UMCOR Advance - Ways You Can Help!
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is providing emergency funds to the
More than 181 homes in
You can help support UMCOR’s effort to provide help in the wake of disaster by giving to US Disaster Response, UMCOR Advance #901670.
Today is World Refugee Day. Take time to pray for and learn about the plight of today’s refugees and how you can be involved to help them.
RESOURCE: CARMEN PROJECT
A program known as CARMEN—a French acronym for Centres d'Appui pour le Renforcement des Maisons Endommagées, or Support Centers for Strengthening Damaged Houses, is a central element in permitting Haitians to “build back better.”
UMCOR is a partner in this initiative, along with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the construction firm Miyamoto International. They offer knowledge and hands-on training in building methods, especially techniques for greater protection against disaster, to more than 4,200 skilled workers and homeowners.
Watch UNDP’s video on the project. Read more.
UMCOR provides emergency relief in many areas of the world. To find out more about UMCOR's ministries, please visit umcor.org. You can donate to any project by placing a contribution in the offering plate at a local United Methodist church; by sending a check to UMCOR,
And, please pray for those who are hungry, displaced, sick or in poverty because of these and other natural and human-made disasters, and for the workers who minister to them.