Jamaica Receives US$1.2 Million in Medical Supplies From ADRA Jamaica Receives US$1.2 Million in Medical Supplies From ADRA | 28.09.2005 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International has donated on September 21 pharmaceutical supplies worth of US$1.2 million to the Ministry of Health in Jamaica. The donation consisted of a variety of pharmaceutical products, such as ampicillin, ferrous sulphate, ibuprofen, multivitamin syrup, oral rehydration salts, paracetamol, tetracycline, vitamin A, amoxicillin, and various other antibiotics. It was given to the health sector in response to a shortage of pharmaceutical
Malnourished Malians Receive Food Aid from ADRA Bamako, Mali | 26.09.2005 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is starting an emergency relief project that will improve health and provide food to malnourished children and their families in Mali. The project aims to meet the nutritional needs of children under the age of five in the Gao region by distributing food and supporting food security projects, such as Food for Work and Food for Training. “Approximately 2.2 million people–20 percent of the Malian population–are likely to suffer from food in
ADRA Intensifies Efforts in Katrina Response Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 30.09.2005 | ADRA Five weeks after Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast killing more than a thousand people, and leaving more than a million others displaced across the nation, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International remains active in the affected areas, providing clothing, food, emergency supplies, personal items, and funding to meet the needs of Katrina evacuees. ADRA has committed US$1 million for Katrina relief and to date has allocated close to half of that amount to loca
Anglican Vicar lauches 100-Minute Bible Canterbury/United Kingdom, | 21.09.2005 | Bible A new version of the Bible -- which, according to its author, can be read in 100 minutes -- was launched in Britain on September 21. The 100-Minute Bible, which says it summarizes every teaching from the Creation to the Revelation, was written by the Rev Michael Hinton, a former headteacher, who launched it at Canterbury Cathedral this morning. Mr Hinton said that it included all the best-known Bible stories, including Noah's Ark and the story of Jonah and the whale. [img id=582 align=righ
Adventist Peace Movement: Giving Peace a Chance in a World of Strife Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 21.09.2005 | International International Day of Peace 2005 In an often brutal world, one in which wars abound and chaos is everywhere, peace may be hard to find. But Seventh-day Adventists have a duty to promote peace, says Doug Morgan who, along with Ronald Osborn, began the Adventist Peace Fellowship (APF) in 2002, a society that exists to raise awareness of peacemaking. The organization's purpose is to "raise awareness and educate Adventists about the centrality of peacemaking," says Morgan, chair of the History
Protestant Missiologist: Do Not Replace Mission With Dialogue Bad Blankenburg/Germany | 18.09.2005 | International Protestant theologian Peter Beyerhaus, one of the best-known German missiologists, has urged Christians not to replace the proclamation of the Gospel with religious dialogue. Evangelicals should seek dialogue without neglecting mission, said Beyerhaus at a meeting of evangelical theologians in Blankenburg, Thuringia, in September. It would be detrimental for the church to neglect or disregard the Great Commission, emphasized Beyerhaus. Christians should not bow to the pressure of popular exp
UN World Summit adopts landmark outcome document on raft of crucial issues New York, N.Y./USA | 16.09.2005 | International Culminating the largest-ever gathering of world leaders, the United Nations General Assembly today adopted a historic outcome document encapsulating a unified stance by the international community on a broad array of crucial issues, from concrete steps towards combating poverty and promoting development to unqualified condemnation of all forms of terrorism along with the acceptance of collective responsibility to protect civilians against genocide and other crimes against humanity. "We reaff
World Issues: Global Poverty, A View From the Trenches New York, N.Y./USA | 16.09.2005 | International They are in the trenches everyday feeding, clothing, teaching, empowering and fighting diseases among other things. They are the ones that the world's governments and world bodies depend on to carry out plans to help make the world a better place. They are nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). More than 4,000 of them met in New York for three days starting September 7 to examine goals set by heads of state at the United Nations five years ago to improve life for every human being. The issues
Hurricane Katrina Evacuees Continue to Recieve Aid from ADRA Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 16.09.2005 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International continues to respond to the needs of survivors of Hurricane Katrina, pledging US$1 million in relief aid to be implemented through its local partners. Adventist Community Services (ACS), one of ADRA’s primary implementing partners, is currently distributing blankets, clothing, and personal kits to thousands of people left homeless by Katrina. It has also opened warehouses in Mississippi. Louisiana, Tennessee, and Alabama, benefi
Christian Leaders Call for Partnership Against Poverty Washington, D.C./USA | 15.09.2005 | International Churches and governments must pursue partnerships to eradicate extreme poverty if the Millennium Declaration of 2000 is to meet its 2015 deadline, faith leaders who met at a two-day summit at the Washington National Cathedral, said in a communiqué. Religious leaders from a wide range of denominations crafted and signed the communiqué outlining steps for governments and churches to take in building a global movement to help the poor. [img id=576 align=right]On Sept. 13, the document was p
U.S. Adventist Churches, Schools Begin to Tally Hurricane Damage as Relief Efforts Continue Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 13.09.2005 | International As relief in the hurricane and flood-damaged Gulf Coast region of the Southern United States continues, Seventh-day Adventists are also surveying churches and schools that have been damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Students from Southern Adventist University (SAU) in Collegedale, Tennessee, are actively involved in relief efforts in Mississippi and other areas, while Adventist churches throughout the United States are offering help to as many as possible. Meanwhile, satellite photos reveal
Jamaica: Adventists Commit Church Resources to Stop Violence Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica | 13.09.2005 | International Two years ago, Pastor Glen O. Samuels was sitting in his car outside the home of a colleague when he found a gun pointed at his face. The man holding the gun was a well-known gang leader in the area. He wanted money and threatened to kill Samuels if he didn't get it. "I told him who I was, where I lived, and where I worked, and told him I had to go home and get my wallet as I had left it at home," Samuels recalls. He returned with his wallet and told the gang leader he would try to help him
Religious Leaders Challenge Churches To Partner With Governments In Eradicating Poverty Washington D.C./USA | 13.09.2005 | International Churches and governments must pursue partnerships to eradicate extreme poverty if the Millennium Declaration of 2000 is to meet its 2015 deadline concludes faith leaders who met at a two-day summit (September 11-13, 2005) at Washington National Cathedral. [img id=574 align=right]Religious leaders from the Northern and Southern hemispheres representing a wide range of denominations, including Anglicans, Roman Catholics, Reformed, Methodists, Evangelicals, Lutherans, Greek Orthodox, and Seventh
ADRA Responds to Flooding in Pakistan Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 12.09.2005 | ADRA In August, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) distributed relief aid to flood survivors in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. At the request of the local government, ADRA distributed aid in Layyah, one of the hardest hit areas. ADRA provided 700 families with food and 165 families with tents. Each aid package includes such items as flour, rice, sugar, salt, lentils, and tea. The tents can accommodate up to six adults. Priority in distribution was given first to women-he
Adventist Church's Hope Channel to Air Katrina Relief Television Special Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 09.09.2005 | International Thousands of Seventh-day Adventists, their churches and institutions are among the millions of people suffering in the Gulf Coast region of the United States following Hurricane Katrina. The storm's effect on the church and its members in the area is the subject of an international television special to air on the church's Hope Channel beginning September 9. The one-hour show includes interviews with Adventist relief workers and others. Nearly a dozen Adventist churches were either damaged o
'Kare Katrina' Team Provides Relief to U.S. Hurricane Victims Purvis, Mississippi/USA | 07.09.2005 | International Four days after a devastating hurricane slammed into the Southern gulf coast of the U.S.A., more than 100 students, faculty, and staff from Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist institution in Berrien Springs, Michigan, arrived in the area to help provide disaster relief. The convoy, which included two busses, a van, and a truck full of supplies, arrived at Bass Memorial Academy, an Adventist boarding school, just outside Purvis, Mississippi, approximately 50 miles from the gulf coast,
