Children Make a Significant Donation to Help Displaced Families in Ukraine
Last May, students and teachers at Rogers Adventist Elementary School in College Place, Washington, with a student body of 294, conducted a fundraiser to benefit both Ukrainian refugees and the Red Cross. They submitted a check for $10,425 to the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), with the note, “Thank you, ADRA, for everything you […]
ADRA Mobilizes Aid for Earthquake Victims in the Philippines
SILVER SPRING, MD (August 1, 2022) – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has activated its disaster response team to assist in the aftermath of the severe earthquake that struck the Philippines on Wednesday, July 27. The 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the Cordillera area ravaged the highland province of Abra causing landslides, demolishing houses, killing […]
ADRA Calls Attention to the Hunger Crisis and Ramps Up Aid to Save Thousands of Families in the Horn of Africa
SILVER SPRING, MD (July 29, 2022) – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is scaling up emergency operations to deliver food assistance and water to vulnerable communities on the verge of starvation within the Horn of Africa, including Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Uganda. The Horn of Africa has been severely hit by the deteriorating socioeconomic […]
World Refugee Day: ADRA Honors Millions of Families and Children Who Flee From Conflict and Persecution
SILVER SPRING, MD (June 17, 2022) – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) will commemorate World Refugee Day on June 20 and observe World Refugee Sabbath on June 18, by paying tribute to the plight of millions of families, women, children, and individual people who have been displaced by war, violence, persecution, and human […]
ADRA Partners with Southwestern Adventist University for Ukraine Benefit Concert
SILVER SPRING, MD (April 18, 2022) The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) joins forces with Southwestern Adventist University (SWAU) to support the people of Ukraine. SWAU will host an ADRA International Benefit Concert for Ukraine at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Arlington, Texas, to raise […]
Elementary School Walkathon Raises $18,500 for Ukraine
The students of Captain Gilmer Christian School in Fletcher, North Carolina held a school-wide walkathon in March and raised $18,500 for those affected by the Ukrainian humanitarian crisis. The crisis hit close to home for many of the school’s students. “Ten percent of our student body has either Ukrainian or Russian family members,” said the […]
ADRA Partners With Hope Channel International to Deliver Aid to Ukraine
SILVER SPRING, MD (February 28, 2022) The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has joined efforts with Hope Channel International, Inc. (HCI) to mobilize relief for the people of Ukraine. The international humanitarian agency of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will work closely with HCI and Hope Channel Ukraine to deliver emergency supplies for displaced families, children, and […]
ADRA Calls for Peace for the People of Ukraine and Mobilizes Relief for Millions of People Impacted by the War
SILVER SPRING, MD (February 26, 2022) The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is scaling-up operations to deploy humanitarian assistance for children and families displaced by the war in Ukraine. The relief agency has launched a fundraising campaign to strengthen programs for refugees from Ukraine and other global communities. According to the United Nations, about 100,000 […]
ADRA Builds a Community Center in Mauritania Using 34,000 Plastic Bottles
(MAURITANIA) The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Mauritania celebrated the establishment of a three-level community center in the commune of El Mina in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital. The finished center was built using 34,000 plastic bottles, each filled with sand, which formed the framework of the building instead of bricks or cinder blocks. […]
Hospitals in Nepal Join ADRA to Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccine Campaigns
NEPAL (January 6, 2022) — Since June 2021, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Nepal has been collaborating with hospitals dedicated to combatting COVID-19, as well as rolling out vaccine campaigns in four districts, including Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, and Rautahat. Nepal, one of the first countries in the southern region of Asia […]