Congo Central Conference

Women wait for vegetable oil at the Malicha internally displaced camp in Fizi, Congo. The United Methodist Church distributed 74 tons of supplies to survivors of two fires that ravaged the camp in August and October. The aid included rice, corn flour, salt, sugar, beans, soap, toothbrushes and more. Photo courtesy of the East Congo Episcopal Area disaster management office.

Church helps survivors of fire in Congo

The United Methodist Church has provided food and other supplies to 5,000 survivors of two fires that ravaged a camp for displaced people.

Mission and Ministry

Samuel Kasororo stands with mobility aids provided by The United Methodist Church in eastern Congo. Kasororo, a United Methodist father of six, lost his right leg during war in 2006. The gift will enable him to continue his evangelism work, he said. Photo by Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News.

Church restores hope, mobility to disabled

The United Methodist Church offers mobility assistance to people living with disabilities in Congo, including refugees and those displaced by war

Violence

In this file photo, lay leaders and clergy at the Kivu Annual Conference in Goma, Congo, participate in a memorial service for those who died following violence in Eastern Congo in 2023. Local authorities say rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces killed at least 13 civilians, including the president of Komanda United Methodist Church’s women’s organization, in a Feb. 17-18 attack in the Ituri province. July 2023 photo by Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News.

United Methodists killed in Congo attack

According to the superintendent of the Beni District, a faithful United Methodist woman and two of her children were among at least 13 people killed during the latest violence in the village of Komanda in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province.

Global Health

A child receives a measles vaccine in Kindu, Congo, as part of an emergency plan to combat a resurgence of the disease there. The United Methodist Church in Congo and the Global Health unit of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries are working together to raise awareness, promote vaccinations and support health facilities in the region. Photo by Chadrack Tambwe Londe, UM News.

Church helps to fight measles in Congo

The United Methodist Church, with support from Global Ministries’ Global Health unit, is implementing a joint emergency-response plan against measles in Congo. The strategy includes community engagement, surveillance, vaccinations and case management in health facilities.

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