ADRA Supplies AID After Airstrikes Hit Lebanon
ADRA - Sex 27 Set 2024 06:39:42 EDT - 3The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), is delivering humanitarian aid to assist communities impacted by the hostilities in the Middle East. Humanitarian intervention has become more urgent after a series of heavy air...
Hurricane Helene: ADRA Urges Caution as Recovery Efforts Begin
ADRA - Sex 27 Set 2024 06:39:41 EDT - 2SILVER SPRING, MD (September 27, 2024) The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) stands in solidarity with communities affected by Hurricane Helene and urges residents to prioritize safety in the aftermath of the storm. Accor...
ADRA Responds After Severe Flooding in Europe
ADRA - Qua 25 Set 2024 11:35:15 EDT - 3At least 24 people have lost their lives in Central Europe after Cyclone Boris caused severe flooding throughout the region. Heavy rain started on September 12 and lasted for days, impacting the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Au...
Spreading Awareness & Breaking the Stigma
ADRA - Ter 24 Set 2024 11:35:09 EDT - 4Worldwide, 1 in 20,000 people are born with albinism. In Tanzania, the number is closer to 1 in 14,000. With a population of 66.46 million, this means there are more than 40,000 people living with albinism in Tanzania, one of th...
World Literacy Day: Reaffirming ADRA’s Commitment to Education
ADRA - Seg 09 Set 2024 03:35:23 EDT - 7As we stop to recognize World Literacy Day on September 8, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) continues to reaffirm its commitment to literacy as a foundational tool for achieving equality, individual empowerment and s...
World Humanitarian Day: ADRA Celebrates Champion of Change Annette Parris
ADRA - Ter 20 Ago 2024 01:37:36 EDT - 6On World Humanitarian Day, August 19, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) recognizes the dedication and compassion of the many professionals whose tireless efforts drive meaningful humanitarian work. This year, ADRA spotlight...
Fleeing War
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:58 EDT - 7Life is normal. Routine. Easy to understand. One day a bomb goes off near your house. Then another one. You take a backpack and the hand of a loved one and you flee. Strangers in vests ask if you want a free seat on the bus. It will take yo...
Venezuelan Economic Crisis
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:57 EDT - 8The devastating economic crisis in Venezuela has forced millions from their home. These migrants are often referred to as caminantes, Spanish for walkers, because so many have left their homes on foot. Many continue to walk: throughout Sout...
Crossing Borders
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:56 EDT - 7When Russia invaded Ukraine, it triggered the fastest growing refugee crisis since World War Two. In response, countless people dropped everything to volunteer on behalf of the newly displaced. Some opened their homes. Some shuttled refugee...
Stateless Access Medical Treatment
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:46 EDT - 9Life is hard for the stateless in Thailand, but at least the young have access to education and a narrow pathway toward eventual citizenship. For the older members of the stateless community, life often passes them by, and many die as they ...
Syrian Refugee
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:45 EDT - 7The lifespan of a protracted crisis is hard to predict. Perhaps this boy will return home to Syria and resume a normal childhood. Perhaps he will never return home. How would you adapt to that uncertainty?...
Meals for Caminantes
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:44 EDT - 8For caminantes, those fleeing on foot from the economic collapse of Venezuela, good food is not always easy to come by. In major thoroughfares in Colombia, ADRA drives back and forth delivering meals, often the only meal caminantes will get...
Out-of-School
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:42 EDT - 7Right now, millions of children are out of school because circumstances have forced them from their homes and countries. Many may never return, further reducing their ability to climb out of poverty and hardship. How has school improved you...
Lunch Break
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:41 EDT - 6For caminantes, those fleeing on foot from the economic collapse of Venezuela, good food is not always easy to come by. In major thoroughfares in Colombia, ADRA drives back and forth delivering meals, often the only meal caminantes will get...
Wait in Line
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:40 EDT - 8Before fleeing the political violence in Myanmar, most of these men were farmers, shopkeepers, and day laborers. Because there are no job opportunities as a Rohingya refugee in Bangladesh, the men have nothing to do but wait in line at the ...
Living Stateless Nonexistance
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:39 EDT - 6Maung* is a stateless boy living a “legal nonexistence” in Thailand. His hope is to go to school, the only possible pathway to citizenship. Rungnapa, a formerly stateless teacher at an ADRA sponsored community learning center, knows the...
I can’t go back to Congo
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:39 EDT - 8“I can’t go back to Congo,” said 18 year old Jean* from the safety of her new home in Uganda. “My mother and father are dead. My brothers and sisters are dead.” Though she survived the dangerous journey out of the Democratic Repub...
The Rohingya
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:38 EDT - 8In 2017, the Rohingya crisis dominated the news as some 700,000 refugees fled genocide in Myanmar. However, the Rohingya people have been fleeing persecution for decades, resettling in Bangladesh as a temporary haven. Their lives have becom...
Art to Pass Time
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:37 EDT - 7UNICEF estimates that 60% of all Rohingya refugees are children. In Camp Leda, one of several Rohingya refugee camps in southeast Bangladesh, there are few options for entertainment and education for such children. Mohammad* and Monir* make...
Education for Refugee Girls
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:35 EDT - 8Nearly 70 percent of people displaced by the crisis in Syria are women and children, a population that is also more likely to experience sexual violence, trafficking and exploitative labor, and reduced access to education. The UNHCR finds t...
Waiting for Water
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:34 EDT - 8In a refugee camp, getting clean water is an arduous process, especially when there are so few points of access. The wait is often long and the journey often difficult, made even harder by the heavy jugs and the rough terrain. But working f...
Unsuitable Camps
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:34 EDT - 7Many refugee camps are overpopulated, underdeveloped, and vulnerable to the elements. It is not uncommon to see entire semi permanent communities made entirely of tarps and sticks, or to see single room shelters housing multiple families. A...
Displaced Children
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:33 EDT - 6According to UNICEF, 36.5 million children have been displaced due to conflict, violence, and other crises—the highest number recorded since World War Two. Ahmad* is one of them. Despite the trauma that forced him out of Syria, he still e...
Home to the World’s Most Refugees
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:32 EDT - 8Lebanon is home to 6.5 million Lebanese and 1.5 million Syrian refugees, giving the small Middle East nation the distinction of hosting the highest proportion of refugees in the world. Since 1975, the United States has welcomed more than 3 ...
Education Access in Crisis
ADRA - Seg 19 Ago 2024 03:35:31 EDT - 8In a refugee crisis, school access is often the first to go. For many children, it never comes back. Access to safety, food, shelter, and money often displace the perceived luxury of an education, and kids—especially girls—simply stop l...