Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service

About Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service

Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service is a multi-disciplinary social service agency organized by the Ward Memorial Methodist Church and established in 1967. In 1953, the Methodist Committee for Overseas Relief (MCOR) came to Hong Kong with the Wei Li Kung Hui (The Methodist Church). MCOR is an international welfare organization sponsored by the United Methodist Church, USA. It serves over 40 countries around the world with basic programmes of emergency relief, cash assistance and resettlement. MCOR also works through other international and ecumenical organizations, such as Church World Service and the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Switzerland.