Kenya: ADRA Helps Individuals Take Control of Their Own Lives
September 26, 2017
Nineteen-year-old Janet is the third of nine children born to peasant farmers in Kenya.
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Nepal: ADRA’s Farming and Economics Program Helps All
August 8, 2017
Beryl Hartmann had just begun an internship with ADRA in Nepal when she encountered a woman who changed the course of her career.
Kenya: Jennifer’s Story
July 5, 2017
Jennifer lives in West Pokot, right in the middle of a severe famine.
Uganda: Philips Testimony on How ADRA Provided a New Home
May 23, 2017
Violence erupted in Philip’s community in December, forcing him and his brothers and sisters from their home. They spent three days on foot, walking through bushlands to avoid groups of armed men, to find safety in Uganda.
Indonesia: Extreme Malnutrition Diminishes Hope for a Mother
May 14, 2017
It was my last day on Sangihe Island, Indonesia, and I was only a few hours away from departing for the mainland when I received a call that broke my heart – “Christian was admitted into hospital last night, he’s in a bad way”
Kenya: Helping Families in Poverty
May 12, 2017
East Africa is in the middle of a food crisis so massive that 20 million lives are at immediate risk. Twili is one of those.
Tanzania: ADRA Works With Schools, Vendors, and People With Albinism to Prevent COVID-19 Infections
March 27, 2017
Mary Meschu is just one of the 170,000 Tanzanian albinos living under the weight of superstition.
Haiti: ADRA’s Continuous Mission to Help and Provide for the Ones in Need
December 7, 2016
“I heard the wind, and I went out of the house and started running. A metal wire strangled me and I fell to the ground.
Ethopia: Ethiopia Strengthening Equity and Access to Quality Education Project Training Women Empowerment
November 14, 2016
10 year-old Genet is a third grade student who lives with her poor peasant parents in Gubeta Arjo Kebele of Ethiopia and attends the Gubeta Arjo Primary School
Ethiopia: Providing Support to Primary School
November 14, 2016
Like the Parent Teachers’ Association (PTAs) in other primary schools found within the Arsi Negelle District of Ethiopia, the PTA of Woyo Hargessa Primary School was established to act as a bridge between parents and teachers and to involve the community in the efforts geared to boost the internal income of the school.
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.