Monday, July 30, 2007

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.