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GEORGIA: MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARRIVE IN GEORGIA
This week, UMCOR Georgia in coordination with the Georgian Ministry of Health and other partner organizations, is distributing $7.2 million of donated medicines and medical supplies to health facilities throughout Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
The medical airlift is part of the Physicians with Heart Project. Supported by the US Department of State, medical supplies donated by American pharmaceutical companies will be distributed throughout Tblisi over the next 30 days.
UMCOR Georgia hosted a hand-over ceremony on Nov. 2 at the Tbilisi Medical University (TMU). TMU Ophthalmology was presented with a symbolic box of ophthalmologic medicines for distribution.
Each year, UMCOR Georgia's Pharmaceutical Distribution Program, provides millions of dollars worth of high quality medicines and medical supplies to health clinics, orphanages, elderly homes, and other institutions throughout Georgia. You can contribute to this work by giving to Georgia Emergency, UMCOR Advance #250305
MALAWI: HELPING ORPHANS, EMPOWERING WOMEN
In Malawi, an estimated 950,000 orphans are in need of foster care, including one third of children infected with AIDS. In response to this need, the Mzuzu United Methodist Church in Malawi, developed Hope Homes, a foster care program that provides nutrition, health, shelter and education to more than 100 children living in the Mzuzu Shalom zone.
UMCOR is supporting Mzuzu UMC through World Hope Corps, Inc., (WHC) a faith-based non-profit organization in New Jersey, which works with communities in Shalom to provide food aid, scholarships and nutritional products to children who are orphans and affected by HIV/AIDS.
UMCOR is also supporting the Mzuzu Shalom Women's Empowerment Group, a sustainable venture that educates women in tailoring and business skills. The training empowers communities to become self-sufficient, while supporting the needs of orphaned children in Hope Homes through the selling of marketable hand-made goods.
Contribute to purchasing much-needed sewing machines and training materials for women in Mzuzu by giving to International Disaster Response, UMCOR Advance #982450.
