Japan Earthquake Response
Japan: ADRA Continues Response in Tsunami Affected Region SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) continues to respond to the devastating tsunami that was triggered by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that shook Japan on Friday, March 11. Assessment teams reached the severely affected city of Sendai in the Miyagi Prefecture within […]
Record Earthquake Strikes Japan: ADRA Responds
Record Earthquake Strikes Japan: ADRA Responds SILVER SPRING, Md. – A powerful 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook the island nation of Japan damaging infrastructure and triggering a massive tsunami that swept through Japan’s north-eastern coast, killing hundreds of people according to initial media reports. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is responding, coordinating efforts and assessing […]
Help for Disabled Children
My baby was born normal, but at eleven months she started getting ill,” says Pauline Moyo, 34, of her nine-year-old daughter Michelle who began having an inexplicable high fever.
Apoio aos estudantes em El Salvador
ADRA Delivers School Supplies to Children in El Salvador SILVER SPRING, Md. – As the new school year got underway across El Salvador recently, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) delivered school supplies to 150 vulnerable children in various schools across the country. The project, funded by ADRA’s popular Really Useful Gift Catalog, benefited […]
Ajuda à seca na Somália
Somalia: Drought Prompts ADRA to Distribute Water to Affected Communities SILVER SPRING, Md. – As drought threatens millions of Somalis and their livestock once more, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is delivering water to vulnerable villages in the northeastern Puntland state, the agency reports. ADRA’s two-month water trucking intervention will provide safe drinking […]
Relief for Cambodians
ADRA Drills Wells to Assist Displaced Cambodians SILVER SPRING, Md. – More than 30,000 people have fled their homes following renewed violent clashes in a disputed area between Cambodia and Thailand, prompting the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) to begin well drilling operations in an effort to provide clean drinking water to thousands of […]
Resposta às inundações na África do Sul
Fortes inundações levam a ADRA a responder na África do Sul SILVER SPRING, Maryland - A Agência Adventista de Desenvolvimento e Recursos Assistenciais (ADRA) está a prestar assistência na África do Sul, onde tempestades e inundações generalizadas afectaram oito das nove províncias do país, deixando mais de 80 pessoas mortas e ferindo outras 375. A operação da ADRA tem como objetivo reduzir a [...]
Reconstrução no Haiti
ADRA realoca haitianos desalojados que viviam em estrada perigosa SILVER SPRING, Maryland - Centenas de pessoas que viviam em precários barracos improvisados no meio de uma estrada movimentada de Porto Príncipe desde o terramoto mortal do ano passado no Haiti estão agora alojadas em novos abrigos seguros fornecidos pela Agência Adventista de Desenvolvimento e Recursos Assistenciais (ADRA), a [...]
Segurança alimentar para o Sudão do Sul
As the results of a historic referendum in Southern Sudan were announced on January 31 effectively declaring independence from the north after decades of hostilities, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is continuing the implementation of a multi-year project to provide better health, nutrition and empowerment to more than half a million vulnerable people.
Subvenção OFDA concedida
Brasil: A Agência Adventista de Desenvolvimento e Recursos Assistenciais (ADRA) recebeu um subsídio de $135.000 do Escritório de Assistência a Desastres no Exterior (OFDA) para continuar a ajudar as pessoas afetadas pelos recentes e devastadores deslizamentos de terra no Brasil. A subvenção irá promover o trabalho atual da ADRA de [...]