Croatian youth volunteer with Syrian refugees during Christmas break
26 January 2017 | Katerini, Greece [Slavica Marčeta] Croatian Adventist youth have found a more rewarding way to make good use of their winter holidays. After meeting Tihomir Lipohar of ADRA Germany who is supervising work in Greece, they chose to volunteer at a refugee camp in Katerini, just south of Thessaloniki, 26 December – 8 January 2017.
Read MoreNorwegian members’ ADRA fundraising initiatives
10 November 2016 | Vik, Norway [Tor Tjeransen/tedNEWS] For Scandinavia ADRA annual appeal time comes in the autumn. Norwegian Adventists take to it with enthusiasm – from door-to-do collections by students at Tyrifjord Junior college to car boot and book sales. Whatever method they use, the aim is to raise funds to help those in…
Read MoreHelping refugees ‘as important as preaching the Second Coming’
12 September 2016 | Belgrade, Serbia [Andrew McChesney/AR] Seventh-day Adventist pastor Igor Mitrović once believed that the church’s prophetic calling was to proclaim the Second Coming of Jesus. But after working on the frontlines of Europe’s refugee crisis for the past year, Mitrović sees a second and equally important prophetic calling: to help the helpless.
Read MoreA warm St Albans welcome for Syrian refugees
31 August 2016 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] St Albans Seventh-day Adventist church opened its doors to welcome Syrian refugee families on Monday, 22 August. Church members were delighted to facilitate a celebratory event organised by Herts Welcomes Syrian Families and St Albans for Refugees in collaboration with the Refugee Council and several…
Read MoreSabbath broadcasts live from Dunkirk refugee camp impact thousands
20 June 2016 | Dunkirk, France [Victor Hulbert] Four church entities and six local congregations worked together on Sabbath, 18 June, to share a live message of hope in the midst of the refugee crisis. Claudette Hannebicque, the leader of ADRA Dunkirk was one of them.
Read MoreLive from Dunkirk – Adventist Refugee Sabbath
17 June 2016 | Binfield, England [Victor Hulbert] Churches in England, France, Italy and America will be skyping live with Adventist representatives at Dunkirk refugee camp, France, during morning worship, Sabbath, 18 June. Seventh-day Adventist Churches across the world are taking special time that day to pray for and focus on the estimated 60 million…
Read More“I feel I make a difference.” A world refugee day report from Greece
14 June 2016 | Katarina, Greece [Victor Hulbert / Corrado Cozzi] Sara Kouĵĵi has put her life on hold. An interpreter for ADRA Serbia, she is translating Arabic to English at a remote refugee camp on the slopes of Mt Olympus in Greece. The children are also rapidly teaching her Kurdish, as the camp she…
Read MoreShould we help the Dunkirk refugees? A Christian response
13 June 2016 | Binfield, England [Victor Hulbert] Waking up at 4:00 a.m. for a long drive and a ferry crossing is a minor inconvenience for Sasha Becejac, one of four leaders at the Newbold Seventh-day Adventist Church in southern England. Every Sunday the team fill a car with volunteers, food, and clothes for the…
Read MoreHope after horror. Refugees can have a future
11 June 2016 | St Albans [Victor Hulbert] Nobody chooses to be a refugee. War, persecution, oppressive regimes – there are many reasons why there are currently 60 million displaced persons or refugees in the world. Each one has their story. Each one wants to survive. Each one wants a better life. Each one lives with hope.
Read MoreYazidi refugees between a rock and a hard place
2 June 2016 | Katerini, Greece [Victor Hulbert with Corrado Cozzi] ADRA team members are working hard to help Yazidi refugees based in a remote refugee camp on the foothills of Mount Olympus in Northern Greece. Stuck in the country since the northern boarders closed, some 1,000 refugees who fled danger and persecution in Iraq and…
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