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Relief Supplies Sustain Everyday Life

Sending Relief Supply Kits:

UMCOR Supply Kits help to care for the most vulnerable people during times of crisis. They also help to sustain everyday life by providing basic necessities to people who lack ready access to essential supplies. These kits provide vital support for the work UMCOR does throughout the world. By donating kit supplies or financial gifts to purchase the supplies, you make a direct, tangible difference in sustaining people's lives.

Click on each kit's name below for the kit page, or click here to visit the UMCOR website for more information.

Bedding Kit  These supplies provide an important source of comfort for displaced persons.

Birthing Kit  Birthing kits provide the essential items to promote a safe, clean delivery and to encourage good aftercare.

Cleaning Bucket (formerly called flood bucket); These supplies enable people to begin the overwhelming job of cleaning up after a flood or hurricane.

Health Kit   Health kits provide basic necessities to people who have been forced to leave their homes because of human conflict or natural disaster. Health kits are also used as learning tools in personal hygiene, literacy, nutrition and cooking classes.
* Special Note regarding Health Kits: 
Churches/individuals/groups may choose to include a single check for the purchase of the toothpaste listed within Health Kits (instead of including a $1 bill inside each kit). If this option is chosen, churches/individuals/groups are asked to mail the check separately to UMCOR Sager Brown Depot. Make the check out to UMCOR Sager Brown and note on the check: "For Toothpaste" .  Mail to :  UMCOR Sager Brown, Box 850, Baldwin, LA 70514

Layette Kit  Many women do not have swaddling clothes with which to welcome their child into the world. Layette kits provide basic supplies for their baby's needs.

School Kit  In some countries, children don't have books or school supplies. Many have no schoolrooms; classes are held in inadequate or half-destroyed buildings, tents, or even the open air. School kits may be these children's only educational resources.

Sewing Kit   Sewing kits foster independence rather than dependence. Women can make clothing in their own size and in the style of their culture. Cottage industries often grow out of the sewing classes where women use these kits to practice valuable income-generating skills.

Bulk Materials The material resources program is always happy to receive kits and buckets fully assembled with all required items. However, the UMCOR Sager Brown Depot can also use large quantities of bulk items.

 Shipping Label and Packing List

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You can donate toward the purchase of supplies instead of buying and shipping them. Please consider giving online.

 

SENDING ASSEMBLED KITS DIRECTLY TO UMCOR

You can send relief supply kits to either depot—UMCOR coordinates supply shipments from both locations.

UMCOR Sager Brown Depot
P.O Box 850 131 Sager Brown Road
Baldwin, LA 70514-0850
Contact For Help 1-800-814-8765

UMCOR West Office and Depot
1479 South 700 West
Salt Lake City, UT 84104-1605
Contact For Help 1-801-973-7250