Tag: United Methodist Committee on Relief
She makes UMCOR real
![UMCOR case managers](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/NW-Flood-11.jpg)
Flooding has hit greater Detroit three times since 2014. Case managers are the connection between resources provided by UMCOR and those in need.
UMCOR grants help Haiti recovery
![Family hit by earthquake in Haiti. UMCOR grant provided a tent.](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Haiti-UMCOR-recovery-Feb-2022-ACT.jpg)
UMCOR grants are helping Haitians recover from the earthquake that struck in August 2021. Your dollars have provided food relief, equipment for health care facilities, and clean water.
Blessed to be alive after tornadoes
![Tornadoes strike Kentucky](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Tornadoes-KY-Dec-2021.jpg)
Eight states were devastated by 60 tornadoes in December of 2021. The United Methodist Committee on Relief is helping recovery happen with generous gifts from across the connection.
UMCOR on the scene throughout 2021
![UMCOR in mid-Michigan](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Flood-2021-Sanford-sign.jpg)
UMCOR answered many appeals for help in 2021. Here are key responses and a few of the major grants awarded to help alleviate suffering worldwide, including Michigan.
UMs respond after tornadoes
![Tornadoes devastate Tennessee](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Tornadoes-Dec-2021.jpg)
Conferences and the United Methodist Committee on Relief are gearing up for relief work after tornadoes struck at least six states. Dan O’Malley, Michigan Conference, urges, “Stay put for now.”
UMCOR grant helps farmers in Africa
![Farming in Liberia](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Liberia-Agriculture-grant-2021-UMNews-Mike-DuBose.jpg)
Crop and livestock farmers in Liberia, DR Congo, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe will benefit from the Yambasu Agriculture Initiative, a $1.34 million grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief.
Grants support Afghan arrivals
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The United Methodist Committee on Relief has launched the Afghan Refugee Resettlement Reimbursement program, offering $1,000 grants to United Methodist churches partnering with Church World Service.
$6K UMCOR grant assists survivors
![UMCOR assisting in Michigan](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Flood-july-2021-BIshop-Bard-with-survivors.jpg)
Flood survivors living in Iosco and Arenac counties are now being helped by a $600,000 grant from the United Methodist Committee on Relief. Long-term recovery from the 2020 flood continues.
UMs help with Afghan resettlement
![Afghan family flees country](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Afghanistan3.jpg)
United Methodist churches across the United States are offering radical hospitality to Afghan families caught in the aftermath of a 20-year war.
Your dollars go where disaster hits
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One disaster after another has filled the headlines in recent weeks. UMCOR and The Michigan Conference provide ways to restore the lives of neighbors near and far.