Congo Central Conference

Dr. Marie Claire Manafundu, who coordinates the church’s Maternal and Child Health Program in eastern Congo, talks with children outside of United Methodist Irambo Health Center in Bukavu, Congo. The United Methodist Church in East Congo offers food support to families affected by HIV and AIDS. Photo by Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News.

Church gives hope to people living with HIV in Congo

With funding from the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries, the church supports a program for more than 100 women living with HIV in the Kivu Conference.

Disaster Relief

Children walk among the destruction caused by massive flooding in the Bushushu village in Kalehe, Congo. More than 175 people, including 15 United Methodists, died after torrential rains overflowed the Chibira River in South Kivu. Photo by Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News.

United Methodists killed in Congo flooding

Over 175 people, including 15 United Methodists, died after torrential rains overflowed the Chibira River in South Kivu. One church family lost 13 members.

Disaster Relief

Jean Tshomba and Cudins Lokale, members of The United Methodist Church’s disaster management office in East Congo, lift bags containing rice and cornmeal during relief distribution in Goma in January 2023. Funding from the United Methodist Committee on Relief purchased more than 165 tons of food and non-food items distributed to more than 2,500 households or approximately 12,500 people. Photo by Chadrack Tambwe Londe, UM News.

Church increases aid to displaced people in Congo

Over $400,000 from UMCOR and United Methodist Global Ministries helped provide emergency relief to approximately 25,000 displaced people in Congo.

Violence

United Methodists pray for peace in eastern Congo during a national day of prayer service in Goma, Congo, in 2022. Church leaders are calling for efforts to restore peace in North Kivu and Ituri after a Jan. 15 attack on a Pentecostal church killed 17 and injured 20. File photo by Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News.

United Methodists seek peace after church bombing

The attack on a Pentecostal church in Congo, which killed 17, happened near where more than 180 United Methodists were attending worship.

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