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Middle East

Slow food and good business encourage women in the West Bank

The United Methodist Committee on Relief, through the World Hunger and Poverty Advance, awarded a grant in August 2024 to the Rural Women’s Development Society in the West Bank, the seventh in as many years. This project provides women with livelihoods, access to vocational training, business mentorship and a living wage in areas that have over 30% unemployment.
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Just after the blast, as neighbors congregate, still dazed by what they experienced. PHOTO: EMMA DALBY, NORWEGIAN CHURCH AID

Hope amid stunning devastation

With the help of three grants from UMCOR, the people of Beirut, Lebanon, are attempting to rebuild their lives and livelihoods after the port blast that destroyed much of their city.

Mental health brings peace of mind in Afghanistan

For more than 40 years, Global Ministries and UMCOR have supported health and development work through a partner agency. One project focuses on children with mental challenges as Afghanistan lacks services and awareness for mental health.

World Refugee Day: Every Action Counts

On World Refugee Day, UMCOR shares this story of a Syrian refugee family in Lebanon who finds hope in the caring presence of an UMCOR partner. This day, every action counts in the effort to create a more just, inclusive and welcoming world for everyone.

Filling gaps in health ministry funding where possible

In wake of the abrupt loss of billions of dollars of U.S. foreign aid, decades of global health and development work is now at risk. Global Ministries has moved to fill some funding gaps through UMC connections to ease disruption of health services where possible.

UMCOR reaches Syrian refugees in scattered communities

UMCOR’s work with Syrian and other refugees who have fled to Lebanon and Jordan engages with four partners to provide counseling, rent assistance, clearing of landmines, medical assistance and other necessities.

Slow, persistent work of peace in Afghanistan

For more than 40 years, Global Ministries and UMCOR have supported health and development work in Afghanistan through an ecumenical partner agency. The work continues today.

Resource: Reflective poems on migration

Enhancing food security of olive farmers in Palestine

Through UMCOR funding, the Agricultural Development Association (PARC) in Palestine has implemented a project to enhance the food security of olive farmers in Eastern Gaza.

Grants build mission capacity in 54 countries

Grants totaling $853,301 will help build the capacities of United Methodist mission partner organizations around the world next year in the areas of Leadership Development, Congregational Development, Ministry with the Poor and Global Health.

Asian American Language Ministry Plan Grant Application

Grant application for Asian American UMC churches and groups focused on leadership, growth, language resources, or ministry with the poor.

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Have questions? Send us an inquiry and we’ll get back to you promptly. Please direct all media inquiries to Susan Clark, chief communications officer for Global Ministries and UMCOR.

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Six Years, No Solution: A 500-Gallon Tank Carries Hope to West Virginia’s Forgotten

McDowell County is one of the poorest in the U.S., and the communities of Anawalt, Leckie and Gary are some of the hardest hit by the current six-year water crisis. All have Methodist churches that are part of the Welch Charge.

To ease the burden of residents who have to purchase many gallons of drinking water weekly, the Welch Charge contacted the West Virginia Conference Disaster Response Coordinator, Jim McCune, for help. McCune’s United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) connection put him in touch with Global Ministries’ Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) program. 

A WASH grant allowed them to obtain a 500-gallon “water buffalo.” The conference disaster response team arranged to fill the portable water buffalo from the Welch water system, the county seat of McDowell, and transport it to Gary, where residents have been supplied with refillable containers. Residents of all three towns can come to get water, and volunteers will also continue deliveries for those who need it. Meanwhile, residents, including church members, continue to advocate state and local officials for a permanent solution to their aging, compromised water infrastructure. Full Story 

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