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Women and Water – Advancing Equality on World Water Day

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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UMCOR’s focus – being where most needed

How does UMCOR work in so many places each year? An amazing network of reliable partners is the key.
Moms and babies arrive for a growth and development check-up in Mozambique. (Photo: Elizabeth McCormick)

A home to keep expectant mothers healthy

At the Chicuque Rural Hospital in Mozambique, a safe haven for hundreds of women and children is receiving needed upgrades and renovations.

Leaving country and kindred to follow Jesus

Global Mission Fellow Carlito Alberto incorporates much of what he learned at the Quéssua mission in Angola into his work placement in Cameroon.

UMCOR – compassionate response in the wake of disaster

Funding from “Where Most Needed” gives UMCOR the flexibility to reach people experiencing all kinds of disasters anywhere in the world.

Imagining – and working toward – no malaria in Africa

Through net distribution, rapid testing, education campaigns and training of health care workers, thousands are protected against malaria in Sierra Leone, Burundi and Angola.
Women in Bomjesus community in West Angola plant seeds.

Lives of women in Bomjesus change through faith in God

“When people of God come together and seek God´s help, the impact can be big,” says missionary Nana Katembo of women in the Bomjesus community in Angola.

Yambasu Initiative yields abundant harvests in third year

Since 2020, the Yambasu Agriculture Initiative has awarded 22 grants to 19 United Methodist annual conferences as they develop self-sustaining agriculture ministries.

Church in Congo helps thousands of displaced families

A $250,000 UMCOR grant is providing more than 15,000 people in East Congo with food, hygiene kits and other essential support.

Ordination energizes mission initiative in CAR

Dr. Aquilas Soronaka’s ordination brings renewed hope and energy for a mission initiative focused on congregational development and leadership.

Yambasu grant helps mission farms flourish

Four farms in Zimbabwe saw bumper harvests after receiving support from Global Ministries’ Yambasu Agriculture Initiative.

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Susan Clark, Chief Communications Officer
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