Thailand: How New Cooking Stoves Assisted Phieng Tac Village
December 6, 2018
Ha Thi Thom, 23 years old, is living with her husband and two sons in Phieng Tac village, Kim Cuc commune, Bao Lac district.
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Thailand: ADRA’s Mission to Keep Girls Safe
November 30, 2018
More than a year ago, a bright-eyed and slender nine-year-old girl named Malee* was offered refuge at Keep Girls Safe (KGS), a shelter in the rural district of Chiang Rai, run by ADRA in Thailand.
Yemen: How ADRA’s Assistance lets Children Be Children
November 15, 2018
Three months ago, Esa was wasting away from a lack of food. Due to nationwide instability, there was little in the small Yemeni village of Al-Noba for the one-year-old to eat.
Madagascar: No Rain, No Income
October 13, 2018
“I am scared to die from hunger,” Marie-Julina said.
“I have eight children and four grandchildren living with me,” she said. “I am responsible for their survival. We haven’t had enough to eat for eight years. We would plant, but nothing would grow.
Kenya: Penna’s Battle to Provide for Her Family
August 6, 2018
“My children cry when they are hungry. And they are always hungry because I have so little to feed them. This drought has stolen our lives.
Bangladesh: ADRA’s Constant Mission to Help Gives Refugees Hope
April 4, 2018
Anwara has lived a nightmare. Her village was burned to the ground and her husband brutally murdered, forcing her to flee through the night to find safety for her children.
Cambodia: ADRA’s Clean Water Campaign to Save Children’s Lives
February 6, 2018
All over the world mothers like Mao live in fear of losing yet another child because of dirty water.
Kenya: ADRA Provides Safety and Essentials for Young Girls Over the World
November 28, 2017
It seems as if Adia and Endana have always led a difficult life. In 2013, when the sisters were only 6 and 7 years old, their mother died, and soon afterward their older brothers left to find food and work. To this day, they haven’t returned.
Zambia: ADRA’s Farming Program Helps Provide Stable Lives
October 31, 2017
Tembwe is a 51-year-old farmer living in Zambia. He supports his family of 12, including his wife and eight of their own kids, as well as two orphan children from his late sister.
Bangladesh: ADRA Responds to Refugee Crisis
September 29, 2017
Samira and her grandson arrived in Bangladesh from the Rakhine state in Myanmar. Her four daughters were killed by militants with machetes, leaving her to flee with the young baby to save both of their lives.
Gratitude Without Borders | A Thanksgiving Story
November 26, 2025
When the war reached their hometown of Novomoskovsk, Dmytro Trebushkovand his wife faced an impossible choice: stay in the home they had built with their foster children or flee with nothing but fait
Invisible Wounds: The Global Call to Protect Children Beyond Physical Safety
November 20, 2025
In today’s world, the line between natural and man-made crises is increasingly blurred — and the consequences are deeply personal.
World Toilet Day 2025: Building a Future Where Everyone Has a Safe Toilet
November 19, 2025
Every person deserves the dignity of a safe toilet. Yet, in 2025, nearly half the world’s population still lives without one.
United in the Great Commission
October 30, 2025
It is wonderful to connect about something so close to our hearts: the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
On World Teachers’ Day, We Celebrate the Heroes of the Classroom in Lebanon
October 5, 2025
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.
Jesus Loves the Little Children: A World Refugee Day Story
September 25, 2025
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.
When we uphold each other’s dignity, we help build the kingdom Jesus envisioned, with hope and healing.
September 8, 2025
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.
Back to School With Hope: How ADRA Education Transforms Lives
August 22, 2025
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.
Honoring Fathers Who Carry the Weight of the World
June 15, 2025
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
The Well of Hope: A Sabbath School’s $10,000 Miracle
June 3, 2025
Each year, Shelly Bradley’s Sabbath School class would flip through ADRA’s Gift Catalog, choosing a project to fund by Christmas.