What YOU helped accomplished in 2020 If you want to help grant a wish before 2020 ends, now is your chance! To say the last twelve months have been challenging would be the understatement of the year. Millions have been sickened by the COVID-19 virus and many thousands have died.
3 Ways ADRA Fed Families in 2020 Have you heard? We launched a new and special Giving Tuesday campaign that triples the impact of your donation to help feed hungry families. That means $1=$3, but only until Tuesday, December 1st. Give Today 2020 has been a difficult year for so
Meet Asinyen Hunger and starvation is the reality for too many still. It’s a deadly cycle and only together, can we help fight end hunger. “I don’t have any hope for the future,” Asinyen says. You see, five days ago, Asinyen received a small bag of rice from a friend
Hunger in the refugee camps: Gaudance’s Story Every month Gaudance receives a ration of food for her family. Her children carry the bags through the narrow, winding pathways to their tin and tarpaulin hut in Kakuma, Kenya’s largest refugee camp. But even as they walk, they know the supply of
Celebrating World Food Day! Today is World Food Day and we’re celebrating the plates and bellies ADRA donors have helped fill this year! ADRA donors keep projects alive all over the world that help feed hungry families every day. To celebrate, we’re sharing some “full belly” 2020 highlights below. ASOTRY
ADRA’s Unconditional Cash Project Provides Relief for a Family in Tunisia (TUNISIA) September 10, 2020 – Tunisia, located on the Mediterranean coast of Northwest Africa, was already suffering from a bad economy before COVID-19, but with the loss of jobs due to the pandemic, many people faced a financial crisis.
SILVER SPRING, MD (August 18, 2020) – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) delivered tons of nutritional provisions on a special humanitarian flight from Slovakia as part of its expanded emergency response to help children and families affected by the devasting August 4 Beirut explosion. This latest assistance is helping
Meet Eliane Abikheir Beirut Explosion Survivor and Responder Read about her experience during the explosion and how she is working as a first responder to help families affected. On August 4, a catastrophic explosion blasted through Beirut. Lebanon was already in a critical situation with high unemployment rates and rising
Samuel Onang’o, a disabled father of three, lives with his family in Kibera, Kenya. It has now been over three months, and Samuel has had to learn to survive alone in his one-room, tin-walled house. As the coronavirus continues to spread across the country, lockdowns and closures of schools and
When ADRA sees a goat, we see an investment and impact that spans generations.
Leticia loves her children. But as hard as she works, they are always hungry. The hunger that Leticia’s children are experiencing is the kind of hunger that not only saps your energy but takes away your future. Without support, she fears her children could become victims of the poverty they
Every gift in our Kids’ Gift Catalog was chosen just for kids. These are gifts that will catch their interest, spark some thoughtful conversations, and hopefully teach them how much of an impact they can make at any age! Plus, each gift comes with a free, downloadable coloring sheet. Use
When we share stories with you about the people and communities ADRA serves, it’s important to us that the unjust reality of life for our neighbors around the world is seen and never forgotten. ADRA’s purpose is to serve humanity so all may live as God intended, and our hope
Humanitarian work is a unique career. Those who are called to this line of work are frequently faced with some of the world’s most heartbreaking challenges, but the results are intensely rewarding. Three of ADRA’s staff members from around the world shared a little bit about their humanitarian careers. Who:
Meher grew up along the route of the famous Silk Road, which once made its way through his home country of Afghanistan. With no formal education, he became a farmer and did extra field work for others to support his family. “I had no major complaints in life as life
ADRA is blessed to be able to honor refugees and all those who have been displaced, through our work every day. This seems especially important now as a devastating new record was reached in 2022. For the first time in recorded history, the number of people forced to flee conflict,
Elianne was on a mission. Making her way around her neighborhood, with her big brother by her side, the young girl knocked on door after door. “Hi, do you have any change?” she asked everyone who answered. “I’m getting money so I can buy a chicken for some people in
Oriana’s mother doesn’t want her to come home. It may not sound like something a loving mother would want, but telling her daughter to stay away may be the most loving thing this mother could do. Years ago, Oriana fled Venezuela with her husband and their young daughter, Lucia, who
The ADRA family has been overwhelmed with prayers, donations, and other support from our community of supporters across the country and around the world! We are so grateful because the power of your prayers is very real, and monetary support is vital in a crisis like this when flexibility is
ADRA is blessed to meet amazing mothers in our work every day. These are the kind of mothers who would do anything, give up everything, and go anywhere for their children. Mothers like Masha and Glendys. These two women have lived vastly different lives, but they are united by the
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