The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Christian faith that believes in, and practices, the messages of Jesus Christ
In recent months, ADRA has worked tirelessly to fight the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
Abou Adel is a 36-year-old father of five children who lives in rural Damascus.
For many parts of the world, the global COVID-19 pandemic is far from over.
Every year, ADRA celebrates World Refugee Day on June 20, as well as the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s World Refugee Sabbath, which falls on the Saturday before World Refugee Day.
The massive COVID-19 surge in India has extended across the country’s borders into neighboring countries Nepal and Sri Lanka.
In India, the COVID-19 virus is killing thousands of people every single day.
The first week of May has brought no relief to India, where surging cases of COVID-19 continue to dismantle the healthcare system
Just a few months ago, India was averaging only around 12,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day
Every year, ADRA joins the world in marking World Health Day on April 7 to help bring attention to critical issues that affect us all.
In today’s world, the line between natural and man-made crises is increasingly blurred — and the consequences are deeply personal.
Every person deserves the dignity of a safe toilet. Yet, in 2025, nearly half the world’s population still lives without one. This year’s World Toilet Day theme, “Sanitation in a Changing World,” reminds us that sanitation systems must be future-ready and accessible to all, resilient to floods and droughts, and supported by strong investments that protect
It is wonderful to connect about something so close to our hearts: the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
In classrooms across Baalbek and Mount Lebanon, children who have fled war and hardship sit side by side with their Lebanese peers, opening books, reciting lessons, and rediscovering what it means to dream again. Behind every one of those hopeful faces stands a teacher — a steady, compassionate guide shaping futures even in the most uncertain times.
On the third Sabbath of every month, Terrina Williams tells the Children’s Story at Meadowbridge Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mechanicsville, Virginia. This year, Sabbath, June 21st, happened to be a special day—World Refugee Day.
With the sun blazing on the tin roof, I heard her tell about how she fled for her life. In the refugee settlement she came to, she saw no other options than to sell her body.
Across the world, millions of children are preparing to return to school—some carrying brand-new backpacks and pencils, others simply carrying the hope of a better future. At ADRA, we believe that education changes everything.
In the Middle East, where winter’s chill bites deeper for those who are displaced or living in poverty, one father’s quiet determination tells a powerful story about love, dignity, and survival
Each year, Shelly Bradley’s Sabbath School class would flip through ADRA’s Gift Catalog, choosing a project to fund by Christmas.
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