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Nurse on duty Bienfait Kabeya Ntumba (right) recounts how he was beaten during an attack on the United Methodist Irambo Health Center on the night of March 18 in Bukavu, Congo. Dr. Jimmy Kasongo (center), medical director of the health center, listens during a staff meeting. It is the second time in a month that armed gunmen invaded the hospital. Photo by Philippe Kituka Lolonga, UM News.

United Methodist hospital staff attacked in Congo
Armed men invaded two church health centers in eastern Congo, leading to violence and looting.
Global Health
Christine Ntamubano expresses gratitude to The United Methodist Church in Burundi for providing clean drinking water closer to her home. Around 5,000 people in the region now have access to drinking water, thanks to a borehole installed by the church. Photo by Jérôme Ndayisenga, UM News.

Borehole offers hope to Burundi town
A drinking system, installed by United Methodists, provides access to water and contributes to the economic and social development of Ruburizi.
Global Health
A woman exits an ambulance after receiving testing during The United Methodist Church’s free health expo in Harare, Zimbabwe, as other patients wait to be seen. The church partnered with the government and Sunningdale Medical Center to offer the free screenings to church members and the community in October. Photo by Kudzai Chingwe, UM News.

Patients line up for free church health clinic
The United Methodist Sunningdale Circuit in Zimbabwe collaborated with the government to offer free health screenings and information.
The Rev. Neelley Hicks. Photo courtesy of the author.

What does hate feel like in the body?
Through self-awareness, we can understand and respond to the spiritual, emotional and physical warning signs of hate, writes the Rev. Neelley Hicks.

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