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Engineer Sabin Mulang, director of the Development and Projects Office for the South Congo and Zambia Episcopal Area, inspects corn crops at an agropastoral site in Kingandu, Congo. Vast fields of corn and soybeans are at the heart of The United Methodist Church’s initiative to combat food dependency in southern Congo. Photo by Christian Kasweka, UM News.

Church farms combat food insecurity in Congo
With financial support from the Yambasu Agriculture Initiative, United Methodists in southern Congo have launched a series of farming projects.
Social Concerns
Young people march through the streets of Antananarivo, Madagascar, on Oct. 10 holding signs reading, “Even lemurs want water and electricity,” referring to the popular primates that are native to the country. The message highlights growing frustration among youth over the country’s persistent water and power shortages. Photo by Diary Andrian.

Church responds to crisis in Madagascar
United Methodists are calling for prayer and faithful action as the Indian Ocean nation experiences political and social upheaval.
Bishops
Bishop Mande Muyombo (left), president of the Africa Colleges of Bishops, presents the episcopal staff to Bishop Nelson Kalombo Ngoy during Ngoy’s installation as the first bishop of the new Tanganyika Episcopal Area on Sept. 14 in Kalemie, Congo. Photo by Chadrack Tambwe Londe, UM News.

Tanganyika celebrates new bishop, episcopal area
United Methodist Bishop Nelson Kalombo Ngoy shares his five-year plan for new episcopal area in southeastern Congo.
Mission and Ministry
Tapiwanashe Moreblessing Manyeza (left) and youth from the West Angola Conference participate in an educational campaign in Luanda, Angola, in response to a cholera outbreak in January. Working with the church’s health department as a Global Mission Fellow, Manyeza partnered with the Angola Council of Churches to help identify communities to visit to raise awareness about the outbreak and distribute pamphlets and hygiene packs. Photo courtesy of Tapiwanashe Moreblessing Manyeza.

Missionaries make difference in Angola
From public health to agriculture, two Global Ministries workers have had an impact on communities in West Angola.

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