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BVI assistance for SVG A number of civic organisations in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) have come together under the banner of the BVI NGO St. Vincent Volcano Relief Consortium, to mount a coordinated effort to mobilise support for volcano-ravaged St. Vincent and the Grenadines. According to a release from that unified body, the BVI community generously gave relief supplies to the people of St. Vincent with an estimated value of over US$25,000.  The shipment was scheduled to depart BVI on today, Friday, April 23rd, to arrive in SVG by Monday, April 26. The community-wide collection initi...

English News and Press Release on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines about Contributions, Shelter and Non-Food Items and Volcano; published on 23 Apr 2021 by Govt. BVI

2 Min Read Published on: 8 hours ago In 2019, some Seventh-day Adventist church members and their acquaintances from other faiths in Italy decided to launch a humanitarian agency called Felicittà (literally, “Happy City”). Their goal was to implement social projects in the city of Perugia, Umbria. The group behind the initiative found a place with reduced rent, friends who donated their time and expertise to help, and some donors who believed in the project in that central region of the country. The Felicittà project offers residents an open place with space for sha...

Background: The Norwegian Association of Disabled (NAD), founded in 1931, is a Disabled Persons’ Organisation (DPO) that has been actively engaging in international development since 1981. NAD’s principal task is to fight all types of barriers that prevent women, men, girls, and boys with disabilities from being active participants as well as contributors in their communities. NAD is now looking to engage an experienced consultant to provide support to its Together for Inclusion programme in Somalia. It is expected that the consultant will be working remotely. Together for Inclusion (TOFI...

3 Min Read Published on: 6 hours ago A local chapter of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in France is continuing to serve food and other provisions in what some people have described as “one of Europe’s worst refugee camps.” ADRA Dunkirk, a local branch of ADRA France, was founded in 2012 to support the increasing number of refugees in the area.  At that time, other humanitarian organizations were assisting refugees, but as they found out that nobody was distributing food on Sundays, ADRA leaders decided to step in. “Right away, we committed to ...