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Kyung Za Yim, president of the Women's division went to North Sumatra, Indonesia for the concerns of women and children during tsunami disaster.
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Source: Women's Division
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Kyung Za Yim, president of the Women’s Division, went to North Sumatra, Indonesia, January 12-16, with an eye for the concerns of women and children in the tsunami-stricken area.
“The devastation was far, far beyond my imagination,” Ms. Yim says about her visit to several sites crushed by the December 26 tidal waves. She left knowing that women need to be intentional in relief and rebuilding efforts to reach other women.
Ms. Yim went with a delegation from the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries, the international mission agency of the denomination. She is also a United Methodist deaconess focusing on community health.
This is an area in which United Methodist Women can help, Ms. Yim says. “We can continue to collect health kits and school kits for women and children in these areas.” The kits, sent through the United Methodist Committee on Relief, provide essential supplies for everyday life and survival. “We cannot go there, but we can use our regional missionaries in the area to do women’s lay leadership training.”
Karen Prudente, executive secretary for international ministries with the Division, says that Methodist sisters in Indonesia are concerned and committed to the long-term rebuilding of these areas.
“The Bible Women who have been trained in North Sumatra are ready to assist women and children in neighboring towns of the affected area by providing training in social literacy, basic health, economic development, parenting, and more,” Ms. Prudente says.
The full story of Kyung Za Yim’s experience is online at http://gbgm-umc.org/umw/.
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Date posted:
Mar 04, 2005
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