UMCOR Feature Stories and Resources for All Ages

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Feature Stories 2005

• UMCOR Assists Afghan Families Suffering Harsh Winter, UMCOR, March 12, 2005

Feature Stories 2004

• Miracle on 86th Street at Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, UMCOR, December 8, 2004.
• "Thank You, Methodists": A Bishop Solidifies the Peace in Democratic Republic of Congo, UMCOR, December 3, 2004.
• United Methodists Help Save Girls' and Women's Lives Through School and Literacy Programs, December 1, 2004.
• From Rubble to Schools and Clinics: UMCOR Begins New Afghan Project, GBGM, May 25, 2004.
• UMCOR to Energize Albania Development by Selling Donated Sunflower Oil, GBGM, May 25, 2004.
• A Future for the Children: A School Lunch Program in Haiti, R. Paul Doherty, reprinted from New World Outlook magazine.
• A Crack in the Repression: Afghan Women Register to Vote, Signal Optimism, UMCOR OGHS Story, March 8, 2004.

Feature Stories 2003

• Delighted Afghan Children Receive UMCOR School Kits, UMCOR, October 17, 2003.
• After Isabel, a Struggle for Normalcy: UMCOR Helps with Long-term Recovery, PJ Heller, September 24, 2003.
• On Hatteras After Isabel, It All Comes Out in the Wash: Churches Find a Way to Help, PJ Heller, September 24, 2003.
• Liberian Bishop Seeks Relief for Country in Need, UMCOR, August 12, 2003.
• In Turkey, Hearing Impaired Students Give Major Performance, UMCOR, August 5, 2003.
• After Isabel, People Need to Know Others Care, Disaster News Network, September 22, 2003.
• UMCOR in Afghanistan: Helping the Returnees, Henry Hamilton, New World Outlook, May/June, 2003.
• Access to Chicuque Rural Hospital Sees a Young, Pregnant Woman Through Malaria and Premature Delivery, May 2003.
• Chicuque Rural Hospital Helps a United Methodist Woman Beat Tuberculosis, May 2003.
• Lazarus Gets a Second Chance through Chicuque Rural Hospital, May 2003.
• UMCOR Housing Project Brings Families Back Together in Bagram, Afghanistan, UMCOR, March 6, 2003.

Feature Stories 2002

• In Ministry with the Kaiowá People of Brazil-- Building Stronger Bodies and Communities.
  • Photo Library: Mechanical Cow and Cooking & Nutrition Education Programs.
  • Photo Library: Dental Care Outreach and Sports & Recreation Programs.
• Nepal: Providing Health Care at the Top of the World (April)
• Photo Library: The Okhaldhunga Health Project & Nepal by Richard Lord.
• Photo Library: People and Places in Nepal by Richard Lord.
• "The Porch Light Is On: A United Methodist Church Prayerfully Waits for a Sudanese Refugee Family (March).
• Life of a Medicine Box (February).
• Improving Daily Life in Ghana: UMCOR and Agricultural Missions (January).
• UMCOR Advance Stories Archives for 2000-2001.

More Stories and Pictures

• Current UMCOR News.
• One Great Hour of Sharing Stories (OGHS).
• UMCOR Gumbo, a Poem About Volunteers in Mission.

Children's Stories

• Children's Sermons
• Don't Touch! A Story and Activities for Children by Faye Wilson (landmines)
• "Eat Your Dinner, Lucy!" A Story and Activity for Children Ernestine Mumford (world hunger)