Pan-Methodist Campaign for Children in Poverty

06/02/2026

“Children are the ways that the world begins again and again.”

–June Jordan in “The Creative Spirit: Children’s Literature” of Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines

05/02/2026

Protect Kids from Hunger

04/14/2026

School voucher issue… 🗳️🙏

UPDATE: The William Lamberth voucher scam expansion bill
(Hundreds of millions mainly for kids already in private school) PASSED the house 52-43. Even many Republicans saw through it.

See how your reps voted below👇🏽

https://www.chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2026/04/14/voucher-program-expansion-35000-seats-immigrant-tracking/

03/14/2026

The Trump administration has granted a 30-day waiver for countries to buy U.S.-sanctioned Russian oil currently stranded at sea. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the move was needed to stabilize energy markets that have been roiled by the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran.
The waiver came as Ukrain...

03/06/2026

Please contact your legislators! 🙏
https://www.facebook.com/share/1bMMLuV5J2/?mibextid=wwXIfr

The proposal would require schools to ask for documentation of a student’s legal status and report statewide totals to the Department of Education. The measure cleared a House subcommittee after heated debate and protests.

03/06/2026

03/05/2026

Since Trump took office, the number of children held in ICE detention has increased sixfold.

In detention, kids are denied proper schooling and medical care—while being separated from their friends & families. The toll it has on them is profound and lasting.

No child belongs in detention—period.

01/31/2026

Be inspired by the work of Centerville UMC shared here in a series of posts.

Post #2
Centerville UMC -- is located in a poor section of New York State. We care deeply about our local children. What follows is, however, a snapshot of some of the mission work that took place during our 20th journey during the fall of 2024 to visit our friends in Uganda.

Housing Two pastors’ families' houses were plastered inside and out, protecting the home-made bricks that they're constructed from: one in Kavuli and one in Namutumba. A pastor’s house in Katosi has been made livable again, and in addition, the adapted toilet has been repaired.

Agriculture In Palissa, 290 garden hoes and 25 fishing nets were distributed to subsistence farmers. A drought struck in 2025 and Uganda Partners was able to provide seeds to scores of people. In Kavuli and Namutumba, two goat programs were started, similar to what Heifer International does. The recipients of the goats promise to give healthy offspring to the next family in need of a boost.

Education Katosi: school fees paid for a third year high school student. Namutumba: third term school fees were paid for a young teen who is unable to walk. Katosi Vocational School: teacher salaries were paid and supplies for the students were purchased. Food was given for lunches for the Beauty for Ashes school in Soweto, Jinja.

01/28/2026

The two primary Campaign objectives are: (1) to renew and empower the efforts of congregations already serving children at risk to poverty; and (2) to challenge and enable congregations, that are not involved with children at risk to poverty, to establish ministries to such children. The Pan-Methodist Commission wants every Methodist congregation to be involved with ministries that care for children in poverty.

Be inspired by the work of Centerville UMC shared here in a series of posts this week.

Centerville UMC -- is located in a poor section of New York State. We care deeply about our local children. What follows is, however, a snapshot of some of the mission work that took place during our 20th journey during the fall of 2024 to visit our friends in Uganda. (By the way, none of the efforts below would have happened without the help of Pastor Fred Muyimbwa, Bread of Life Church, Mukono! Wabely nnyo!)

We have been partnering with our sisters and brothers, pastor to pastor, church to church, since 2006. We don’t stereotype: Africa is a complex, multi-faceted place, filled with wonderful people and diverse circumstances, from growing education and economic situations to areas of deep poverty. We choose to work with children living with families earning less than two dollars a day.
We try to operate in a holistic manner, as reflected in the topics below. For example, for many years we’ve been joining hands with an HIV/AIDS Support Group that meets under a Mango Tree in an area where most people are subsistence farmers, living in modest brick or grass homes. Gladys and Aggry and the group are raising 32 orphans. Uganda Partners is assisting them in this effort through a child sponsorship program that helps with school and medical fees.

Water: A deep water well in Nazigo has been dug, blessing the community! Also, pipes and a hand pump have been installed at Kulawkei, near Pallisa. The local community dug the hole to a depth of some 40 feet as their contribution to the project.

Health: Blood pressure meds were purchased for a father in Mukono who is presently unable to work at the stone quarry due to injury. To combat malaria, 550 mosquito nets were distributed. Musumba Jimy, who is also a blacksmith, made metal doors for the latrine at Katosi so students will have privacy at the school. Safe water, pit latrines and handwashing stations are vital to health.