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Disaster Relief
United Methodist pastors and disaster management team leaders evaluate a rainwater-harvesting tank that was installed a month earlier in the Novele community in the Davao Area of the Philippines. The United Methodist Church distributed the drums to more than 30 households and three community centers in the region. Pictured (from left to right) are the Rev. Marlyn N. Nabatilan, an unnamed neighbor, recipient Janeth Erandio, the Rev. Jerson Sanggo and team leaders Eddie Danglapen, Fe Tomas and Maurice Bigaran. Photo courtesy of the Rev. Dan Reuben L. Sison.

Water project improves lives in the Philippines

Davao Area Disaster Management Office disaster management team distributes drums to harvest rainwater to more than 30 families and three community centers in neighborhoods that don’t have a reliable source for clean water.
Global Health
The United Methodist Church, in partnership with the Congolese government, has installed a research laboratory at United Methodist Tunda General Hospital in Tunda, Congo, to help fight the monkeypox epidemic that has been plaguing the region since late 2021. In this 2022 file photo, members of the Congolese government tour the area that will house the lab. Photo by Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News.

Church, Congolese government unite against monkeypox

The United Methodist Church is housing a monkeypox research laboratory at the church’s Tunda General Hospital in Maniema province. The laboratory will help combat the monkeypox epidemic that has been raging in the region since 2021.
Mission and Ministry
Roland Fernandes, Global Ministries’ top executive, addresses delegates to the Africa Mission Consultation in Maputo, Mozambique, April 17-19.  The meeting enabled the agency to listen to and engage bishops, delegates and partners in mission on the continent. Photo by the Rev. Isaac Broune, UM News.

Consultation charts way for missional church

The United Methodist Board of Global Ministries met in Maputo, Mozambique, to listen and to engage partners in Africa on mission programs.

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