ADRA Women Leaders Inspire Inclusion on Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day

SILVER SPRING, MD (March 8, 2024) – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is honoring International Women’s Day (March 8) and National Women’s History Month by spotlighting the amazing stories of the mission’s female leaders.  The United Nations designated the 2024 Women’s theme, as the year to inspire inclusion and invest in women’s progress. For […]

Wash Story

Manantenasoa – President of the water point committee, Bekily Mahasoa villageSchool Feeding Project in Ampanihy, southern Madagascar ‘Before, we had to walk up to five kilometers to find water. However, the water was dirty as it also served as a drinking trough for cows, sheep, and goats. Very often people from the village went to […]

3 Women Water-Related Story

Marlene is young, but she is already full of happiness and personality. The five-year-old girl loves to follow her mother, Ana Diana, around the village of Mocuba, a town in central Mozambique. She loves to dance and skip behind, tugging on the hand of her two-year-old brother as she goes. Thesound of her laughter alerts […]

Behind the Scenes: The Empowering Women of ADRA

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, we want to introduce you to some of the women behind ADRA’s mission. We asked our team for their best advice about how to #BreakTheBias in their roles and work. Elizabeth Tomenko Name: Elizabeth Tomenko Title: Emergency Response Program Manager Describe your role with ADRA: I […]

News Release: ADRA’s Contract Renewed to Help Victims of Domestic Violence in Romania

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA (December 17, 2020) — In November, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), renewed its operating license for the social service “Emergency Reception Center for Victims of Domestic Violence.” The shelter, located in Bucharest, enables women to escape abusive relationships by providing accommodations, food, emergency medical care, psychological counseling, social counseling, and guidance […]

A Woman’s World

A Woman’s World: Behind the Scenes With Sanjay Seated at the large oak desk centered in her expansive office, I couldn’t believe that Hermilia’s successful career as a lawyer was built entirely with the money she earned from a copy machine business just a few years ago. But here in the high plateau city of […]

Selling Stories

Selling Stories: Behind the Scenes with Sanjay Pim is not happy to see her father.  The 14-year-old nervously avoids eye contact and her small hands flit about like broken-winged birds.  She shifts her weight from one leg to the other, bites her lip, and blows at a strand of hair falling across her forehead.  It […]

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