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East Congo

Violence
Nurse Franck Onamemba shows broken windows at United Methodist Irambo Health Center in Bukavu, Congo. The church hospital was ransacked by armed men during the weekend of Feb. 14-16 as fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese armed forces continues in eastern Congo. Photo by Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News.

Violence, vandalism strike church in Congo

Fighting in eastern Congo has affected United Methodist families and ministries, including an attack at United Methodist Irambo Health Center in Bukavu.
Mission and Ministry
Chantal Naweza (left) weeds a community garden in the Ubwari region of eastern Congo. A project of The United Methodist Church, the community field fosters peaceful cohabitation and enables local community members to cope with economic problems. Photo by Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News.

Church expands peace initiatives in Congo

The United Methodist Church is using a multidimensional approach, including community-based agricultural initiatives, to combat interethnic conflict in the Eastern Congo Episcopal Area.
Disaster Relief
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.
Social Concerns
Jean Tshomba demonstrates the procedure for voting during an educational program at Victor Wetchi United Methodist Church in the Kibombo District in Congo. Tshomba is coordinator of the local disaster management office. Financial support from the United Methodist Committee on Relief helped fund a program to prevent election-related violence. Photo by Chadrack Tambwe Londe, UM News.

Church strives to avert election conflicts in Congo

Through funding from the United Methodist Committee on Relief, the church in Congo focused on preventing violence and hate speech before, during and after elections.

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