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Indonesia Headlines

Indonesia Tsunami: The Church in the Midst of Recovery
The Methodist Church in Banda Aceh has completed repairs to the church and accompanying school.

Advocacy, Cooperation Leads to Homes for the Tsunami?s Most Vulnerable Survivors
UMCOR worked with the local government to secure land and build homes for 65 families who became homeless when houses were swept away by the tsunami.

Rebuilding Communities, Rebuilding Lives
"UMCOR houses are the best ones," Zulkifi said sitting in the living room of his new UMCOR-built house.

A Place to Learn
While the 750 students are fortunate to have a school at all following the tsunami, the condition of the buildings does not make for good places to grow and learn.

A New Future and a New Hope
"Before the tsunami" is a phrase often on the lips of survivors.

A Year Later, UMCOR in Indonesia
A year after the earthquake and the resulting tsunami, UMCOR Indonesia, along with hundreds of other Non-Governmental Organizations, is hard at work restoring lives and repairing the damage caused by this disaster.

Surviving the Tsunami: One Woman’s Story
Lenni survived the tsunami partly because she was lucky and partly because she is a woman of great courage.

United Methodists forge ties with Indonesian church for recovery work
Top mission and communications leaders of the United Methodist Church leave on Jan. 10 to convey Christian love and medicine to people near the center of the earthquake that triggered devastating tidal waves Dec. 26 in the Indian Ocean area.

Sri Lanka Headlines

A Place to Play
Children from multiple ethnicities and religions now play games like cricket and volleyball on the 161,376 square foot playground with equipment supplied by UMCOR.

UMCOR Sri Lanka is Helping Families Return Home After Weeks of Violence
The United Methodist Committee on Relief Non-Governmental Organization (UMCOR NGO), in partnership with the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka (MCSL) and Muslim Aid, are assisting returning families, regardless of ethnicity or religion, in Muttur and surrounding areas.

Sri Lanka Conflict: Notes from the Field
UMCOR, in partnership with the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka (MCSL), works in Muttur with a field office in nearby Trincomalee, reconstructing homes and infrastructure following the tsunami.

UMCOR Responds as Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka Deepens
The humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka grows each day that the conflict between the Sri Lankan Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam continues.

UMCOR hands over the first of 113 houses to tsunami and war survivors in Eastern Sri Lanka
Marking the rebirth of the community in Karunkalicholai, Sri Lanka, UMCOR handed the keys to five houses constructed for tsunami and war survivors.

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