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 […]
News Release: ADRA Provides Emergency Assistance to 2,000+ households displaced in Timor-Leste and Indonesia
Flash Flooding and Landslides Sweep Across Timor-Leste and Indonesia Displacing Thousands DILI, TIMOR-LESTE – APRIL 7, 2021 – Torrential rain since Friday, April 2 has caused flash flooding and landslides extending from Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province to Timor Leste in Dili, Baucau and Viqueque. Reportedly, there has been at least 100 fatalities since the […]
News Release: ADRA’s Birds and Bees Project to Help Children in India Make Smart Choices About Health and Life Skills
Bike Rally coordinated to push awareness about youth educational program (MANIPUR, INDIA) March 25, 2021 – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in India, with support from Reckitt Benckiser (RB), a consumer goods company and producer of health, hygiene and home products, launches a two-year program for 10- to 19-year-olds called “The Birds and Bees […]
News Release: ADRA Helps Feed More Than 16,000 Families Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ecuador
Women and Children in Five Provinces Receive Nutrition Assistance ECUADOR (February 12, 2021) – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the global humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, provided food assistance to 16,584 vulnerable families in COVID-19 affected provinces in Ecuador. Pregnant women, lactating moms, and families with children under five years of […]
News Release: ADRA Deploys More Than a Million Face Masks to Loma Linda University Health as Resurgence of COVID-19 Skyrockets in California
SILVER SPRING, MD (January 26, 2021) — The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has donated 1.6 million protective disposable face masks to Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) in California, to support the hospital’s continued battle against COVID-19. LLUH plans to use ADRA’s donation to protect frontline workers during COVID-19 vaccine operations. California state officials report […]
News Release: ADRA Partners with La Sierra University to Distribute Thousands of Masks to Impacted Communities
SILVER SPRING, MD (January 19, 2021) — The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has donated 500,000 masks to La Sierra University in Riverside, California, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus in nearby communities. Health officials report COVID-19 cases and the death toll continue to rise in southern California. Riverside county alone has confirmed more […]
News Release: ADRA Delivers Thousands of Medical Supplies to Beirut Hospitals Struggling to Treat COVID-19 Patients
BEIRUT, LEBANON (December 15, 2020) – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) shipped more than a million dollars in medical supplies to aid LAU Medical Center-Rizk Hospital and Saint George Hospital University Medical Center (SGHUMC) in Beirut, Lebanon. According to local authorities, the medical facilities severely damaged by the massive Port of Beirut explosion on August […]
News Release: ADRA Expands COVID-19 Testing Facilities in Slovakia
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA (December 15, 2020) — The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Slovakia is helping hospitals and municipalities ramp up COVID-19 testing capacity to deal with the surge in coronavirus cases that began in the fall, according to a database by the Slovak government. In September, ADRA built additional shelters and waiting areas at […]
News Release: ADRA in Serbia Assists Refugees, the Homeless, and Roma Children During Pandemic
BELGRADE, SERBIA (November 23, 2020) — During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) and the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Serbia found multiple ways to serve the most vulnerable members of society. Adventist young adults, ages 18-26, with financial and logistical support from their local churches and ADRA, shopped for food and […]
News Release: ADRA and the Adventist Church Team Up in Historic Collaboration to Respond to the Global COVID-19 Crisis
ADRA worked closely with Adventist churches in 7 out of 10 projects to deliver assistance while many churches were closed SILVER SPRING, MD (November 19, 2020) — Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic this year, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the global humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist church, has been responding […]
