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All articles matching the label humanitarian
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Book honours pioneering Adventist aid workers
A must-read manuscript has inspired an Avondale lecturer to help publish the stories of two of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s pioneering humanitarian workers. -
Mark Webster named new CEO of ADRA Australia
An Australian, with a wealth of community development and international leadership experience has this week been named Chief Executive Officer of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia. -
ADRA seeks clarification on aid re-distribution
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia has expressed concern and disappointment over Wednesday’s announcement regarding the re-distribution of funds from the Australian Aid program. -
Cyclone Evan—ADRA responds in Samoa and Fiji
Following Cyclone Evan’s destructive path across the South Pacific, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is assisting some of those most seriously affected in both Samoa and Fiji. -
Syrian refugees supported through winter
Thousands of Syrian refugees will be given life-saving supplies thanks to the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). -
Hope in hell
In this place, hope seems a distant memory. -
Jamaican churches hit hard by Hurricane Sandy
The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the northeastern parishes of St. Mary and Portland was dealt a hard blow during the passing of Hurricane Sandy on Wednesday, October 24. -
Duffy named president of ADRA International
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International Board of Directors has elected Jonathan Duffy, current country director of ADRA Australia, to serve as president of 28-year-old humanitarian agency. -
Cash-transfer to assist 5000 in Philippines
Ten days of continuous rain in the Philippines has destroyed more than 3000 homes and affected close to 1.9 million people. In response, ADRA Australia is supporting a response that will see thousands assisted through an empowering cash-transfer program. -
Darcy Goodwin – defender of the poor
The humanitarian extraordinaire who was Darcy Goodwin was so dedicated to the Northern Rivers community he was out volunteering the day before he died. -
Generosity makes for record-breaking total
There are some generous night owls amongst us – donations via phone and online through to midnight on June 30 have helped the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia raise $808,000 for their Food and Futures Appeal. -
Seeing and hearing hope on the ground
It was at the top of my must-see list. Africa. One of those intriguing, wild and wonderful places I had dreamed about for several years. But it wasn’t a safari or the landscape or the handcrafts that drew me. -
ADRA ordered out of Somalia
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is one of three humanitarian agencies that Somalia's ruling militant group is asking to leave the region. Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen declared that ADRA, World Vision and Diakonia can no longer operate insi