News Update: ADRA Focuses on Long-Term Aid for Survivors in Haiti in Aftermath of Earthquake and Tropical Storm
Humanitarian agency teams up with local Adventist Hospital to assist wounded and helps internally displaced communities affected by violence on the island (HAITI) August 18, 2021 – Since a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the southern regions of Haiti, death tolls continue to climb days after ongoing search and rescue efforts. Preliminary reports, still in early stages, […]
News Release: ADRA Mobilizes Support in Haiti Rattled by Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake
Death toll surges to more than 300, with 1,800 injured (HAITI) August 14, 2021 – On Saturday, August 14, around 8:30 am, an earthquake measured at 7.2 magnitude struck the southern areas of Les Cayes, Jeremie, Saint Louis de Sud, Aquin, Petit Trou de Nippes, Anse-a-Veau, and Cavaillon, followed by several aftershocks. Vibrations could be […]
News Release: ADRA’s BRAVE Program Involves Adventist Church and Interfaith Forums in Sri Lanka to Minimize COVID-19 Threat
Recent flood waters delay pandemic prevention initiative for the moment (SRI LANKA) July 6, 2021 – The pear-shaped island nation of Sri Lanka is on the verge of a health crisis, and with a population of more than 21 million people, hope in the country for the COVID-19 pandemic to recede remains neutral. The impact […]
News Release: Rare Tornado Sweeps Through Czech Republic Villages
ADRA is on the ground assessing community needs, supporting relief efforts (CZECH REPUBLIC) July 1, 2021 — “It happened in just a few minutes,” says Josef Kolacek, chief emergency coordinator for ADRA in the Czech Republic. “It wasn’t until dawn that the real effects of the devastating tornado were revealed. Some streets are completely destroyed […]
News Release: Study Reveals Ancient Cereal Grain Maybe Link to Helping Drought-Affected Countries
ADRA’s four-year program analysis confirms sorghum helps farmers and communities in Madagascar survive severe drought (MADAGASCAR) June 29, 2021 – Since 2015, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), in partnership with USAID, implemented a food project in South Madagascar, namely the Bekily, Ampanihy and Betioky Sud districts, which were affected by severe drought and […]
News Release: Heirloom Seeds Turned Into Cash for Pandemic Victims
Missouri Sower Donates Thousands of Dollars to Help ADRA’s Ongoing COVID-19 Relief Efforts in India SILVER SPRING, MD (May 14, 2021) – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is expanding its response to the current COVID-19 outbreak in India thanks to the generous support of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, a Missouri-based business, that donated more […]
News Release: ADRA and ACS Help Hundreds of Cash-Strapped Families in the Philippines Who Lost Homes in Residential Fire
CAVITE, PHILLIPPINES (May 11, 2021) – On March 19, a deadly fire broke out in a residential area of Kawit, Cavite, and left approximately 80 percent of homes destroyed. About 1,079 individuals from 511 families were affected, and 450 survivors had their homes totally devastated by the fire, according to an initial damage report submitted […]
News Release: ADRA, Adventist Church, and Adventist Health International Join Forces to Rush Relief to Help India’s COVID-19 Crisis
SILVER SPRING, MD (May 8, 2021) – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is preparing to airlift critical medical supplies and several oxygen generation systems to ease India’s coronavirus health crisis. The humanitarian agency is partnering with the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, including its Health Ministries Department, and Adventist Health International (AHI), to expand relief […]
News Release: ADRA Ramps Up Relief Efforts for India’s Mounting COVID-19 Health Crisis
The Humanitarian Agency is Donating Critical Oxygen Generating Equipment to Help Coronavirus Patients SILVER SPRING, MD (April 30, 2021) – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is scaling up emergency operations in India to save thousands of lives in COVID-19 affected communities. The country is struggling with an unprecedented second outbreak of COVID-19 with more […]
News Release: ADRA Responds to Get Critical Aid to St. Vincent and the Grenadines Where a Volcano Erupted
Food, water, and shelter become crucial necessities for thousands of evacuees (ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES) April 12, 2021 — On Friday, April 9, La Soufrière, the highest mountain peak on the island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, erupted forcing more than 20,000 people to evacuate. Ash and smoke completely filled the sky, blanketing neighborhoods and […]
