Our First Sunday collection recipient for May is Global Health Ministries (GHM), an independent Lutheran nonprofit established in 1987 and which believes everyone should have access to a healthy life. Specializing in capacity-building for health systems in under-resourced countries, GHM serves some of the most vulnerable people in the world. One hospital GHM helped is Phebe Hospital in Liberia, where Joel and Kathy Olah worked for three years.

Each year thousands of volunteers gather in the Minnesota-based warehouse to help sort and pack medical equipment and supplies to share around the world. At the request of international partners, GHM also offers grants and volunteer consultants to help effect sustainable and enduring change.

Donations received from DMIEC will help pay for shipping a container of medical goods to a country in need of that equipment.  

For more information about GHM, visit www.ghm.org.

Write checks either to “DMIEC” with “First Sunday” in the memo line or to “GHM.” Checks should be placed in the May 10th Collection Basket or mailed to DMIEC, P.O. Box 30065, Des Moines, IA 50310

First Sunday checks must be received by DMIEC by May 20th; if you elect to contribute to the First Sunday recipient after that date, please mail your check (made payable to Global Health Ministries with “DMIEC” in the memo line) directly to Global Health Ministries, 7831 Hickory Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55432.