UMCOR Blog

Photo: Courtesy West Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church
By Pastor Lee Ann Dunlap
You just never know when disaster will strike.

By Alessandra Trotta
Alessandra Trotta
On the closing day of the most recent UMCOR International Disaster Response and Risk Reduction regional training, in Freudenstadt, Germany, the Rev. Alessandra Trotta, president of the Italian Methodist Church, offered the reflection below, calling on...

Children at Camp Noah each made and decorated an Ark. At the end of the week, they brought home all their art work in a nice portfolio, and also received a backpack and blanket. Photo: Becky Wilson.
By Rev. Becky Wilson*
Where had I seen her, this laughing child before me? I had just arrived in the basement of Trinity Faith United Methodist Church in Northwest Detroit, Michigan, for the closing celebration of Camp Noah, a week-long program sponsored by Lutheran Social...

Aliza Aluat, 19, is a proud participant in UMCOR’s Girls’ Education in South Sudan program.
Photo: UMCOR South Sudan
Two years ago, the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) initiated its Girls’ Education in South Sudan program in collaboration with the Government of South Sudan and the Department for International Development (DFID) of the United Kingdom. You...