PNW UMVIM: Carlton Complex Fire Recovery Update
A glimpse of the damage caused by the Carlton Complex fire in Pateros, Wash.Carlton Complex Fire Recovery Update
By Jim Truitt | Photos by Jesse...
Volunteers needed for Grays Harbor Clean-Up!
Volunteers cleaning up the flood mud. Photo by Mickey Thurman, with permission.
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URGENT: Volunteers needed for flood clean-up!
By Jim Truitt
Homes, families...
Musings: Meeting Needs in the Midst of Disaster
Last summer, Aaron Pazan visited the Philippines for the Global Young People’s Convocation and Legislative Assembly serving as a young adult representative for the Western...
Disaster Response: Earth, Wind, Fire…and Flood
Views from disaster areas in the PNW: In 2014, the mudslides in Oso (March) and the Carlton Complex wildfire (July) devastated local communities and...
Firm Foundations, One Year After Philippines Typhoon
By David Tereshchuk*
Online donations through UMC #GivingTuesday last year to International Disaster Responsesupported UMCOR’s work in a number of ways. One of them was to help UMCOR...
Church brings hope to Ebola-infected families
By Kathy L. Gilbert | United Methodist News Service
One Sunday morning, a young man called the local radio station in Ganta, Liberia, and threatened to...
Pateros “Make a Difference Day” is October 25, 2014
Article and Photos by Jim Truitt, PNW UMVIM Disaster Response Coordinator
The largest wildfire in Washington’s history roared through the North Central part of the state in...
Using Animation to Battle Ebola
Nashville-based United Methodist Communications collaborated with Chocolate Moose Media and iHeed to create an animated video for use in West Africa that helps dispel...
Mission Agency Prepares for Long-term Integrated Response to Ebola
By Melissa Hinnen | Director of Content and Public Information | Email
October 8, 2014—Since June 2014, the General Board of Global Ministries’ United Methodist Committee...
Oct. 14-15: Disaster Case Management Training in Twisp
The Carlton Complex wildfire burning in north-central Washington state, USA.
Photo courtesy of Jason Kriess, SFC, Washington National Guard and Wikimedia Commons.
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