Hunger

Everlyne Kukah Esther, an Africa University student from Kenya, hands over food to Charity Chikukwa, a beneficiary of the Feed a Family program in Gimboki, Zimbabwe. The Rev. Joseph Charinge (red shirt) and AU student Fiston Okito from Congo look on. Esther and her classmates started the campaign to help vulnerable families struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by Chenayi Kumuterera, UM News.

AU students skip meals to feed struggling families

A group of international students at the United Methodist university has started a Feed a Family campaign to donate food and money to communities in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mission and Ministry

Akou Logbo bows her head as Bishop Benjamin Boni prays for the victims of flooding in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She is one of 300 widows whose businesses were curtailed by the COVID-19-related lockdown. They received donations of food and non-food items worth $30,000 funded by the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Photo by Isaac Broune, UM News.

Church helps victims of flood and COVID-19

United Methodists in Côte d'Ivoire, with UMCOR support, respond after flooding triggers a deadly landslide near Abidjan.

Global Health

The Rev. Michelle Wilson offers sack lunches from the door of the church van as part of the Hands of Hope food security program at Gordon Memorial United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tenn. The church received a Sheltering in Love grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief that has enabled it to expand existing food security ministries with seniors and persons experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

In trying times, churches extend their reach

Grants from the United Methodist Committee on Relief allow churches to expand programs, increase capacity during pandemic.

Mission and Ministry

A volunteer from Tulsa Indian United Methodist Church loads up food boxes in a shopping cart so participants can take them home to a nearby apartment complex. Tulsa Indian United Methodist Church operates a food bank on the last Friday of the month. Photo by Ginny Underwood, UM News.

Native ministry fills need in Tulsa food desert

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people seeking help at Tulsa Indian United Methodist Church has doubled.

Sign up for our newsletter!

umnews-subscriptions