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As reported by United Methodist News, the Rev. Edgar Avitia Legarda traveled across Latin America and beyond for Global Ministries, encouraging mission and tending relationships with various Methodist groups.

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

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.

Five hundred of the most vulnerable displaced households in northeastern Congo have received food and other assistance from UMCOR to help purchase 38 tons of food for families who have fled insecurity in the region.

After 37 people, including some United Methodists, were killed during an attack, UMCOR awarded a grant to provide food and hygiene kits and address other immediate needs of people affected by the civil unrest.

United Methodists are finding various ways to raise funds for UMCOR in support of those displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

More than 150 acres of rice farms were recently cultivated in Sierra Leone and the purchase of machinery will ease and speed harvesting in the future.

Hear from Kathleen Griffith of Global Ministries’ Global Health program and Dr. David Boan of First UMC of Boise, Idaho, on the equitable vaccine distribution campaign, Love Beyond Borders.

Following a string of destructive and deadly December tornadoes, UMCOR visited with church and community leaders in Kentucky to hear of their needs and collaborate on plans for long term recovery.

Destroying lives and livelihoods, churches, houses and crops, UMCOR awards grants in response to immediate needs from December 2021's Typhoon Rai.