ADRA raises USD 23,000 during live broadcast
23 November 2020 Mjøndalen, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] ADRA Norway raised USD 23,000 for educational projects in South Sudan during a two-hour-and-half programme by Hope Channel Norway on Saturday, November 14. The programme was live-streamed from the Mjøndalen Seventh-day Adventist Church, and featured what Adventist churches and schools across the country had done for the ingathering programme…
Read MoreTED Year-End Meetings Focus on Resilience in Time of Crisis
23 November 2020 | St. Albans, UK [John Surridge] Dr Gabor Mihalec is a Hungarian pastor, counsellor, author, and Family Ministries director. His presentation on 'Resilience in Time of Crisis' was the centrepiece of the Trans-European Division (TED) Year-End meetings, requested specifically to give church leaders coping mechanisms in these unprecedented COVID times. As with…
Read MoreAdventist Foundation and ADRA respond to earthquake that rocks Turkey and Greece
5 November 2020 | Turkey, Greece [Shem Aguila and Kimi-Roux James] October 30, a powerful earthquake struck the Aegean Sea rattling the countries of Turkey and Greece. It was felt as far away as Athens and Istanbul. Turkey and Greece are located on or near many active fault lines, where earthquakes are fairly common in…
Read MoreADRA Works with Churches in the Netherlands to Feed the Community During Pandemic
8 October 2020 Huis ter Heide | Netherlands [Rachel Cabose] In the Netherlands, where more than 6,000 people have died from the coronavirus according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) partnered with Seventh-day Adventist churches and other charitable organisations to feed hundreds of families affected by…
Read MoreFrom Earthquake to Pandemic: ADRA Brings Hope to Albania Amid Ongoing Health Crisis
28 August 2020 | Tirana, Albania [Rachel Cabose] Stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic have posed hardships for people around the world. But in Albania, the misery was compounded by the fact that many people had no homes to stay in.
Read MoreCome, you who are Humanitarian Workers
19 August 2020 | Brussels, Belgium [João Martins] There are moments in our collective memories that unanimously come into our minds when we talk about events that affected the course of history during our lifetime. If I quickly think about it, I immediately remember the fall of Berlin Wall, the September 11th, the Southeast Asia…
Read MoreADRA distributes food and laptops in Hungary during pandemic
12 August 2020 | Budapest, Hungary [ADRA Hungary] During the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 560 low-income families received food packages and 24 families received laptops for online education thanks to projects sponsored by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Hungary.
Read MoreBert Smit, from ADRA-UK, appears in Leaders Council podcast, alongside Lord Blunkett.
6 August 2020 | Watford, UK [Cathy Boldeau] The Leaders Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is currently in the process of talking to leadership figures from across the nation in an attempt to understand this universal trait and what it means in Britain and Northern Ireland today.
Read MoreADRA states ‘We are WITH YOU!’ providing pandemic support
17 June 2020 | Brussels, Belgium [Maja Ahac] It is more than six months since Fredy escaped threats and uncertainty in his homeland, Colombia. Together with his wife and three children, he found a safe refuge in Belgium.
Read MoreWorld Refugee Sabbath
Once a year, the Seventh-day Adventist Church calls on its members to reflect on the grave situation facing refugees around the world.
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