Mudslide in Sierra Leone Takes Toll on Community
Photo Credit: CNN On Monday, August 14, a chunk of mountain...
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Clean Water for Dirty Buckets
In Haiti, as in many developing countries, the lack of clean water is one of the principal causes...
Read MoreTwo Nepal communities’ critical water systems to be restored
More than two years after the devastating 7.8 earthquake struck Nepal, some remote communities are...
Read MoreGood news for two families on Typhoon Soudelor second anniversary
For two struggling families – the Kaipats and the Roppuls – an $11,600 grant from UCC Disaster...
Read MoreThese Hurricane Matthew survivors are awaiting work teams
Nearly three dozen Daytona Beach-area homeowners are waiting anxiously for volunteer work teams to...
Read MoreUCC Disaster Ministries support for NC Matthew recovery continues
Tens of thousands of homes were damaged in North Carolina by Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. The...
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From Hardship to Hope
“We do not offer “before” pictures of the terrible state people are in when they reach us. ...
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Water and Justice: People Need Both
It rained almost constantly the last 10 or 12 days nearing the end of the rainy season in Timor....
Read MoreNew Disaster Preparedness Guide now available online
Are your family and your church congregation prepared if disaster strikes? Whether your answer is...
Read MoreUCC Disaster Ministries puts out call for volunteer work teams for Florida
As Hurricane Matthew raked Florida's Daytona Beach area last October, it threw trees onto houses...
Read MoreUCC Disaster Ministries continues to fund quake-resistant homes in Nepal
Kirani Maya Tamang (left), a 45-year-old widow in Kimtang, Nepal, lost her home to a landslide...
Read MoreCleanup Bucket: “When someone gets one … they know someone cares.”
"When someone gets one of these, they know someone cares," says Susan Rock of Grace United Church...
Read MoreUCC calls for prayers, sobriety, aid for displaced in Marawi, Philippines
More than 200,000 residents of Marawi City and other communities on the Philippines' southern...
Read MoreLTRG’s “Tupperware party” strategy for reaching disaster survivors
They were like home Tupperware parties, where a host provides refreshments and welcomes neighbors...
Read MoreUCC Disaster Ministries’ help for Flint residents still struggling for water
UCC Disaster Ministries funding to Genesee County Hispanic Latino Collaborative - La Placita is...
Read MoreVolunteers restore Miss Elgie’s flooded Louisiana home
It was raining buckets that Saturday night last August, but hard rains aren't unusual in...
Read MoreChurch exhausts $50,000 to keep Flint neighbors’ water flowing
It's been just over three weeks since Woodside Church in Flint, Mich., offered to pay water bills...
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The Challenge to Respond with a Mindset of Urgency
Photo: UNICEF Across East Africa, one can easily witness the distress on people,...
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