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On the woodland savanna UMCOR trucks creep over barely visible tracks from village to village, camp to camp.
Linda Beher/UMCOR UMCOR responds to natural or civil disasters that are interruptions of such magnitude that they overwhelm a community's ability to recover on its own. UMCOR's work on behalf of United Methodists is global and includes countries in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, the Caribbean. UMCOR serves in long-term disaster recovery in the US. The immediate goal of UMCOR's international and domestic emergency response programs is to provide relief and rehabilitation for the entire person-physical, social, and psychological-in a distress situation. UMCOR always works to enable those affected by disasters to take responsibility for relief and recovery work. Wherever possible, UMCOR forms partnerships with other religious and secular organizations to pool resources and avoid duplicating efforts.
Peanuts getting planted outside the Abu Jabra IDP camp by Halima Grang Shole. Paul Jeffrey/UMCOR UMCOR provides long-term recovery as well as immediate relief. Recognizing that disasters cause disruptions that can last for years and often create permanent changes in people's lives, UMCOR works within a community to address the long-term effects of a disaster and assist people in rebuilding and adjusting to change.
The programs of Health and Welfare Ministries address the critical needs of children and adults in the US and abroad. These far-reaching programs provide improved opportunities for health and wholeness not just to individuals, but to entire communities.
 As the rainy season gets under way in South Darfur, UMCOR has helped keep hope in the future alive by providing seeds and agricultural tools to displaced families. Here Adel Dut plants sorghum on land outside the camp
Paul Jeffrey/UMCOR UMCOR provides long-term solutions to bring hope to hungry people and empower them to self-sufficiency. Ministries of food, clothing, and medical supplies supplement programs in such areas of work as sustainable agriculture and clean water that help poor countries move forward with development. These are cooperative ministries-no agency can "go it alone." So UMCOR not only takes seriously the hunger resolutions of our own United Methodist General Conference but also joins ecumenical partners to multiply United Methodist impact. Working together on global hunger and poverty we promote connections and act in the political sphere. UMCOR programs nourish impoverished people and the working poor-especially women and children-so they can improve their lives. In the city of Al Daein, blacksmiths forge farming implements that UMCOR is distributing to internally displaced families. Rather than import the tools from somewhere else, UMCOR is supporting the local economy of the South Darfur region by providing employment to local craftspeople. To learn more about UMCOR go to http://www.gbgm-umc.org/umcor |
