Mission Update
United Methodist Women Making Peace Through Undesignated Giving
United Methodist Women’s undesignated giving supports things that make for
peace -- peace of mind and peace throughout the world. Consider the following
examples of how United Methodist Women’s undesignated giving is bringing peace
with justice to women, children and youth:
- Killingsworth, Inc. in Columbia, S.C., provides women with a home as they
find their way out of crisis situations. For example, ‘Sherry,’ a recovering
drug addict, met the Rev. Diane Moseley, Killingsworth executive director, and
Hermina Bellinger, program coordinator, two years ago at a Bible study they
led at the jail where she was incarcerated for a drug-related offense. They
invited Sherry to come to Killingsworth when she was released from jail to
learn how to live drug free. Today, Sherry is doing just that at Killingsworth.
- For nearly a decade, United Methodist Women’s undesignated giving has
supported the lifesaving work of End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and
Trafficking of Children (ECPAT). The organization, which began working to stem
sex tourism and its abuse of children and women in Asia, has expanded its
efforts to Latin America, Africa, Europe and North America.
- The Women’s Program of the Middle East Council of Churches works in a
multi-faith environment to develop solidarity among women in nations faced
with impoverishment, religion-controlled civil society, and traditions and
cultures that devalue women. The program includes vocational training,
leadership development, work against domestic violence, and improving the
status of women in church and in society.
- Undesignated giving of United Methodist Women in the United States helps
United Methodist Women of Burundi spearhead a series of seminars to teach
church leaders about reproductive health and family planning, a key component
in the development of the small, densely populated nation in sub-Saharan
Africa. Disseminating family-planning information helps prevent the spread of
HIV/AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases that are devastating many
African nations.
- Members of the Women, Food and Agriculture Network in the rural United
States are demonstrating that biblical principles of caring for the earth and
all Creation can work in the real world. The organization promotes a fair-food
system that pays farmers a fair price for crops -- an amount true to
production costs but within reach of people on limited incomes.
National Mobilization Against Sweatshops is a youth-led grassroots
organization committed to eliminating sweatshops in the United States. It is
seeking improvements in women workers’ pay and working conditions.
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