Stories

UMCOR and Global Health strive to connect more communities with access to clean water and healthy sanitation facilities around the world.

Church and Community Worker, Katie Peterson, manages a “Mission Barn” and enjoys seeing God’s diverse family working together.

In its initial and continued response to the September 2020 Gulf Coast hurricane, UMCOR exhibits the power of meaningful recovery to areas suffering the brunt of repeated disasters.

Experience the Methodist Church in Cambodia, which became a denomination in 2018, and see how God’s mission is alive in their country and culture.

Jimmy Dillon of Virginia began hiking the Appalachian Trail’s 2,198 miles to raise funds for UMCOR in April 2018, enduring multiple physical challenges along the way. His journey continues this spring.

In Liberia, a United Methodist primary health-care clinic provides a life-saving diagnosis and medication that other health facilities missed.

UMCOR helps to feed women, children and adolescents as they travel in a migrant caravan though Guatemala.

UMCOR emergency grants to relief organizations in El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua help ease stress in affected communities.

Matthew and Jennifer Wilke spent eight months in Tanzania as mission volunteers. They learned much, loved a lot and discovered new ways to trust in God.

Serving in Brazil, Global Mission Fellow Mónica Arango uses her gifts as a communicator to improve the lives of street children and their families.

The United Methodist Abundant Health Initiative reaches and exceeds its 1 million children goal…and keeps going.

A few grants and strong connections opened UMC food pantries and kitchens in key underserved areas of New York during the pandemic.