Over $400,000 from UMCOR and United Methodist Global Ministries helped provide emergency relief to approximately 25,000 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.
United Methodist congregations continue to support church members and communities struggling with hunger amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Thousands of families have been displaced and United Methodist homes, schools and other buildings have been destroyed by flooding in the East Congo Episcopal Area.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief provided a $100,000 grant to distribute food to more than 5,500 people who fled their homes due to violence.
United Methodist Bishop Gabriel Yemba Unda explores ‘rural realities’ in the East Congo Conference.
A resurgence of attacks by armed groups in Beni has left more than 75 church families displaced alongside thousands of others in East Congo.
The men’s groups are planting trees on United Methodist properties and educating church members on ways to protect the environment.