ADRA Mourns Loss of Staff Killed in South Sudan
Silver Spring, Maryland—The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is mourning the death of one of its employees killed on Tuesday, April 24, in Tali County, South Sudan. Mr. Agoyo Robert was working for ADRA South Sudan’s Health Pooled Fund (HPF) project, an initiative aimed at extending health services to thousands of people in the […]
ADRA Granted Emergency Award to Support Venezuelan Migrants
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the humanitarian agency for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, was recently awarded $500,000 by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). This grant funding to ADRA will help provide additional emergency relief aid to Venezuelan migrants in Brazil. “ADRA is grateful for […]
ADRA Responds to Hurricane Irma Devastation in the Caribbean
ADRA is providing disaster response across several islands heavily impacted by Hurricane Irma. Food, clean water, hygiene kits, mosquito nets, and other vital emergency resources are being supplied to thousands of people affected by the Category 5 storm. Disaster preparation is also underway as Hurricane Jose approaches the region. SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND (September 15, 2017) […]
ADRA Announces Partnership with Grundfos to Bring Safe, Sustainable Water Access to 1.5 Million People
ADRA and Grundfos Partner to Bring Safe, Sustainable Water Access to 1.5 Million People Partnership to deliver safe water to 1.5 million people in Asia, Africa, Central and South America, and the South Pacific, over the next five years Innovative water supply technology will improve access to water and hygiene resources in underserved peri-urban communities […]
ADRA’s 2017 World Refugee Day Statement
For decades, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), which serves as the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has championed the rights and wellbeing of people displaced by conflict and persecution—men, women and children of all different faiths, ethnicities and nationalities who have survived unspeakable hardship, terror and loss. In 2016 alone, more […]
ADRA Sending 2,850,000 Meals to Haiti
ADRA’s Hurricane Matthew Response in Haiti Continues with Major Delivery of Meals MIAMI, FLORIDA—Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has partnered with Stop Hunger Now to deliver 2,851,200 meals to people in Haiti as part of their ongoing Hurricane Matthew disaster response. ADRA and Stop Hunger Now have joined with Airlink, a rapid-response relief organization that […]
ADRA’s Statement on World Refugee Day
Silver Spring, Md.— This World Refugee Day, there are more than 60 million people around the world who are internally displaced, seeking asylum, or living as refugees in other countries. The United Nations has described the Syrian crisis, which has displaced approximately half of the country’s population, as the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era. […]
ADRA’s Statement at World Humanitarian Summit
ADRA President States Commitments to Action at World Humanitarian Summit ISTANBUL, TURKEY—ADRA president, Jonathan Duffy, delivered a statement on stage at the World Humanitarian Summit on Tuesday. The statement shared the ADRA network’s commitments to action in support of the Summit’s Agenda for Humanity. Video of Mr. Duffy’s presentation can be viewed on UNTV: http://webtv.un.org/watch/jonathan-duffy-adra-international-world-humanitarian-summit-istanbul-2016-member-states-and-stakeholders-announcements/4909621709001 […]
ADRA to Attend World Humanitarian Summit
ADRA Commits to Action for the World Humanitarian Summit ISTANBUL, TURKEY – Jonathan Duffy, President of Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International, and Frank Teeuwen, Director of United Nations (UN) Liaison Office, will be representing ADRA’s global network of humanitarians at the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit set to take place in Istanbul on 23-24 […]
ADRA Reaches Thousands with Family Planning in Nepal
ADRA Concludes Successful Family Planning Project in Nepal ADRA has marked the end of their Technical Integration for Coverage and Access (TICA) project in Nepal, but are already making plans to use results from the successful project for future project planning. This project was supported by the United States for International Development (USAID) through the […]
