Ebola Doesn’t Stop 93-year-old’s return to Sierra Leone
John Yambasu
In early September, 2014, 93-year-old Dr. Lowell Gess bought a plane ticket to Sierra Leone. The earliest booking he could get was Jan. 3, 2015, but Gess was determined to provide whatever services he could to fight Ebola in a country that had been a second home to him. In a report he wrote after […]
Church Donates To Government Hospitals
John Yambasu
The founder of Methodism, John Wesley best said it, “In the hands of (God’s) children, it is food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, raiment for the naked. It gives to the traveler and the stranger where to lay his head. By it we may supply the place of a husband to the widow, […]
“Vision 2020” A United Methodist University
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INTRODUCTION John Charles Olmsted, in 1908, wrote, “A University as a whole, both grounds and buildings, without any suggestion of lavishness or over decoration, ought to exhibit clearly, in all its outward appearance, the fact that it is the place of work and of residence of cultivated and careful people,” Even today, that sentiment should […]
UMC Hospital Gives Hope to Stroke Patients in Sierra Leone
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Physical Therapy that initially started as a volunteer service by a United Methodist at UMC General Hospital, Kissy in eastern Freetown is today winning national acclaim for the hospital. To date, the Physical Therapy unit has treated 2065 patients since its inception in 2008 with 60% fully recovering and 30% partial recovery. By October, the […]
