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Health Infrastructure and Services

Explore how your gifts and our global partnerships connect local churches and communities in mission to alleviate human suffering around the world.

Shungu Health Clinic Provides Beacon of Hope in Kamina

The clinic, supported by Global Ministries, addresses a wide range of medical needs and serves as a critical resource for maternal and child health.
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‘This Moment Matters’ Reaches $38.6 Million in Granting

Global Ministries and Higher Education and Ministry’s granting and fundraising initiative, “This Moment Matters” has now awarded close to $40 million across five areas of urgent need.

As Ebola Spreads, UMC Prevention Efforts Strengthen

Medical facilities, schools, churches, community health workers, doctors, government officials, teachers, pastors, students, taxi drivers, farmers – it takes everyone working together to overcome an Ebola outbreak.

Hope Is a Choice: Responding Faithfully in a Changing World

Facing ongoing global instability, the boards of Global Ministries and Higher Education and Ministry invest in strengthening mission and ministry, prepare for organizational change, and affirm a vision of hope.

Church builds on Ebola response in Congo

Global Ministries and UMCOR are helping to strengthen the church’s Ebola response in eastern Congo, including building a new treatment center and a large-scale communications campaign.

Church Installs Rainwater Tanks in Isolated Congolese Village

A rainwater collection project installed by the Eastern Congo Disaster Management Office is designed to combine disaster response and health programming to address the needs of communities affected by conflict.

Church Steps Up Ebola Response in Congo

 A coalition of United Methodist partners are working together to meet medical and communications needs to prevent Ebola’s further spread in the region.

Chiricahua Community Health Centers Widens Outreach in Arizona

Global Ministries’ Global Health unit helps provide healthcare and social assistance to a population in the U.S. that is rural, isolated, and predominantly uninsured.
Spring 2026 Board members in Nairobi

Rooted in Partnership and Hope

Global Ministries and Higher Education & Ministry hold joint board meeting in Kenya.

“This Moment Matters” Initiative disburses $24 Million To-Date

Launched in 2025, “This Moment Matters” has awarded hundreds of bridge grants to address critical gaps in need in the areas of food security, education, health, migration, and peace.

Deaf Ministry Farming Project Brings Hope to Mutare

A United Methodist initiative that assists those in need and also empowers the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community.

Contact Information

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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Susan Clark, Chief Communications Officer
media@umcmission.org
800-862-4246

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