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A National in Mission grant opened an opportunity for a Colombian church worker to focus on human rights work with Centro Ecuménico Popular para América Latina de Comunicación (CEPALC).
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Global Ministries promotes historical and cultural understanding of the different regions of the world where The United Methodist Church exists and seeks to develop and sustain relationships with United Methodist and ecumenical partners in those places. We support partners by building leadership skills, encouraging new ideas and sharing tools, training and grants.
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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
