By Nyamah Dunbar* Tienii is a small community (pop. about 4,100) in Liberia, a short walk from Bo Waterside, at the border with neighboring Sierra Leone. The average family size, due to polygamy,...
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UMCOR, UMC Health Boards Respond to Ebola
By Linda Unger* September 26, 2014—The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) is working with United Methodist health boards in West Africa in a “three-prong” approach to confront the spread of...
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UMCOR Responds with Thoughtful Urgency to Ebola Outbreak
August 28, 2014—The United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries is continuing to be present and respond to the needs in West Africa as health officials try to contain the Ebola outbreak that...
Ebola quarantine sparks violent protests
By Julu Swen Aug. 20, 2014 | MONROVIA, Liberia (UMNS) Protesters hurled rocks and stormed barricades in an effort to escape the West Point neighborhood that was cordoned off after a quarantine aimed...
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The United Methodist Church Responds to the Ebola Crisis
August 5, 2014—As the Ebola virus spreads in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, The United Methodist Church continues to be present and respond through West African United Methodist church leaders and...
Passion for Health Education in Liberia
By Julia Kayser* Victoria Tomah grew up in Paynesville, Liberia. Her father worked as a domestic servant, and her mother sold fish at the main market in Jacob’s Town. As the oldest of five children,...
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UMCOR Hotline 29 Jul 2008: U.S., Kenya, Liberia
(Extract) US: HURRICANE DOLLY RESPONSE UMCOR is responding with an emergency grant to help the Southwest Texas Annual Conference and others recover from Hurricane Dolly which made landfall in the...
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UMCOR Hotline 08 Jul 2008: Colombia, Liberia
(Extract) COLOMBIA: BRINGING HOPE AND LIFE For years, the residents of Brisas del Mar, a small community northeast of Colombia, were held in silence. Terrorized by a paramilitary group because of its...
UMCOR Hotline 18 Dec 2007: Liberia
(extract) SAGER BROWN: HELP SHIP SUPPLIES All over the world there is an increasing demand for basic and essential supplies to be delivered to help those most in need. But without the means to ship...
UMCOR Hotline 02 Oct 2007: Liberia
(Extract) Liberia - Preventing malaria When Marthalyne Saye became ill with malaria, she went to the Ganta United Methodist Hospital Primary Health Care Unit in Liberia for help. In fact, fifty...
Liberian nursing school struggles to recover
Adapted from a UMNS article by Linda Bloom* dated April 3, 2007 For many years, United Methodist-trained nurses staffed Liberia's clinics, hospitals and even the Ministry of Health. But the...
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UMCOR Hotline 27 Mar 2007: Liberia, Afghanistan
LIBERIA: HELP FOR THE HOMELESS UMCOR is working with the United Methodist Church in Gorpa, Liberia, to respond to a recent tragedy in which this Nimba County town was looted and burned by a...
Liberia: Ambulance arrives in Ganta
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf arrived at Ganta United Methodist Hospital on November 18 with a much-needed ambulance and 5,000 pounds of rice. The president had pledged these items during a...
UMCOR Hotline 21 Nov 2006: Liberia
(extract) LIBERIA: PRESIDENT PLEDGES NEW AMBULANCE TO GANTA Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf continued her commitment to improving the health of the Liberian people by bringing much-needed...
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UMCOR Hotline 24 Oct 2006: Liberia, Philippines
(Extract) LIBERIA: HELP FOR RETURNING REFUGEES Refugees returning after years away during Liberia's war need assistance to restore their homes, crops, and livelihoods. UMCOR is helping people...
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UMCOR Hotline 26 Sep 2006: Liberia, Sierra Leone, DRC
(Extract) LIBERIA: A HOUSE TO COME HOME TO As peace continues to take hold in Liberia families are returning to the areas where they once lived. In many places they find that they no longer have...
The UMCOR Hotline 5 Sep 2006: Liberia
(Extract) Liberia: Helping farmers This past spring a special school took place in Nimba County, Liberia. It's the Farmer-to-Farmer Field School and it's a unique way that UMCOR helps farmers improve...
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UMCOR Hotline 16 May 2006: Liberia, Pakistan
(extract) LIBERIA: THE NEXT GENERATION UMCOR consultants are working directly with Liberia's Ministry of Education to provide support for educational reform in the country which will ensure that the...
Welcome to Ganta United Methodist Hospital, Liberia
The story of Ganta United Methodist Hospital, located in northeastern Liberia, West Africa, is one of perseverance and rejuvenation. Since its inception as a rural health post in 1926, the hospital...
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UMCOR Hotline 14 Jun 2005: Liberia, Armenia, Zimbabwe
(extract) Liberia: Coming Home UMCOR, along with other humanitarian agencies, is helping 5,000 Liberians travel home after they were forced to flee during the country's civil war. Returning after war...