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  • Author: Larry Hollon
  • Source: UMNS
  • Photo Date: 11/01/2006
  • Long Description: Minerva Kekeh cannot afford a bag of rice on the meager pension that she receives as a pastor's widow in Liberia. Retired pastors receive $55 and surviving spouses $27.50 - in U.S. dollars - every four months. A 50-pound bag of rice costs between $35 and $40. The executive committee of the United Methodist Council of Bishops, meeting Oct. 31-Nov. 1 in Maputo, Mozambique, has approved a proposal to pilot a pension program in the church's Liberia Annual Conference using over-funding from a prior United Methodist pension plan. A UMNS file photo by Larry Hollon. Photo #061276. Accompanies UMNS story #650. 11/2/06
  • Keywords: hunger, poverty, Liberia, pension plan