SUDAN: HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

SUDAN: HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

"I want to be a doctor." "I want to be a teacher." "I want to be
president." These are the hopes of children sitting on rough-hewn
benches in open sided school rooms in Yei, South Sudan. They have
survived war and refugee camps in nearby Uganda. Now they are in
school and dreaming of a new future.

UMCOR has provided these children with school kits through UMCOR
Sager Brown and is giving their teachers training to improve their
education. Soon, many of these children will be in better classrooms—
UMCOR is constructing permanent classrooms that will be better
equipped for young minds to learn and grow.

Your gifts can help Sudan's next generation take hold of their
dreams, please give to Sudan Emergency, UMCOR Advance #184385.

UMCOR provides emergency relief in many areas of the world. To find
out more about UMCOR's ministries, please visit umcor.org. You can
donate to any project by placing a contribution in the offering
plate at a local United Methodist church; by sending a check to
UMCOR, PO Box 9068, New York, NY 10087-9068; or by calling 1-800-554-
8583, where credit card donations are accepted. You can also give
online by clicking on any of the "Give Now" links. UMCOR is exempt
from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the
United States and qualifies for the maximum charitable contribution
deduction by donors.

And, please pray for those who are hungry, displaced, sick or in
poverty because of these and other natural and human-made disasters,
and for the workers who minister to them.

GLOBAL: AID REACHES PEOPLE HURTING IN INDIA, PAKISTAN, CHAD

UMCOR aid is being rushed to several regions of the globe where
natural disasters or civil disturbances have caused suffering. In
India, an UMCOR grant is at work to provide basic necessities and
emergency food for people displaced by recent monsoons. The rains
have destroyed crops. People who are already marginalized are the
most vulnerable. Churches Auxiliary for Social Action is UMCOR's
implementing partner in four hard-hit regions.

Rains also have devastated areas of Pakistan, killing 300 persons
and taking a high toll on livestock and poultry, which are vital to
the rural economy there. Parts of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city,
were without power and basic amenities. Church World Service is
implementing a rapid-response effort including emergency supplies
and food for 250 of the most vulnerable families in Gadap town.

In Chad, the population of displaced persons has nearly tripled in
three years to about 200,000. Most are refugees from Darfur in
Sudan; some are Chadians caught up in spillover conflict. An UMCOR
grant to Action by Churches Together, the international alliance of
aid providers, will focus on health services, wells, and community
services and shelter building for about 35,000 of the most
vulnerable people living in camps along the Chad-Sudan border. UMCOR
relies on your gifts to UMCOR Advance #982450, International
Disaster Response, to assist in these and other similar projects
overseas.