UMCOR News & Stories

For more than 30 families and three community centers, UMCOR funding helps provide a clean and sustainable water source by distributing drums to harvest rainwater.

UMCOR supports host churches and agencies that seek to make temporary shelters into more permanent homes for refugees from Ukraine.

Funds from UMCOR provided food for more than 150 families affected by the deadly storm.

Reinvestment, a key component and goal in Yambasu Agriculture Initiative projects, is yielding fruits leading to growth and expansion across Africa.

Through funding from Global Ministries, more than 100 women living with HIV in the Kivu Conference are receiving counseling, transportation help and microcredit loans.

Over 175 people died after torrential rains overflowed the Chibira River in South Kivu. Through UMCOR, local disaster management coordinators in East Congo are supporting relief efforts.

More than 80 delegates and partners from Africa met with Global Ministries staff to discuss the future of mission on the continent as the denomination moves from being a missionary to a missional church.

Mustard Seed Migration Grants continue 80-Year tradition of welcoming the stranger.

Caring for refugees from Ukraine who crossed into neighboring countries is the latest chapter of an UMCOR-CWS partnership that began in the mid-1940s.

UMCOR Sager Brown Depot reopens after pandemic closure to host previously scheduled volunteer teams starting in March 2023.

UMCOR provides an initial grant for emergency relief in Turkey and Syria after devastating earthquake.

“We pray for generosity and provision,” said North Georgia Bishop Robin Dease, “asking individuals, churches and organizations to contribute to UMCOR.”