disaster response

Beneficiaries of a United Methodist-sponsored nutrition program gather at Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Dowa District, Malawi. The camp is home to an estimated 57,000 refugees. The church initiative provides a monthly clinic that offers supplementary feeding programs for those at the camp most at risk of malnutrition. Photo by Francis Nkhoma, UM News.

Church provides food, hope at Malawi refugee camp

Through the Dzaleka Refugee Camp Nutrition Program, United Methodists offer vital health and nutrition services to vulnerable women and children.

Disaster Relief

Atha Brown (left, front) joins with other communion stewards in praise during worship at Hartzell Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Slidell, La. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Hurricane Katrina survivors remember storm

20 years after the hurricane devastated Slidell, Louisiana, and their church, members of Hartzell Mt. Zion United Methodist count their blessings.

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Corey DuPlessis recalls fleeing his home with family after Hurricane Katrina flooded Slidell, La. He was 9 years old at the time. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Cousins recall the days after Katrina

Seven young men gathered at Hartzell Mt. Zion United Methodist Church to talk about what it was like to live through the hurricane and the devastation left behind.

Disaster Relief

The Rev. Terry Lynn Hilliard talks about the challenges people in her Mississippi community faced after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Hilliard stepped into the role of United Methodist disaster response coordinator for the Mississippi Gulf Coast area and also directed the construction of the volunteer center at Gulfside Assembly. Video image by Lilla Marigza, UM News.

Disaster coordinator recalls Katrina

Mississippi pastor recalls how Hurricane Katrina touched the hearts of both survivors and volunteers.

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