Hunger & Poverty News & Stories
January 11, 2024
Responding to food insecurity on college campuses
Funds from Human Relations Day offerings supply grants to UMC-related colleges and universities to address access to food and hygiene products on campus.
January 9, 2024
Church helps thousands of malnourished children in Congo
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Through Global Ministries’ focus on global health, the UMC cared for more than 2,300 malnourished children, including 771 with acute malnutrition, in eastern Congo in 2023.
June 2, 2020
Finding a Way: Food Security and Fellowship
Asti White, a Global Mission Fellow, discusses how his ministry in Michigan is addressing food injustice and how they've adapted their methods of fellowship amidst crisis.
February 22, 2020
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.
February 22, 2020
Emily Burns: Gardening for food equality
Serving at Sunnyside United Methodist Church in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Emily Burns works to combat issues of food insecurity in her community as a Global Mission Fellow and EarthKeeper by supporting and developing a community garden and food pantry.
December 10, 2019
Hope for the weary, food for the hungry
Devotional by Devorah Umpig-Julian | Third week of Advent
June 3, 2019
EarthKeepers community garden grows with support from UMCOR’s Food Security Program
In Burien, Washington, a food security grant from UMCOR helped Highline UMC fulfill their dream of a community garden.