Table of Contents

Spring 2001

• Justice for Our Neighbors
  United Methodist JFON clinics offer legal assistance to poor immigrants in more remote areas or underserved metropolitan areas.
• Reclaiming the Land
  Land mine removal is a basic form of refugee resettlement.
• A Closer Look... at Sudanese Refugee Resettlement
  "The enemy shot at us as we ran." These words by 17 year old Dau Jok Thon evoke the experience of many of the "Lost Boys of the Sudan."
• Global Refugee Response
  This Advance enables UMCOR Refugee Ministries to respond to emergency requests from projects.
• New Resources

Resources

• The UMCOR Hotline
• Justice for Our Neighbors
  • Justice for Our Neighbors, UMCOR Story of the Month
  • "Q & A" About Justice for Our Neighbors
• Reclaiming the Land
  • Restoring Land, Restoring Lives
  • Landmines Removal (UMCOR)
• A Closer Look... at Sudanese Refugee Resettlement
  • Lost Boys of Sudan Need Refugee Resettlement
  • Sudan Emergency (UMCOR)
• Global Refugee Response
  • UMCOR Refugees/Immigration News
  • UMCOR Refugees/Immigration Program
• UMCOR Inasmuch Update
  • Summer 2000

New Resources

The UMCOR Resource Book 2001-2004. The Resource Book has a new look and is greatly expanded from previous versions. In it you will find more information on UMCOR Advance projects and many mission stories to use in your local congregations. Available free for postage and handling from the Service Center, (800) 305-9857, Stock #3848.

A Generation of Hope video. Learn about the struggles and hopes of AIDS orphans in Zimbabwe and the communities that help care for them. Available for loan from your annual conference AV library, or from EcuFilm (800) 251-4091. $19.95

Coming July 2001: two new videos about the work of the UMCOR Sager-Brown Depot facility and UMCOR's material resource ministry. Call UMCOR at (800) 554-8583 to check on availability.