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. […]
Jordania: Un iraquí cuenta cómo se unió a la causa de ADRA para ayudar a los necesitados
Fahad, 24, is an ADRA translator from Iraq. His family left when he was 14 years old. “There was no electricity and no water. I go out and see dead people, I see bombs. I was in school when a bomb fell nearby, and blew out the windows of the school. It takes you a […]
Grecia: Cómo ADRA es una de las primeras ONG en responder y ayudar a los refugiados
When Europe started closing its borders and refugees entering Greece became stranded, many of them congregated in Idomeni. The informal camp was the largest in Greece, with more than 10,000 people gathering at the Macedonian border hoping to be allowed to continue on their journey. In an unofficial camp, there was no government assistance for […]
Everything costs money: EKO Station Refugee Camp, Greece
EKO Station is an unofficial camp in Greece. That means that the camp just sprung up, and there is no government services or support for refugees. Up to 1,300 refugees having been living there for the past few months, since Macedonia closed its border with Greece. For many, it was a welcome alternative to Idomeni, […]
Our Global Work with Refugees
Thank you for serving refugees around the world – this work couldn’t be done without you. Everywhere you see marked in red on this map is a place where you are making it possible for ADRA staff and volunteers to serve people who have been forcibly displaced by conflict and persecution. Helping refugee and internally […]
Serbia: cómo ADRA y los traductores pudieron ayudarse mutuamente
Lina, de 25 años, es serbio-siria, nacida en Serbia de madre serbia y padre sirio. Cuando tenía 12 años, su padre murió, y ella viajó a Siria con su madre y su hermano mayor, Samir, para devolver su cuerpo a su patria. No pensaban quedarse mucho tiempo, pero como su madre tenía ahora dos hijos que [...]
Éxito de ADRA Honduras en la prevención del zika
ADRA está actuando para ayudar a detener la propagación del Zika en Honduras, donde se han registrado 30.768 infecciones. ADRA Honduras está trabajando activamente en las comunidades donde los virus Zika y Chikungunya han infectado a miles de personas. El objetivo principal de este esfuerzo de respuesta es proporcionar acciones de prevención a través de la movilización y capacitación de voluntarios de salud de la comunidad, campañas de limpieza de la comunidad, la sensibilización [...].