Global Health

Dr. Gustave Ngoy, head of the non-malaria program for the Tanganyika Episcopal Area’s medical coordination team, speaks with Cathérine Shabani during a consultation at a mobile clinic in Kalemie, Congo. The 60-year-old mother of 11 children and a member of Jerusalem (United Methodist) Church received a free health checkup as part of a medical initiative funded by Bishop Nelson Kalombo Ngoy to benefit annual conference delegates and vulnerable populations. Photo by Chadrack Tambwe Londe, UM News.

In medical desert, pop-up clinics help Congolese

United Methodist bishop funds annual conference checkups for more than 600 people in a region faced with extreme poverty and limited healthcare.

Mission and Ministry

Patricia Petudzai Mapani lights a candle held by Tabitha Mushishi, The United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe’s unit coordinator, during a memorial service for members of the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting Church Women in Botswana in April 2025. Photo by Eveline Chikwanah, UM News.

United Methodist elected to worldwide role

“I am driven by passion to support, encourage, empower women and girls and being the voice of the voiceless.”

Mission and Ministry

The Rev. Jairous Mafondokoto, administrative assistant to the bishop in the Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Botswana Area, congratulates Pamela Saungweme for offering her home to the church for use in drug and substance abuse programs. Saungweme had been moved by the testimony of a family whose son had overcome addiction. Photo by Eveline Chikwanah, UM News.

Women put faith into action across Zimbabwe

United Methodists and other Methodist women are responding to drug abuse, violence, trauma and poverty by offering practical support to women, girls and families.

Global Health

Judith Yanga Osongo (left), director of communications for the East Congo Episcopal Area, raises awareness about Ebola prevention measures at a United Methodist church in Beni, Congo, in the Kivu Annual Conference. This grassroots communications campaign, jointly supported by United Methodist Communications and Global Ministries, includes distribution of posters and essential prevention messages in the areas affected by the Bundibugyo virus outbreak. Photo courtesy of the East Congo Episcopal Area.

Church builds on Ebola response in Congo

The United Methodist Church’s health coordination team is constructing a 50-bed treatment center and reaching thousands through a large-scale community response.

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