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2013: Year-end highlights

Jan 07, 2014
Athanasius Mphuru, is recognized as a "pioneer staff member" during the March 23, 2013 20th anniversary celebration of Africa University. Mphuru is also professor of entomology and the former deputy vice chancellor.
Athanasius Mphuru, is recognized as a "pioneer staff member" during the March 23, 2013 20th anniversary celebration of Africa University. Mphuru is also professor of entomology and the former deputy vice chancellor.

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United Methodist clergywomen pray with patients and staff at Primary Health Care Center, a government-run maternity clinic in Karim Lamido, Nigiera, during an outreach visit in July. Photo by Ramson Danjuma.

Women clergy extend hand to patients, prisoners
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, female pastors in Nigeria bring gifts, messages of hope to two clinics and a prison in Karim Lamido.
Mission and Ministry
Rudo Sarah Mazamani, a United Methodist farmer in Headlands, Zimbabwe, uses a tippy-tap foot pedal device to wash her hands. The hands-free device is more hygienic than a traditional water tap. Photo by Kudzai Chingwe, UM News.

Africans rely on survival skills to fight COVID-19
Many rural communities in Zimbabwe are using age-old practices to stay healthy and stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Mission and Ministry
A $2 million gift from Highland Park United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas, helped construct a new student union building at Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe. The building was dedicated July 20. Fall semester classes at the United Methodist university will begin online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo courtesy of Africa University.

Africa University shifts fall semester online
Despite the move to distance learning, the United Methodist university celebrated a new student union, dormitory and expanded dining hall, funded by a gift from Dallas’ Highland Park United Methodist Church.