UMC is the recipient of $5 million grant
Submitted by Theresa Herget on Fri, 2008-05-09 13:38.FORT WORTH, Texas — During its 2008 convention at the Fort Worth Convention Center, the United Methodist Church announced it has received a $5 million grant from the United Nations Foundation, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to help eliminate malaria and other diseases of poverty.
The church is embarking on a global health initiative aimed at combating diseases of poverty and is a founding partner of “Nothing But Nets,” a campaign to prevent malaria by sending lifesaving insecticide-treated mosquito nets to children and families in Africa.
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