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Violence

Human Rights
A woman has her face painted for a photography exhibition during a retreat to help cope with trauma from the war in Ukraine. Photo courtesy of the Faces of Courage Facebook page.

Art exhibition shows trauma of women on Ukraine war frontlines

In the fall of 2023, a group of women working in various capacities on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine gathered for a retreat to share their stories and experiences through art. Each painted their face or body for a photography session.
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.
Church Growth
Rosemary Wangechi Mwenja receives donated items at the Tongogara Refugee Camp near Chipinge, Zimbabwe, where United Methodist refugees and asylum seekers have established a preaching point. Mwenja fled tribal violence in Kenya that killed her husband and oldest child. Photo by Kudzai Chingwe, UM News.

Church connects communities at refugee camp

Displaced people of different cultures, ethnicities and languages establish a United Methodist preaching point and new sanctuary at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Zimbabwe.
Mission and Ministry
A home built by the charitable organization Zanmi Fondwa in Haiti. The Zanmi Fondwa charitable organization helps Haitians build homes as they work to recover from gang violence, hurricanes and an earthquake. Photo courtesy of Zanmi Fondwa.

Building hope through homes in Haiti

Despite unrest in the country, a United Methodist couple’s charitable organization continues to help build homes for members of a rural, mountainous community.

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