Category: Coronavirus

News Release: ADRA Inaugurates a Boat Clinic in Bangladesh to Reach the Underserved

People in coastal areas to receive access to healthcare services BANGLADESH (November 10, 2020) — On October 20, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) inaugurated a boat clinic in Bangladesh to provide healthcare services for underserved villagers living along the country’s coastal areas of the Dakop sub-district. Dr. Myun Ju Lee, president of the […]

News Release: Cash Vouchers by ADRA Help Families in Haiti Survive COVID-19 Pandemic

ADRA among the first humanitarian agencies to bring recovery efforts to Haitians facing the novel coronavirus (HAITI) October 26, 2020 — Due to the rapid spread of COVID-19 which reached Haiti in March, a state of emergency has been declared three times limiting travel and closing schools, churches, factories, and airports. While these restrictions helped […]

News Release: ADRA Aids Victims of Azerbaijan and Armenia Conflict

ARMENIA and AZERBAIJAN (October 15, 2020) — The Seventh-day Adventist Church is assisting victims of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan through its global humanitarian arm, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). Immediately after the escalation of hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh region on September 27, ADRA offices in both countries mobilized to supply urgently […]

News Release: ADRA Works With Churches in the Netherlands to Feed the Community During Pandemic

(NETHERLANDS) In the Netherlands, where more than 6,000 people have died from the coronavirus according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) partnered with Seventh-day Adventist churches and other charitable organizations to feed hundreds of families affected by the pandemic. The Netherlands is seeing a second […]

News Release: ADRA Addresses People in Tanzania with Albinism on Skin Cancer

Skin cancer is the number one killer among Albinos in Tanzania The Adventist Development and Relief Agency’s (ADRA) Private Grants Innovation Program is piloting a cryosurgery cancer treatment for persons with albinism in Tanzania.  Albinism, which affects as many as 1 in 1,400 people in Tanzania, is an inherited genetic condition that reduces the amount […]

News Release: ADRA Receives $2M CAD Grant for COVID-19 Response in Cambodia

Preah Vihear, Cambodia (September 3, 2020) – Global Affairs Canada has approved approximately $2M CAD ($1.5M USD) in funding for an ADRA COVID-19 response in the provinces of Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom, in 198 villages within the targeted project districts of Choam Ksant, Rovieng, Chey Sen, Baray, Sandan and Santuk. “We are grateful for […]

News Release: ADRA Brings Hope to Albania Amid Ongoing Health Crisis

(ALBANIA) August 26, 2020 – Stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic have posed hardships for people around the world. But in Albania, the misery was compounded by the fact that many people had no homes to stay in. An earthquake that struck the country in November 2019, killed 51 people, injured about 3,000 more and […]

ADRA in Hungary

ADRA Distributes Food and Laptops in Hungary During Pandemic (HUNGARY) During the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 560 low-income families received food packages and 24 families received laptops for online education thanks to projects sponsored by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Hungary. ADRA’s Quarantine Courier project provided nonperishable food, cleaning supplies and toiletries […]