| UMCOR Hotline Archives 1998- | UMCOR Hotline Free Email Edition |January 26, 2001
UMCOR is responding to the earthquake in India and Pakistan through our ecumenical partners ACT (Action by Churches Together, the relief and development arm of the World Council of Churches) and CASA (Church's Auxiliary for Social Action) in India. To provide immediate relief and to support long-term rebuilding and recovery efforts, please give to UMCOR's "South Asia Earthquake" Advance #274305. When further details of the relief efforts are available we will post that information here.
A disaster response team from UMCOR and the Methodist Church in Puerto Rico is currently in El Salvador, working with the Methodist Church of El Salvador to continue to provide immediate assistance in the wake of the earthquake and to develop recovery and rebuilding plans. UMCOR and El Salvador church leaders are also coordinating with ACT (Action by Churches Together) for relief and recovery work. At this point UMCOR anticipates that housing will be a long-term need in the wake of this disaster, and in the coming months volunteers will be needed for rebuilding work. Please give to UMCOR Advance #511447 "El Salvador Earthquake."
Thank you for your generous response to UMCOR's Christmas appeal for health kits and other material resources. The UMCOR Depot has received thousands of kits over the last few weeks. However, many of these kits are missing certain items, or include inappropriate items. UMCOR must buy supplies in bulk to complete these kits, and your gifts to the Material Resource Ministry Advance, #901440-5 will enable UMCOR to purchase these items.
All the kits currently on hand will be shipped to their designated recipients in the next couple of weeks. We anticipate that there will be a need for health kits in El Salvador, and need to restock the Depot. For information on assembling and shipping kits, please call the Depot at (800) 814-8765 or visit the UMCOR website: http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/kits.html.
Gifts may be made through local United Methodist churches, or by calling 1-800-554-8583. Credit card donations are accepted. (Read more about how you can help UMCOR's emergency responses.)
Please pray for those whose who have lost loved ones, homes and belongings in this disaster.
Photos Credit: Lutheran World Federation (LWF), El Salvador, January 2001. Click on the photograph to see a larger version.