Mothers

United Methodists hand over goods to inmates at Harare’s Chikurubi Female Prison. The church, with support from the Isaiah 58 prayer group in Australia, provided gift baskets to expectant mothers and other basic supplies to enhance their welfare. Photo by Eveline Chikwanah, UM News.

Behind prison walls, expectant mothers encounter grace

United Methodists in Zimbabwe live out the command in Matthew 25 to visit, clothe and feed those who are imprisoned.

Dr. Marie-Claire Manafundu, coordinator of The United Methodist Church’s Maternal, Newborn and Child Health program in eastern Congo, talks to a woman about the importance of breastfeeding during a visit to Lokole Methodist Hospital Center in Kindu, Congo. The church’s awareness campaign highlighted the health benefits for mothers and children and also featured testimonials from experienced mothers who shared the challenges and joys of breastfeeding. Photo by Chadrack Tambwe Londe, UM News.

Church works to promote breastfeeding in Congo

As part of World Breastfeeding Week, United Methodists organized information and awareness-raising sessions to support the health of mothers and children.

Immigration

Migrants at a makeshift camp near the border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, receive food and other relief supplies from the New Covenant Methodist Church and San Pablo Evangelical Church in Tijuana. Some 1,500 immigrants settled there, many of them hoping to file asylum claims with U.S. immigration authorities. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.

Mothers on border share stories of desperation, hope

Three immigrant mothers describe the ordeals they have faced fleeing crime and violence in hope of finding a better life in the U.S.

Global Health

Emilia Benhilda Marembo weighs a baby at the Dindi United Methodist Clinic in Murewa, Zimbabwe. The rural clinic is an outreach of Nyadire United Methodist Hospital Photo by Kudzai Chingwe, UM News.

TNC celebrates 15 years of sharing God’s love

Partnership that began with Volunteers in Mission team from Pennsylvania enriches lives in northeastern Zimbabwe.

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