Every year can bring with it life-changing events, economic struggles, unexpected sicknesses, or even those tiny moments that become the biggest memories of that year. At ADRA, our mission is our purpose—to serve humanity so all can live as God intended. We respond to new crises that impact the most vulnerable nearly every day. We […]
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Behind the Scenes with ADRA: Rebecca in Kenya
Rebecca knows the impact of your support. Her role with ADRA sometimes takes her around the world and into communities where she gets to see how your donations and prayers are changing lives! Recently, she traveled to Kenya where we talked to her about the projects she visited and the people she met. Can you […]
Eat Good, Do Good, Feel Good: Visit ADRA’s Food Truck in Belgium
Providing quality food for all is the mission of The Social Food Truck, ADRA’s innovative and award-winning social enterprise in Belgium. By day, the food truck serves delicious vegetarian street food to the general population of Brussels. By night, it seeks out the city’s most vulnerable and ensures they are served too. On a flyer […]
Cash is Critical to Fighting Hunger in Somalia
The Horn of Africa is in a hunger crisis and no country has been hit harder than Somalia. ● 90% of the country’s districts are gripped by devastating drought conditions. ● Most of the grain Somalia depends on has been cut off by Russia’s conflict with Ukraine. ● Conflict, insecurity, and crippling […]
Whoever. Wherever. Whenever.
ADRA is blessed to be able to honor refugees, and all those who have been displaced, through our work every day. But, that doesn’t mean we don’t look forward to celebrating World Refugee Day on June 20 and World Refugee Sabbath, which falls on June 18 this year. This year, these days seem especially important […]
Milk Jugs & Change for Goats & Chickens
Elianne was on a mission. Making her way around her neighborhood, with her big brother by her side, the young girl knocked on door after door. “Hi, do you have any change?” she asked everyone who answered. “I’m getting money so I can buy a chicken for some people in Africa.” Elianne is one of […]
Don’t Come Home
Oriana’s mother doesn’t want her to come home. It may not sound like something a loving mother would want, but telling her daughter to stay away may be the most loving thing this mother could do. Years ago, Oriana fled Venezuela with her husband and their young daughter, Lucia, who is now six years old […]
ADRA Partners with Southwestern Adventist University for Ukraine Benefit Concert
SILVER SPRING, MD (April 18, 2022) The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) joins forces with Southwestern Adventist University (SWAU) to support the people of Ukraine. SWAU will host an ADRA International Benefit Concert for Ukraine at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Arlington, Texas, to raise […]
Elementary School Walkathon Raises $18,500 for Ukraine
The students of Captain Gilmer Christian School in Fletcher, North Carolina held a school-wide walkathon in March and raised $18,500 for those affected by the Ukrainian humanitarian crisis. The crisis hit close to home for many of the school’s students. “Ten percent of our student body has either Ukrainian or Russian family members,” said the […]
Churches, Schools, and Groups Show Support for Ukraine and ADRA
The ADRA family has been overwhelmed with prayers, donations, and other support from our community of supporters across the country and around the world! We are so grateful because the power of your prayers is very real, and monetary support is vital in a crisis like this when flexibility is required and urgent action is […]