El Salvador Earthquake UMVIM Response
To register your UMVIM team to El Salvador
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- UMCOR efforts on El Salvador Earthquake
- Martinsville, Virginia Team (July 18, 2001)
- Hope Lutheran Team from Toledo, Ohio (October 26 - November 3, 2001)
- Charity UMC (Virginia Beach) Team (January 2-11, 2002)
- Kansas West Conference Team (January 21 - February 1, 2002)
- The Story of Karen (May/June 2003)
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On June 10, 2001, a volunteer began working in El Salvador to assist the
Methodist Church there with the coordination of Volunteer in Mission teams who
will help rebuild homes damaged or destroyed in the earthquake. More teams are
needed. Please call the Volunteer Line (800) 918-3100 for an information packet. Each
home will cost $3,000 to construct. The homes are designed to be earthquake
resistant and will provide each family with a living area, kitchen, two
bedrooms, water and electricity. Your financial support is still needed to
rebuild the planned number of homes. Please continue your gifts to El Salvador
Earthquake, Advance #511447-8.
El Salvador is a country of lovely beaches, towering volcanoes, industrious,
warm-spirited people, and recent disastrous earthquakes that have affected their
lives for ever.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) responded immediately by providing funds for plastic sheeting, nails, and other materials to construct temporary shelters in two communities that received no other assistance.
United Methodists Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) are called upon to respond to
the devastation that has left nearly one-fifth of the population homeless.
Help from UMVIM teams is needed in the rebuilding efforts.
UMCOR and UMVIM are coordinating these efforts through Action by Churches Together (ACT) providing
450 square foot anti-seismic homes for families unable to rebuild themselves.
Team leaders or individuals who are interested in going to El Salvador are
asked to call the Volunteer Hotline (800-918-3100) to register, and to receive
an informational packet.
UMVIM teams are requested to contribute $3,000 for each home. Support from churches, individuals, or groups is also needed.
People wishing to give contributions towards El Salvador Earthquake relief should send a check payable to: General Board of Global Ministries, with the following words in the memo line of the check: Advance # 511447-8, El Salvador Earthquake.
The checks should then be mailed to: Mission Volunteers, Attention: Michael DeBorja, 475 Riverside Drive, Room 330, New York, NY 10115.
Photos by Bill Bache
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