BECOME A SUSTAINING PARTNER
Help Vulnerable Families Access Lifesaving Care
But thanks to God and the gifts from people like you, Judith and her triplets—two boys and a girl—survived the complicated birth. Not only did they receive the immediate care needed, but they also remained at the clinic for several months to receive ongoing help and nutritional support.
This is the impact of your generosity to The United Methodist Church’s Global Health programming.
Partner with the church in mission and become a sustaining giver today. Thank you!
The General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) and donations made are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. (EIN): 30-0989628.
YOU ARE PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING CARE FOR MOTHERS AND BABIES
Please support the This Moment Matters fundraising initiative today. Your gift to Global Health will help bring much-needed assistance to families in need by providing a broad array of essential services and resources, some of which include:
- Maternal and newborn healthcare for vulnerable families like Judith’s
- Lifesaving medicines, nutrition, and medical equipment
- Emergency care for mothers and infants facing complications
- Strengthened health centers serving communities with limited access to care
Why This Moment Matters
Neonatal mortality rates between 1990 and 2022 were nearly halved.*
However, about 2.3 million newborns continue to die worldwide each year, most from preventable causes.*
* UNICEF 2026 maternal and child health reporting
By becoming a sustaining partner today, you help ensure more vulnerable mothers and children receive ongoing care, medicine, and hope when they need it most.
To become a Sustaining Giver, click the button below and select “Recurring” at the top of the form.
Scared and in fragile health, she traveled about 10 miles away to the Nyembo Umpungu Health Center, a seasoned Global Health partner where—thanks to the generosity of people like you—free care is available.
Not long after her arrival, Judith gave birth to three premature, dangerously underweight infants.
Thanks to interventions supported by people like you:
Photo courtesy of the North Katanga UMC Health Board, D. R. Congo
Your gift will help vulnerable mothers and children receive the care they need to survive and thrive.
YOU ARE HELPING TO SAVE LIVES WHEN EVERY MOMENT MATTERS
After being denied help, Judith and her three infants received the lifesaving care they needed. When you make a gift today, you help ensure that more people in need of medical intervention will not be turned away.
Will you make a gift to Global Health today to help vulnerable mothers and children receive the care they need to survive and thrive?
Photos courtesy of the North Katanga UMC Health Board, D. R. Congo
THIS MOMENT
MATTERS
$1 ⮕ $7
THE POWER OF PREVENTION
When mothers and children have access to quality health care, the benefits ripple across generations. The World Health Organization estimates that every $1 invested yields about $7 in economic returns.
“Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul.”
— 3 JOHN 1:2 (NRSV)
This granting and fundraising initiative was born out of our commitment to respond quickly to urgent needs facing vulnerable communities around the world. As global conflict, climate change, and reductions in international aid leave more families at risk, this effort helps support critical ministries across five key areas.
Help families in crisis find healing.
Your support helps give fragile newborns and their families a fighting chance.
EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT WITH TRIPLETS, JUDITH NEEDED HELP FAST.
Madam Gome, a mother of three in Cameroon, proudly holds one of her children. She was grateful for the chance to vaccinate her children when a health clinic supported by Global Ministries brought essential care directly to her community.
