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2 Min Read Published on: 12-24-2020 The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Fiji has partnered with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) to organize hundreds of food baskets to assist communities devastated by Tropical Cyclone Yasa. So far, 300 food baskets have been packed. The food was donated by individuals, families, youth, and church groups. People have also donated clothing and bedding. According to the latest ADRA Fiji Situation Report, Cyclone Yasa caused ...

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2 Min Read Published on: 12-21-2020 The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) joined forces with the Adventist Church to help families impacted by recent hurricanes Eta and Iota in the cluster of islands of San Andrés, Providencia, and Santa Catalina, Colombia. The back-to-back destructive storms that slammed the Caribbean islands, located about 480 miles (770 kilometers) northwest of Colombia’s mainland, killed several people and injured others, damaged or dest...

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U.S. Government Provides $100 Million to Improve Food Security in South and Southeastern Madagascar Format For Immediate Release Monday, December 14, 2020 ANTANANARIVO – Alongside President Andry Rajoelina, U.S. Ambassador Michael P. Pelletier was pleased to announce three new projects funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), making an additional $100 million commitment by the United States to combat food insecurity in Madagascar. Through these projects, the G...

4 Min Read Published on: 12-18-2020 The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Slovakia is helping hospitals and municipalities ramp up COVID-19 testing capacity to deal with the surge in coronavirus cases that began in the fall of 2020, according to a database by the Slovak government. In September, ADRA built additional shelters and waiting areas at external COVID-19 testing centers at three hospitals in Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital. ADRA had coordinated t...

Ovec launches skills drive for Myanmar refugees published : 18 Dec 2020 at 05:17 94 The Office of the Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) has launched a programme to train migrants at refugee camps along the border with Myanmar to help them earn a living. Suthep Kaengsanthia, secretary-general of Ovec, told the media that if the migrants had valuable skills, they could make a living while in a camp in Thailand or when they return home. The programme is part of a ...

Miarahaba anareo namana sy mpiara-miasa. Voninahitra ho ahy ny mijoro eto anilan’ny Filohan’ny Repoblika androany, tahaka ny ijoroan’i Etazonia eo anilan’ny vahoaka malagasy miatrika ny haintany sy ny tsy fanjarian-tsakafo izay mianjady amin’ny vahoaka any atsimon’i Madagasikara. Since 2015, the U.S. government has been the leading provider of food aid and agricultural supplies to the south, providing more than $100 million in emergency assistance that has helped over 1.5 million ...

13 December, 2020, 9:15 pm Money received from the small business is used to pay for labour to plant dalo which will be harvested and sold to help the business. Picture: ADRA STRENGTHENING disaster preparedness for families and church communities is the main objective of the Church Agencies Network Disaster Operations (CAN DO) project as they work in collaboration with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Fiji to ensure people in Fiji are disasterready through a partnership with c...