Poverty

Loaves of bread will help provide financial support for women in Sierra Leone. Screengrab courtesy of United Women in Faith, by UM News.

Bakery supports women in Sierra Leone

A bakery financed by United Women in Faith will provide economic opportunities for women in Sierra Leone. “The bakery is a legacy that will be profitable to the women today and to generations to come.”

Poverty

Urs Schweizer. Photo courtesy of author.

When the poor share what they have

An agricultural program initiated by the United Methodist Church in Albania to help those struggling economically led to an inspiring act of charity.

Social Concerns

Participants of a training program at the Songhai Center in Porto-Novo, Benin, learn how to bottle pineapple juice once the processing is complete. The training, part of The United Methodist Church’s Yambasu Agriculture Initiative, gives farmers first-hand experience in sustainable agriculture. Photo by Phileas Jusu, UM News.

Yambasu Agriculture Initiative empowers farmers

Program at West African center gives farmers hands-on experience in sustainable agriculture.

Poverty

eritage at Houston United Methodist Church's breakfast ministry, named Scrambled Eggs for Jesus, feeds between 60 and 100 people every Sunday in Macon, Ga. Photo courtesy of the South Georgia Conference.

Longstanding breakfast ministry feeds souls

Each Sunday for 17 years, Heritage at Houston United Methodist Church has served breakfast to anyone who has walked through the church's doors.

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