{"id":6860,"date":"2015-04-30T15:28:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T19:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=6860"},"modified":"2015-04-30T15:37:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T19:37:20","slug":"umcor-takes-action-in-nepal-42715","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=6860","title":{"rendered":"UMCOR Takes Action in Nepal (4\/27\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.search.yahoo.com\/images\/view;_ylt=A0LEVr5rfEJVwaAAogonnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTBsa3ZzMnBvBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkAw--?p=nepal+earthquake+2015&amp;back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fyhs%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Dnepal%2Bearthquake%2B2015%26ei%3DUTF-8%26hsimp%3Dyhs-001%26hspart%3Dmozilla%26fr%3Dyhs-mozilla-001&amp;w=1400&amp;h=934&amp;imgurl=d.ibtimes.co.uk%2Fen%2Ffull%2F1435560%2Fnepal-earthquake-april-2015-01.jpg&amp;size=1937KB&amp;name=nepal-earthquake-april-2015-01.jpg&amp;rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibtimes.co.uk%2Frescue-work-begins-after-massive-earthquake-devastates-nepalese-cities-1498339&amp;rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibtimes.co.uk%2Frescue-work-begins-after-massive-earthquake-devastates-nepalese-cities-1498339&amp;type=&amp;no=6&amp;tt=119&amp;oid=ae6db1787d21459bd4c441365333b01c&amp;tit=Rescue+work+begins+after+massive+earthquake+devastates+Nepalese+cities&amp;sigr=137p1v3a5&amp;sigi=122dr13to&amp;sign=1126v0uo2&amp;sigt=103d1h5lg&amp;sigb=13kih8lj3&amp;fr=yhs-mozilla-001&amp;hspart=mozilla&amp;hsimp=yhs-001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6861 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake.jpg\" alt=\"Nepal Earthquake\" width=\"165\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake.jpg 165w, https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Nepal-Earthquake-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a>On Saturday April 25 at 11:56 AM, a massive 7.5 earthquake struck Pokhara <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nepal\" target=\"_blank\">Nepal<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 In Pitman, most of us were sound asleep (2:00 AM)- many of us fell asleep looking forward to the next day&#8217;s <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=6786\" target=\"_blank\">Breakfast\u00a0Buffet<\/a><\/span> and Yard Sale.<\/p>\n<p>But in Nepal, lives were instantly changed (and ended).<\/p>\n<p>Two days later, on April 27, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umcor.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">UMCOR<\/a><\/span> (United Methodist Committee On Relief) approved a grant of $90,000 for partner\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalmedic.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">GlobalMedic<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>to bring sorely-needed clean water to Nepal earthquake survivors through distribution of household and public water-filtration units (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umcmission.org\/learn-about-us\/news-and-stories\/2015\/april\/0427unitedmethodistsrespond\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/span> for more information).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a YouTube video showing the devastation in Nepal shortly after the earthquake&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=28&#038;v=1O-0nNno4kE<\/p>\n<p>The United Methodist Church, through <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.umcor.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">UMCOR,\u00a0<\/a><\/span> is always ready to jump into action whenever and where ever disaster strikes. UMCOR is funded by our Shared Giving, and 100% of donations designated for a specific relief action go directly to the relief effort.<\/p>\n<p>As <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=6848\" target=\"_blank\">suggested by Bishop Schol<\/a><\/span> (Greater NJ Conference), continue to be in prayer for the people as they begin to recover from this disaster.<\/p>\n<p>For updates on this tragedy, check out the UMC News feed on our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?page_id=2573\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;News Feeds&#8221; Page<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday April 25 at 11:56 AM, a massive 7.5 earthquake struck Pokhara Nepal.\u00a0 In Pitman, most of us were sound asleep (2:00 AM)- many of us fell asleep looking forward to the next day&#8217;s Breakfast\u00a0Buffet and Yard Sale. But in Nepal, lives were instantly changed (and ended). 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