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UMCOR Hotline November 3 Weekly News Update:

Read how UMCOR is responding to the needs around the world.

 

AIDS Educational KitNew AIDS Resource for United Methodist Churches:

“Working Toward an AIDS-Free World: An Educational Kit for United Methodist Churches,”  a new online resource developed by the United Methodist Global AIDS Fund team.

 

Trina Scott-Zuor (left) and Amy Spaur are commissioned missionaries of The United Methodist Church.First Monday: Internet Resource on the Church and Immigration:

First Monday is a monthly internet newsletter that offers valuable resources on the church and immigration issues in the United States.

 

The Rev. Donald Messer (right)Beyond Facts to Faces, Beyond Numbers to Names:

Today an estimated 6,000 people will die from AIDS. Last year, at least 2.1 million individuals succumbed to the disease and almost 4 million more were infected. Do those facts make any difference, even to Christians?

 

Through the Dhaba Project in Mursan

Truck Drivers Get Tested for HIV:

“I never thought this could happen to me,” said Hari, a truck driver from Mathura, India. Hari learned he was HIV positive while at a restaurant stop in Mursan, India. He is now counted among the 33 million people infected with the HIV virus.

 

Nurse Christiana explains the importance of using bed nets to prevent malaria.‘Imagine Something More’ to End Malaria, Bishop Says :

United Methodist Bishop Thomas Bickerton keeps a $10 bill in his pocket so he can demonstrate how little money it takes to protect an African household from malaria.

 

The Haiti Hot Lunch Program serves a heartyUMCOR Directors Approve Funding for Programs that Address Hunger:

The United Methodist Committee on Relief's board of directors reviewed and approved $25,000 to support a program benefiting children in South Africa.

 

A young Hygiene Hero in Banda AcehUMCOR Indonesia Celebrates Global Hand Washing Day:

The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) Indonesia Mission will celebrate Global Hand Washing Day on October 15, 2009 in 13 Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Project schools throughout Aceh Province.

 

A disaster response coordinator presents response plans during a workshop at the United Methodist Committee on Relief’s office in CaviteUMCOR Distributes Relief Supplies in Philippines:

United Methodists have been working to get emergency supplies to families affected by Typhoon Ketsana in the Philippines.

 

A couple walks on the ruins of shops in Padang on Indonesia's Sumatra island October 1 UMCOR Responds to Three Emergencies

The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is responding to people affected in the Philippines, Samoa and Indonesia following three disasters this week.

 
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