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May 4, 2001
Recovery work from the flooding caused by Hurricane Floyd in 1999 continues in New Jersey and North Carolina. UMCOR has sent an additional grant for rebuilding work in New Jersey, and disaster response workers in North Carolina continue to discover people who need assistance in repairing and rebuilding their homes. Thousands of volunteers are needed in the coming weeks and months in North Carolina. Please call the Volunteer Line at (800) 918-3100 for more information.
UMCOR has sent an emergency response grant to the Kansas West Conference to assist with recovery from the recent tornado that struck Hoisington. 45% of the homes in the town were destroyed or damaged. Please give to UMCOR's Domestic Disaster Response, Advance #901670 to help people recover from this year's many storms and floods.
Famine and hunger caused by war and drought continue to affect many African countries. UMCOR has recently sent grants to provide food relief, restart agricultural production, and provide basic health care services for people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Eritrea, Sudan and Kenya. Please continue to support UMCOR's Advance #101250, "Africa Famine Relief."
An additional grant of $275,000 has been sent to CASA (Church's Auxiliary for Social Action) in India for earthquake recovery work. CASA is replacing homes for 1,249 families in seven villages. The homes are designed to be earthquake and cyclone resistant. CASA will also help rebuild the infrastructure in each of these villages by providing a school and community building, roads, water supply and drainage. You may join in this long-term response by giving to Advance #274305 "India Earthquake."
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.)
UMCOR is providing emergency relief in many areas at this moment, including: Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, the Middle East, Mozambique, Sudan, the United States and many other parts of the globe. For more information on these and other UMCOR ministries, please visit the website: http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor
Please pray for those who suffer from hunger, poverty, natural and human-made disasters.
