The UMCOR Hotline gives up-to-date information about emergency and ongoing responses of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). You can be a part of this work. (Click here for current UMCOR Hotlines.)
December 2002
- UMCOR Hotline, December 20, 2002
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Recovery from storm damage in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Ohio, Louisiana; Guam Emergency, Supertyphoon Pongsona; famine in southern Africa; contributions needed for International Disaster Response Advance.
- UMCOR Hotline, December 13, 2002
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Supertyphoon Pongsona strikes Guam; food crises in Eritrea, Kenya, Ethiopia, and southern Africa; November tornadoes cleanup and recovery; White Mountain fires recovery; "Whose Birthday Is It Anyway?" Christmas alternative giving suggestions; all kinds of emergency kits are needed.
- UMCOR Hotline, December 6, 2002
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Snow storms in the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern states; food crises in Kenya, Ethiopia, and southern Africa; November tornadoes cleanup and recovery; all kinds of emergency kits are needed; "Whose Birthday Is It Anyway?" Christmas alternative giving suggestions.
November 2002
- UMCOR Hotline, November 27, 2002
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World AIDS Day; November tornadoes cleanup and recovery; Ethiopia Famine.
- UMCOR Hotline, November 22, 2002
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Deadly November tornadoes; Churchwide Appeal for Southern Africa Famine; World AIDS Day; Whose Birthday Is It Anyway?
- UMCOR Hotline, November 15, 2002
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Deadly November tornadoes; Churchwide Appeal for Southern Africa Famine (Zimbabwe).
- UMCOR Hotline, November 12, 2002
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UMCOR responds to deadly tornadoes.
- UMCOR Hotline, November 8, 2002
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Grant sent to Southwest Texas Conference; Southern Africa famine; flood buckets and other emergency kits needed; UMCOR Christmas Cards, World AIDS Day.
- UMCOR Hotline, November 1, 2002
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Tanzanian returnees; flooding in Houston; recovery from Hurricanes Isidore and Lili; Southern Africa famine and HIV/AIDS crisis; flood buckets and other emergency kits needed; volunteers request for Louisiana.
October 2002
- UMCOR Hotline, October 25, 2002
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Recovery from Hurricanes Isidore and Lili; Southern Africa famine; flood buckets needed; volunteers request for Louisiana.
- UMCOR Hotline, October 18, 2002
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Recovery from Hurricanes Isidore and Lili, tornado in Indiana; flood recovery in Wyoming; Southern Africa famine; food for Central America; flood buckets and other kits needed; prayers for people traumatized by the sniper murders in the Washington, D.C., area.
- UMCOR Hotline, October 11, 2002
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Hurricanes Isidore and Lili, tornado in Indiana; medicine boxes for Cote d'Ivoire, Southern Africa famine; flood buckets and other kits needed.
- UMCOR Hotline, October 4, 2002
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Southern Africa famine; Democratic Republic of the Congo food shortage; health kits and Medicine Boxes for Mexico; Louisiana and Cuba hit by Isidore and Lili; flood buckets and other kits needed.
September 2002
- UMCOR Hotline, September 27, 2002
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Isidore strikes USA and Caribbean; drought in Cambodia; food emergency in Southern Africa; tornado recovery in Indiana; wildfires recovery in Colorado; flood recovery in Texas.
- UMCOR Hotline, September 20, 2002
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Hurricane Isidore strikes Cuba and moves into the Gulf of Mexico; Tropical Storm Hanna causes floods in Georgia and Florida; Tropical Storm Fay does damage in Texas; food emergency worsens in Southern Africa.
- UMCOR Hotline, September 13, 2002
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9/11 remembrances; response to tornado in Ladysmith, Wisconsin; flooding in China, Bangladesh, India and Nepal; Tropical Storm Fay and Texas floods recovery; grant sent to The United Methodist Church of the Philippines; large grant sent to feed children in Swaziland.
- UMCOR Hotline, September 6, 2002
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Flooding in China, Bangladesh, India and Nepal; drought in India; Texas floods recovery; food crisis in Southern Africa; storms and floods in the U.S.A.
August 2002
- UMCOR Hotline, August 30, 2002
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Flooding in China, Bangladesh, eastern India and Nepal; drought in India; Texas floods recovery; food crisis in Southern Africa; storms and floods in the U.S.A.
- UMCOR Hotline, August 23, 2002
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Flooding and landslides in Bangladesh, India and Nepal; Texas floods recovery; Food crisis in Zimbabwe; Floods in Europe.
- UMCOR Hotline, August 16, 2002
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Snowstorms in Bolivia and Peru; Floods in Europe; Texas floods recovery; Food crisis in Zimbabwe.
- UMCOR Hotline, August 9, 2002
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Floods & Landslides in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal; Typhoon Chata'an recovery on Guam and Chuuk; floods in Texas; erosion after fires in Deadwood, South Dakota; Churchwide Appeal for Southern Africa Famine.
- UMCOR Hotline, August 2, 2002
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Typhoons in the Philippines; pharmaceuticals shipped to Argentina; humanitarian crisis in Iraq; ongoing response to 9/11 in New York and New Jersey; Churchwide Appeal for Southern Africa Famine.
July 2002
- UMCOR Hotline, July 26, 2002
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Churchwide Appeal for Southern Africa Famine; D.R. Congo Emergency; fires in Arizona, Colorado, and South Dakota; flooding on the Minnesota/North Dakota border, and in West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, and Texas. Volunteers are needed in Texas, Minnesota, and North Carolina.
- UMCOR Hotline, July 19, 2002
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Churchwide Appeal for Southern Africa Famine; Typhoon Chata'an; fires in Arizona, Colorado, and South Dakota; flooding in Texas and the Minnesota/North Dakota border. Volunteers are needed in Texas, Minnesota, and North Carolina.
- UMCOR Hotline, July 12, 2002
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Churchwide Appeal for Southern Africa Famine; fires in Arizona, Colorado, and South Dakota; flooding in Texas. Volunteers are needed.
- UMCOR Hotline, July 3, 2002
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Fires in Arizona, Colorado, and South Dakota; flooding in Texas and the Minnesota/North Dakota border; earthquake in Iran; flooding in Russia, Nicaragua, and Chile. Volunteers are needed in North Carolina and urgently needed Minnesota.
June 2002
- UMCOR Hotline, June 28, 2002
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Arizona and Colorado fires, earthquake in Iran, flooding in China, Northern Caucasus region, Chile, and Nicaragua. Volunteers are urgently needed Minnesota.
- UMCOR Hotline, June 21, 2002
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Aftermath of flooding in China, Chile, and Venezuela; assessments of Minnesota floods, Colorado fires; continuing emergencies in Angola and Liberia; World Refugee Day resources and action suggestion.
- UMCOR Hotline, June 14, 2002
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Minnesota floods, Colorado fires, Love in the Midst of Tragedy response, flooding in Chile, Nicaragua, and Hondurus.
- UMCOR Hotline, June 7, 2002
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Famine in Southern Africa; flood recovery in Michigan and West Virginia; humanitarian aid sent to Palestine, internally displaced people in Liberia.
May 2002
- UMCOR Hotline, May 31, 2002
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Famine in Southern Africa; Oklahoma bridge disaster, flood recovery in West Virginia and Illinois; Hurricane season begins.
- UMCOR Hotline, May 24, 2002
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Liberia emergency; UMCOR meeting in New York; tornadoes and floods in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, and Texas-- volunteers flood buckets are needed.
- UMCOR Hotline, May 17, 2002
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Tornadoes and floods in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, and Texas; flood buckets are needed to replenish depleted supplies; second home building project for people permanently displaced by the 2000 and 2001 floods.
- UMCOR Hotline, May 10, 2002
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Tornadoes and floods in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, and Texas; basic humanitarian supplies for Palestinians; Africa famine relief for Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
- UMCOR Hotline, May 3, 2002
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Tornadoes in mid section of the United States; displaced people in Liberia; flooding in Hunan Province of China; Beit Sahour Medical Clinic in Bethlehem; drought in southern Africa, crop failure in Malawi.
April 2002
- UMCOR Hotline, April 29, 2002
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Tornadoes in Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and Virginia; Liberia Emergency, Middle East Emergency, Africa Famine Relief.
- UMCOR Hotline, April 19, 2002
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Volunteers &funds needed after tornadoes in Texas, continuing response to crisis in Afghanistan, ongoing El Salvador earthquake response, humanitarian aid for workers in the Philippines.
- UMCOR Hotline, April 12, 2002
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Humanitarian response to Middle East crisis, Angola war recovery, famine in southern Africa, Missouri ice-storms assistance, Kentucky and Virginia flood recovery and volunteer needs.
- UMCOR Hotline, April 5, 2002
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Humanitarian response to Middle East crisis, Afghanistan earthquakes and ongoing response, Kentucky and Virginia flood recovery and volunteer needs, famine in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and southern Africa.
March 2002
- UMCOR Hotline, March 29, 2002
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Flood buckets sent to Kentucky, volunteers needed after the floods; food packages sent to Palestinian territories; food emergency in Africa; health kits, school kits, layettes, and flood buckets needed.
- UMCOR Hotline, March 22, 2002
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Southern states have experienced major flooding; food emergency in Africa; El Niño's return expected to cause famine in Central America; health kits, school kits, layettes, and flood buckets needed.
- UMCOR Hotline, March 15, 2002
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Food emergency in Southern Africa; relief goods for Democratic Republic of Congo; volunteers needed in Houston and North Carolina; health kits, school kits and layettes needed.
- UMCOR Hotline, March 8, 2002
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Colombia emergency; Afghanistan emergency; ice storms in Kansas and Oklahoma; health kits, school kits and layettes needed.
- UMCOR Hotline, March 1, 2002
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Tongan Islands suffering because of Cyclone Waka's extensive damage, floods devastate La Paz, Bolivia and surrounding countryside, D.R. Congo emergency continues, volunteers needed Texas and North Carolina.
February 2002
- UMCOR Hotline, February 22, 2002
Liberia violence; Brazil, Indonesia, Philippines floods; Florida Red Tide, volunteers needed Texas and North Carolina.
- UMCOR Hotline, February 15, 2002
Midwest ice storms, Liberia violence, Afghanistan shelter project, UMCOR kits.
- UMCOR Hotline, February 8, 2002
Indonesia floods, Louisiana storms, Turkey earthquake, hurricanes and tropical storms 2001 recovery.
- UMCOR Hotline, February 1, 2002
Oklahoma ice storm, Tennessee floods, Goma volcano, Hurricane Allison Recovery in Houston (volunteers needed!).
January 2002
- UMCOR Hotline, January 25, 2002
Goma, DR Congo volcanic eruption, Orissa, India floods recovery, Honduras after Hurricane Michelle, storms and floods in the south.
- UMCOR Hotline, January 18, 2002
Angola war recovery, Shepherd's Society in Palestine, Mozambique floods recovery, volunteers needed in Houston (Hurricane Allison recovery).
- UMCOR Hotline, January 11, 2002
Australian Bush Fires, Cyclone Waka in Tonga, 911, Hurricane Allison.
- UMCOR Hotline, January 4, 2002
Volunteers needed in North Carolina and Texas, S.E. Winter Storms, Cyclone Waka, N.J. Response to 911, Sri Lanka drought.
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