Nicaragua: ADRA Distributes Medicines to 1,000,000 Hurricane Felix Survivors Managua/Nicaragua | 31.01.2008 | ADRA Nearly five months after Hurricane Felix ripped through Latin America and the Caribbean, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is continuing to aid survivors of the storm in Nicaragua through the distribution of more than US$44 million in donated medicine and pharmaceutical supplies. ADRA partner organizations Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR), along with the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy, donated the medicines worth US$44,492,146, which are expected to benefit mo
Mozambique Flood Survivors Receive Shelter Kits from ADRA Maputo/Mozambique | 25.01.2008 | ADRA In response to massive flooding in the central and southern regions of Mozambique, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is providing emergency shelter kits to an estimated 1,000 flood-displaced individuals in the Govuro district of Ihambane province. ADRA is working with the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGC) in Mozambique and the local government of Govuro in order to meet the needs of survivors displaced by the disaster. In ADRA’s initial response, shelter kits
Adventist Christian elected judge of international criminal court The Hague, Netherlands | 24.01.2008 | Religion + State Ugandan law professor considered expert on human rights, criminal law reform A Seventh-day Adventist law professor was sworn in as one of the 18 judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC), The Hague, Netherlands, on January 17. Dr. Daniel D. Ntanda Nsereko, most recently a professor of law at the University of Botswana where he also headed up the Department of Law, was nominated to the ICC by the Ugandan government and endorsed by the African Union last year. Nsereko and two oth
Adventist World Church President Grants First Interview Bloomberg TV Network New York, N.Y./USA | 23.01.2008 | Media The president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church has accepted an invitation to be interviewed on "Night Talk" with Mike Schneider, a one hour program airing on Bloomberg TV. The interview will take place on January 24, 2008 at the Night Talk studio in New York, New York. This is the first time the president has granted an interview with a major international television network. Time and date of air to be determined. The interview is expected to discuss issues facing the church, Adventist bel
Kenya: ADRA Expands Aid to Violence-displaced Families Nairobi/Kenya | 18.01.2008 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is continuing its response to the civil unrest in Kenya, providing emergency food and non-food items for an estimated 15,000 Kenyans after violence stemming from the country’s recent controversial presidential elections forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. ADRA’s office in Kenya is working with the Catholic Development Agency, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Kenya Red Cross and other local non-governmental organizations (NGOs
Kenya: Adventist University re-opens after post-election violence forced evacuation Eldoret/Kenia | 17.01.2008 | International Some faculty, students and staff are returning to the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton after post-election violence in Kenya forced a January 6 evacuation of some 280 people from the campus. The school reopened Monday January 14 with classes started January 16. The school's vice-chancellor, Nathaniel Walemba, said he is expecting some 1,600 students out of the full 2,300-student body to return this quarter. Some of the lecturers have not yet returned from the church's regional headquart
U.S. Circuit Appeals Court Upholds Religious Discrimination Ruling Fayetteville, Arkansas/USA | 17.01.2008 | Religious Liberty A United States federal appeals court yesterday upheld a ruling that a Seventh-day Adventist worker was discriminated against for not working on Sabbath. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a former driver for United Parcel Service (UPS), Todd Sturgill of Springdale, Arkansas, will keep his award of nearly US$104,000 in lost wages and court fees from an earlier district court ruling and will get his job back. The 8th Circuit justices reversed the award of $207,000 in punitive
WHO seeks Adventists among faith-based groups for renewed partnership Geneva/Washington | 10.01.2008 | Health & Ethics The World Health Organization (WHO), based in Geneva, has asked Seventh-day Adventist health leaders to join its initial consultations as it prepares to renew partnerships with faith-based organizations. After 30 years of shying away from such affiliation, WHO, under its new director-general, Dr. Margaret Chan, is actively seeking to reach groups that can more effectively implement global health goals, health officials said. Adventist leaders and WHO officials said the Adventist Church was
