ADRA Ignites National Campaign in Indonesia to Protect Elderly During the Pandemic
(Indonesia) December 14, 2021 – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Indonesia has made the elderly their top priority for being inoculated against COVID-19. The new project, Elderly First, is designed to help those of advanced years to get communities access to the vaccine in four provinces, namely: East Java (Ngawi, Tuban, Bojonegoro districts), West […]
Tanzania: Working With Schools, Vendors, and People With Albinism in Tanzania to Prevent COVID-19 Infections
Humanitarian agency works to tackle denial of the coronavirus within local communities amid the country’s ongoing health crisis (TANZANIA) November 12, 2021 – Among the 59 million people who live in Tanzania, home to Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, countless people in the nation to date do not believe that COVID-19 is real nor exists. The […]
Adventist Health and ADRA Partner to Send Medical Supplies to Africa During Third Wave of COVID-19
(SILVER SPRING, MD) October 18, 2021 — Six shipping containers filled with medical supplies from Adventist Health are on their way to Africa to assist with COVID-19 emergency responses in Ghana, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This $3 million project is the result of a partnership between California-based Adventist […]
ADRA Increases Job Security for 3,000 People in Ghana to Reduce Economic Impact of COVID-19
(Ghana) October 13, 2021- Due to COVID-19 restrictions, 22 million people in Ghana have experienced declines in income. People whose existence depends on daily wages, especially in urban Ghana, are the most affected, according to local reports. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Ghana and local Seventh-day Adventist churches, in collaboration with Ghana’s […]
News Release: ADRA Seeks to Minimize COVID-19 Risks Among Migrants in Thailand
International humanitarian agency focuses on improving access to health resources among the most vulnerable and marginalized to reduce virus transmission (THAILAND) October 6, 2021 — Thailand received its first COVID-19 case on January 13, 2020 and had been successful in containing the coronavirus until December 2020. As of January, COVID-19 cases increased drastically, according to […]
News Release: ADRA Provides Aid Among Haitian Migrants in Mexico, Honduras, and Colombia
Ongoing aid remains vital in Haiti while needs assessments serve as a pre-determining factor to help stranded Haitians in Central and South America (CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA) October 5, 2021 – Following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in 2010, more than 220,000 people died, 1.5 million people were displaced and roughly 300,000 people were injured. Haitians […]
News Release: ADRA Provides Life-Changing and United Support Against COVID-19 in the Philippines
(PHILIPPINES) September 27, 2021 – The continuing increase in confirmed COVID-19 cases with severe threats to health, safety, and severe economic disruption has led to several challenges now confronted by Filipinos across the nation. In the Philippines, a total of 1.6 million cases have been confirmed, and more than 28,000 deaths have been recorded since […]
News Release: ADRA Looks to “C.L.O.S.E.” COVID-19 Awareness Gap in Zambia
International humanitarian agency aims to tackle behavior change to prevent the coronavirus from spreading (ZAMBIA) September 16, 2021 – The COVID-19 pandemic has become a compounding challenge in the country of Zambia, with a population of 18.3 million people, according to findings from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). “Most people live in slum-like […]
News Release: ADRA Fights COVID-19 in Mozambique with Hygiene Kits, Vegetable Seeds and Radio Ads
(MOZAMBIQUE) September 1, 2021 — As Mozambique mourns hundreds of recent deaths from COVID-19, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is helping 1,000 of the country’s most vulnerable families protect themselves against the virus and maintain their livelihoods despite the disruptions of the pandemic. Mozambique, ranked by the International Monetary Fund as one of […]
News Release: ADRA in Serbia Offers Free Medical Checkups for Homeless and Roma Communities
BELGRADE, SERBIA (August 30, 2021) – Up to 15,000 people in the Western Balkans will receive health checkups, hygiene services and COVID-19 information through the “Leave No One Behind” project coordinated by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Serbia. Designed to combat the spread of COVID-19 among society’s most vulnerable groups, the effort […]
