: Hurricane Stan Response
Malawi: Food for the Hungry
UMCOR Sager Brown: School Kits Needed
US: HURRICANE WILMA Hurricane Wilma roared across South Florida Monday, leaving a swath of destruction in its wake. UMCOR continues to monitor the storm as it moves north towards a potential second landfall in New England. Homes, businesses, and churches sustained damage by this fast moving hurricane. UMCOR has been actively working in long term recovery in the affected areas since the 2004 hurricane season which pummeled Florida with repeated storms. Repair and recovery from the additional damaged caused by Hurricane Wilma will be part of the continuing work of the Florida Annual Conference’s Storm Center. You can help in the recovery process by giving to UMCOR Advance #982523 Hurricanes 2005.
PAKISTAN: SEEKING SHELTER The need for appropriate shelter continues in Pakistan and in the Kashmir region affected by a major earthquake Oct. 8. UMCOR partner, Church World Service has already distributed some 1,397 shelter kits, providing housing for nearly 10,000 people, but more is still needed. Church World Service is working to collect and distribute more winterized tents to the region and advocating for the homeless to those in charge of the tent supplies. Church World Service is also providing food and water to survivors as well as medical assistance. Your gifts to UMCOR Advance #232000, Pakistan Earthquake, will help UMCOR support this important work. CENTRAL AMERICA: HURRICANE STAN RESPONSE UMCOR is assisting thousands who were affected by Hurricane Stan’s unrelenting rains in early October through partner organizations that are already at work in the region. Through Ecological Indigenous Federation of Chiapas, UMCOR is helping indigenous coffee farmers meet basic needs after the hurricane destroyed crops and washed away precious land. Action by Churches Together partners are working in El Salvador to assist people affected by Hurricane Stan and a volcanic eruption that happened during the same week. More than 3,000 vulnerable families are receiving immediate assistance as well as help for future recovery through community organization and healthcare. Give to UMCOR Advance #501300, Central American Emergency, to help survivors of this tragedy restore their lives. MALAWI: FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY UMCOR has received an urgent appeal from the Malawi United Methodist Church requesting assistance in the face of a severe famine in the country. Each of the 95 United Methodist churches is working to provide immediate assistance to the neediest families in their communities. They are also implementing programs to prevent food shortages in the future through better irrigation technology as well as seeds and other supplies. Your generous gifts to UMCOR Advance #101250, All Africa Drought and Famine Relief, will help hungry people in Malawi and in other African countries facing drought and famine conditions. UMCOR SAGER BROWN: SCHOOL KITS NEEDED UMCOR Sager Brown serves the US and the world with relief supplies. Sager Brown staff and volunteers have been working to respond not only to the needs immediately around them in the Gulf States, they are also fulfilling longstanding supply requests from places like Liberia, Afghanistan, Republic of Georgia, and other places. United Methodists have been generous in their supply of health kits and flood buckets. UMCOR Sager Brown interim director, Ted Warnock, asks that school kits not be forgotten. These kits are in high demand to encourage and support school children around the world. Organize a school kit drive today! Go to the school kits page to find out how. UMCOR provides emergency relief in many areas of the world. To find out
more about UMCOR's ministries, please visit umcor.org. You can donate to any project by placing a contribution in the offering plate at a local United Methodist church; by sending a check to UMCOR, PO Box 9068, New York, NY 10087-9068; or by calling 1-800-554-8583, where credit card donations are accepted. UMCOR is exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States and qualifies for the maximum charitable contribution deduction by donors. And, please pray for those who are hungry, displaced, sick or in poverty because of these and other natural and human-made disasters, and for the workers who minister to them.
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