Right now, in the heart of New York City, a message of need is being broadcast to more than 1.5 million people who pass through Times Square every day. Imagine No Malaria, a ministry of The United Methodist Church, is airing a video message to underscore the urgent need to fight a disease that claims nearly a million lives each year.
On World Malaria Day, The United Methodist Church’s Imagine No Malaria campaign is using technology to fight mosquitoes with the launch of a new mobile application that keeps mosquitoes away and also raises funds for the fight against malaria.
Imagine No Malaria, a ministry of The United Methodist Church, has produced a documentary to increase awareness and action against malaria, a disease that kills a child in Africa every 45 seconds.
Imagine No Malaria, a ministry of The United Methodist Church, is pleased to introduce actress Pauley Perrette to its growing community of supporters working together to reduce deaths caused by malaria.
The people of The United Methodist Church will provide nearly 400,000 insecticide-treated mosquito nets to people throughout the Bo district of southern Sierra Leone beginning November 26.
The United Methodist Church’s Imagine No Malaria campaign is asking United Methodists to support a lifesaving cause by hosting a malaria house party for World Malaria Day, April 25, 2011, or in the months leading up to the event.
The United Methodist Global AIDS Committee will present several awards honoring United Methodists who have made significant contributions to ending AIDS in the world at the upcoming Lighten the Burden lll International Aids Conference held October 14-16, 2010 in Dallas, Texas at the Radisson Hotel Central Dallas.
Starting April 21, UMCOR Indonesia will commemorate World Malaria Day with a program of activities aimed at involving students, teachers, and local communities in learning about and preventing the disease.
From now through January 31, 2010, Nothing But Nets supporters can donate $10 or more and get two complimentary tickets to an NBA game, subject to availability and participating teams.
The Board of Church & Society believes the bill, passed by the House, will expand coverage to vulnerable Americans, but criticizes some of its restrictions.
As we contemplate the direction of the United States in a time of extreme economic uncertainty, we must remind ourselves that calamities such as hunger and disease have their own timetable.
Bishop Peggy A. Johnson presents Katherine Commale with a check totaling $4,614 for Nothing But Nets. This check places the total amount raised by Katherine's bed net team over $100,000 dollars!
The United Methodist Church is partnering with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and the United Nations Foundation
to distribute nets in Sierra Leone.
On May 24, Mike will compete in a 56-mile marathon in South Africa, with the funds raised by hundreds of United Methodist backers going to support mission-related clean-water projects in Africa.
A new United Methodist Border Health Partnership in South Texas is building on the work of a small membership congregation in the city of Pharr, near McAllen and just across the Rio Grande from the Mexican city of Reynosa.
“Pure humble joy” is how Susan Silvus from St. Luke’s United Methodist Church describes the experience of handing her first anti-malaria net to a child in Africa during her recent 10-day trip to Cote d’ Voire.
Today, Monday, Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day. Individuals and organizations around the world are focusing on the global AIDS epidemic. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the observance.
The Nothing But Nets anti-malariacampaign has announced a new initiative to help eliminate malaria deaths in the next generation. Responding to an urgent and immediate need, Nothing But Nets is working with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to send long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed nets (bed nets) to the more than 630,000 refugees living in 27 temporary camps in East Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
If someone asked seven-year old Katherine Commale what she did on her summer vacation, her answer would have to be “a lot!” But Katherine hasn’t just been swimming at the pool and playing with her brother Joseph.
After four years, a new Liberian president, and a little girl with a new heart, First United Methodist Church of The Colony returned to Liberia with a team of 13 members, including three teens and many young adults, both men and women.
Imagine, if you will, a place so breathtakingly beautiful that you cannot help but stare at it in wonder. There are mountains that change color from green to gold as the sun casts its shadows upon them and as the clouds dance around them.
Tonight, 3,000 families in sub-Saharan Africa will mourn the deaths of their children. A similar number mourned yesterday; the same number will mourn tomorrow and the next day as drug-resistant strains of malaria claim more lives.
The hand of God has been known to make possible what is seemingly impossible to the secular eye. It can make a married couple leave the comforts of their American life to assist the less fortunate in a foreign country.
It all started with a PBS special. Malaria: Fever Wars aired in April 2006 and Lynda Commale, a Downingtown mother of two, was really affected by the program, which told how in Africa a child dies every 30 seconds from malaria, according to UNICEF.
As it commemorates World Malaria Day, The United Methodist Church announced today it will receive a $5 million grant from the United Nations Foundation, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to help eliminate malaria and other diseases of poverty.
As it commemorates World Malaria Day, The United Methodist Church announced today it will receive a $5 million grant from the United Nations Foundation, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to help eliminate malaria and other diseases of poverty.
On the 40th anniversary to the day of the creation of The United Methodist Church, and within 40 miles of where it happened, United Methodists from 129 annual conferences and 50 countries gathered at the Fort Worth (Texas) Convention Center for the start of the 2008 General Conference.
In a world plagued by war, disease, the threat of global warming and a sinking economy, some people fear that the church is becoming irrelevant, the president of the United Methodist Church's Council of Bishops said Wednesday at the denomination's General Conference.
Africa University hopes to play a key role in the United Methodist Church's efforts to limit malaria and other diseases that are still prevalent on the continent.
United Methodists from Fort Worth and Dallas area conferences will shoot hoops at 2 p.m. April 26 in Fort Worth as part of a campaign to stamp out malaria in Africa.
The United Methodist Churches of Mt. Storm and Bayard have undertaken a project that will help stop the spread of malaria by supplying treated bed nets for the children of Africa.
The symbol of hope for me today is a pink mosquito net. On Monday, we met Esperanca Afonco at the Pediatric Hospital in Luanda. She was admitted a week ago due to complications with malaria.
The Nothing But Nets team left early this morning with WHO and NBA Legend Sam Perkins, to meet with the Lagos State Ministry of Health and the Federal Roll Back Malaria Officers.
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