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Commemorations for World Water Day 2026 focus on the ways that safe and accessible water and sanitation can improve gender equality

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Pillars & Plants, a Global Ministries–funded project in Zimbabwe, empowers youth through music, dance, and art, reducing stigma around substance abuse and fostering openness, healing, and hope.
Nationals in Mission (NIM) grants totaling $605,362 were approved on November 12, 2020, by Global Ministries’ board of directors. The funds will cover salary supplements for 182 mission-related positions in 60 countries.
Global Mission Fellow Lily Maijama’a describes his transformation as he decided to let love lead him out of COVID-19 despair and into God’s purpose.
Dr. Mark Zimmerman reflects on the story of Hari, a COVID-19 patient he treated at Patan, Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
The Rev. Brooke Atchley, a Church and Community Worker in Rosedale, Virginia, accompanies her rural community through the challenges and shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Missionary Temba Nkomozepi gives an update on the mission of Mujila Falls Agriculture Center in Zambia
2020 marked the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. Missionaries Jin Yang Kim and Adam Shaw share how Methodists can contribute to the ongoing peace and reconciliation process.
The application for the 2021-23 cohort of young adults serving in social justice ministries internationally opens Monday, Nov. 23.
Abundant Health, The United Methodist Church’s global health initiative, has achieved and exceeded its 2020 goal by reaching 1,075,732 million children with lifesaving interventions.
An agriculture initiative for Africa launched by Global Ministries two years ago has been renamed in memory of the late Bishop John K. Yambasu of Sierra Leone.

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