World Refugee Sabbath programming impacts lives around the world
19 June 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Victor Hulbert/Corrado Cozzi] Trapped in housing where a family of six may share just one room – and then share cooking and washing facilities with other similar families, migrants in Serbia can suffer deep socio-psychological problems. Two years ago, ADRA Serbia was busy providing emergency aid to the tens…
Read MoreEurope takes lead for World Refugee Sabbath, 16 June
Updated 15 June 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [EUD & TED Communications] For the third year running, Europe will be taking a lead in highlighting the plight and needs of refugees both in Europe and around the world. Using the ADRA Serbia Community Centre in Belgrade as a base, two live programmes will hear first-hand accounts…
Read MoreFormer refugee asks God to bless ADRA
24 April 2018 | Norway [Tor Tjeransen] Yaman* fled with his mother and four siblings from the bombs falling on his village in Syria. On a bitterly cold train station at the border of Macedonia, ADRA gave the family warm clothing. Last weekend Yaman thanked ADRA for helping his family. “God bless the work of…
Read MoreAdriatic youth spend 14 days in a refugee camp
14 February 2018 | Katerini, Greece [tedNEWS with Slavica Marčeta] For the second year in a row, young people from the Adriatic Union of Seventh-day Adventists volunteered their winter holiday to work at a refugee camp in Greece.
Read MoreTwenty-year-old Christmas shoebox still inspiring lives today
24 January 2018 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Each year thousands of children in developed countries pack boxes of simple toys, crayons and other gifts to share with children in countries where life is often more difficult. They send their box with good wishes — and that is normally the end of it.
Read MoreStreet children, refugees and Adventist youth integrate in community choir project
16 November 2017 | Belgrade, Serbia [Igor Mitrović] A mix of three children’s choirs involving street children, refugees, and Adventist children from local churches filled a Belgrade community hall with music and emotion while building important connections between diverse communities.
Read MoreADRA Europe – It’s bigger than you think!
24 October 2017 | Brussels [Victor Hulbert, TED/EUD news] ADRA Europe is bigger than you think. With 29 active offices across the 32 countries that make up Europe, more than 225 staff and 11,000 volunteers support development projects in Europe and around the world.
Read MoreWorld Refugee Sabbath highlights a ‘sanctuary church’ in Southern Italy
20 June 2017 | Castel Volturno, Italy [Victor Hulbert / tedNEWS / EUDnews] Jean* faced a stark choice. Take over leadership of her father’s animist faith or face deadly consequences. Jean is a Christian. Her only choice was to leave not just her community, but her country. She made it to Libya. There she was…
Read MoreADRA World Refugee Statement 2017
20 June 2017 | Brussels, Belgium [ADRA Europe] “Today the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, released a World Refugee Day Statement reaffirming their support for refugees and displaced persons around the world. The Inter-European and Trans-European Divisions of the Seventh-day Adventist Church fully support this statement,…
Read MoreADRA Slovenia raises over 20,000 Euros for refugees in Greece
13 February 2017 | Ljubljana, Slovenia [Patricija Virtič] Extremely cold temperatures, wind and snow around Europe have claimed many casualties. Vulnerable people, including refugees are dying from hypothermia. With this kind of weather, even in Greece, ADRA Slovenia started a project, ‘Let’s warm them!’
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