- MERCI
- 676 Community Dr.
- Goldsboro
- NC 27530
- 919-739-9167
- or 888-440-9167
- Fax: 919-739-9124
Fast Facts
Year 2007 in Review
- 3,604 Volunteer
- Worked 16,022 Hours
- Valued at $300,730
Construction:
- MERCI Repairs: 13 Complete & 2 in Progress
- Hurricane Ophelia (Carteret County 2005) Response: 5 Repairs complete &10 in Progress
- Footprints: 15 Repairs Complete
- Neighbor-to-Neighbor: 7 Repairs complete & 6 in Progress
Mission Support:
- Haiti: 2 Containers
- Liberia: 2 Containers
- Zimbabwe Orphan Endeavor (ZOE): 1 Container
- Emergency Kits:
- 2,584 UMCOR* Flood Buckets on Hand (1,388 made in 2007)
- 5,147 UMCOR* Health Kits ($61,764) Distributed (2,027 made in 2007)
- 96 UMCOR* Layette Kits ($3,360) Distributed
- 1,746 ZOE School Kits ($33,174) Shipped
- 1,485 School Kits ($17,346) Distributed
- 126 NC Migrant Kits ($2,646) Distributed
Mission Support
- Afghanistan: 42,000 Blankets & 10,000 School Kits
- Armenia: 3 Containers of humanitarian aid
- Sierra Leone: 1 Container mission supplies
- Liberia: 4 Containers of supplies, textbooks, medical supplies
- Zimbabwe: 2,066 ZOE kits shipped + 110 on hand
- Haiti: School Kits, Sewing Kits, Health Kits
- Nicaragua: School Kits, Health Kits
- Louisiana Disaster (Lily): 40 Bunk Beds to Recovery
- NC Migrant Worker Kits: 2,766 distributed to 27+ Migrant Work Camps in NC
- UMCOR* Flood Buckets: 1,796 Hurricane Isabel; 150 TN; 800 WV; 1325 Florida Hurricane Relief; 200 W NC; 1,060 to AL/W FL; 1,071 UMCOR, LA; 1,016 PA; 25 Duplin County, NC; 125 VA; 70 MS; 11 Locally
- UMCOR*Kits: School - 3,226 UMCOR, LA, 342 Haiti, 314 Mexico, 208 Nicaragua, 431 Local. Health - 2,383 UMCOR, LA, 1,252 Migrant Distribution, 445 Isabel Relief, 200 Haiti, 12,923 SE Asia, 2,789 Nicaragua, 29 Mexico, 30 South Africa; Sewing - 447 Haiti, 167 Nicaragua, 111 Local. Layette - 97 Haiti, 384 SE Asia, 162 Local.
* UMCOR is the United Methodist Committee on Relief
Cumulative through 2006
- 5,775 Teams
- 75,649 Volunteers
- 1,035,170 Volunteer Hours
- Valued at $17,852,109
Construction: MERCI Initiatives & Disaster
- 1,266 Isabel cleanup / Debris Removal
- 2,078 Home Repairs
- 86 New Homes
- 97 Neighbor-to-Neighbor Projects
- 9 Ophelia Repairs
Footprints Youth Camps:
- 65 Teams
- 919 Participants
- 32 Repairs Completed
- 4 New Constructions
Training Classes:
- REACH (Rural Emergency Action for Churches)
- Early Response Team Training
- Disaster CARE Training
- UMVIM Team Leadership Training
MERCI Response to Hurricanes 2005
- 5,610 UMCOR Flood Buckets
- 59,290 UMCOR Health Kits
- 773 UMCOR Layette Kits
- 1,317 UMCOR School Kits
- Infant Supplies = $347,077
- Food = $21,886
- Medicines and Medical Supplies = $143,425
- 200 Early Response Teams
- Thank you to the churches of the eastern US & particularly to the NC & VA Conferences.
Construction: MERCI Initiatives & Disaster
- 1,266 Isabel cleanup / Debris Removal
- 2,078 Home Repairs
- 86 New Homes
- 97 Neighbor-to-Neighbor Projects
- 9 Ophelia Repairs
Footprints Youth Camps:
- 65 Teams
- 919 Participants
- 32 Repairs Completed
- 4 New Constructions
Training Classes:
- REACH (Rural Emergency Action for Churches)
- Early Response Team Training
- Disaster CARE Training
- UMVIM Team Leadership Training
