The UMCOR Hotline
December 13, 2005
In Today's Hotline:
Sierra Leone: Community Based-Health Care
Zimbabwe: Feeding the Hungry
Liberia: Fields Ripe with Hope
Christmas with UMCOR
SIERRA LEONE: COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE United Methodists in Africa made several strides towards improving health care through a workshop held in Sierra Leone, December 5-10. The workshop focused on malaria, HIV/AIDS and community-based health care methods. Participants from United Methodist health care centers in six African countries participated in this workshop. This gathering was the launching pad for the United Methodist Community-Based Malaria Control program which will begin at the United Methodist Health and Maternity Center, Kissy, Sierra Leone. The program will then be replicated throughout Africa over the next three years to bring this preventable and deadly disease under control. Learn more about this workshop and program here. Give to help eradicate the plague of malaria through UMCOR Advance #982009, Malaria Control. ZIMBABWE: FEEDING THE HUNGRY Poor rains and recent evictions have caused millions in Zimbabwe to go hungry. The World Food Program estimates that nearly one-third of the population is likely to face severe food shortages in the coming months. UMCOR has been providing relief in Zimbabwe through local partner organizations already operating in the country. Now, even more assistance is required to bridge the gap in the food supply. UMCOR partners Christian Care and Lutheran Development Services are distributing food, drought resistant seeds, and protein-enriched food to children, pregnant women, and people who are sick. Help feed the hungry in Zimbabwe and throughout Africa through UMCOR Advance #101250, All Africa Famine and Drought. LIBERIA: FIELDS RIPE WITH HOPE Investing in people and their knowledge is the basis of UMCOR’s Sustainable Agriculture and Development program. This program supports efforts like the Farmer Field School which introduces local farmers to new agricultural techniques and new crops. The moringa tree is one of the new crops trainers have introduced in several African nations. The tree grows quickly and has incredible nutritional value. Growing moringa can not only mean better health for the farmer’s family, it can also mean a healthier community and improved income. UMCOR’s latest bulletin insert tells the story of one such farmer and her family. Download and share Fields Ripe with Hope to learn more about this important program. Your gifts to UMCOR Advance #982188, Sustainable Agriculture and Development, support Farmer Field Schools and other life-giving programs. CHRISTMAS WITH UMCOR Here are two ways UMCOR can help you with your Christmas shopping 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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