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As cuts from USDA hit emergency food banks and school meal programs, and the SNAP program adds new restrictions, dedicated and compassionate United Methodist volunteers double down to increase food security in their communities with support from a Global Ministries’ Feeding Our Neighbors grant.

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Seven UMCOR COVID-19 grants helped churches in Brazil offer much needed relief for at-risk children, seniors, and families of health workers.
Serving in Tijuana as migration ministry advocates, GMFs Yabes Manokaran and Eric Agron found that listening to the journeys of those in transit was a sacred act.
In South America, an UMCOR partnership extends the ministries of Methodists in Peru, Brazil and Colombia who offer welcome to those fleeing Venezuela.
James and Grace Cho, missionaries with the 20-year-old Mongolia United Methodist Mission, are helping to lead the initiative’s transition to a self-governing faith community.
Dr. Belinda Forbes, a missionary in Nicaragua, tells the story of Magdalia Chavez, one of the people in her neighborhood who has crossed her doorstep many times over 20 years.
Church and Community Workers (CCWs) are commissioned missionaries of Global Ministries who serve within disenfranchised communities in the United States.
The Rev. Dr. Leo Garcia, a missionary doctor serving in East Angola, rallied churches, health professionals and volunteers in his community to make COVID-19 prevention resources available to every household.
Church and Community Worker, Lisa Nichols, serves a Sneedville, Tennessee, ministry that supplies indoor plumbing and sanitation to mountain homes that have never had it.

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