Delivering Timely Aid Remains at Heart of ADRA’s Response in Myanmar Yangon/Silver Spring, MD/USA | 23.05.2008 | ADRA Three weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is delivering timely relief aid, including clean water, food, and medical assistance to thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis in southern Myanmar. Recent heavy tropical rains, boggy and flooded roads, and the isolation of so many communities have made distribution of relief assistance challenging. However, ADRA aid continues to flow into affected areas in the Labutta Township of the Irra
China: New Amity Bible Printing Press opens in Nanjing Nanjing/China | 23.05.2008 | unknow New building can print 12 million Bibles a year The Amity Printing Company’s (APC) new printing facility in Nanjing, China was officially opened on May 18 and will give the potential for Bible production to double to 12 million per year. The new press there, a British-made Timson T32 costing 32 million yuan (about US$4.3 million) which joins two others moved from the original APC plant, is capable of printing 18,800 pages per hour. APC, one of the largest Bible printing presses in the w
U.S. State of Maryland: Adventists urged to vote against slot machines gambling Baltimore, Maryland/USA | 22.05.2008 | International Seventh-day Adventist Church members should join concerned Maryland residents by voting against a referendum on their November ballot to legalize 15,000 slot machines across the state, church officials agreed in a leadership meeting this week. In a May 22 editorial in the Adventist Review, associate editor Roy Adams urged Maryland Adventists to join him in galvanizing concerned citizens against the "critical" referendum, which, if passed, would amend the state's constitution. He suggeste
ADRA Bridges Save Nearly 900 Lives During Cyclone Nargis Yangon/Silver Spring, MD/USA | 22.05.2008 | ADRA Nearly 900 people were saved from tidal waves and flooding in the Pyinsalu islands, located on the southern coast of the Irrawaddy Delta, by standing on bridges built by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) recently. As the high winds of Cyclone Nargis battered southern Myanmar’s delta region and high tidal waves and floodwaters covered low-lying areas, hundreds of people flocked to at least 22 ADRA bridges that had been constructed months before to link isolated communities in the
Myanmar Baptists suffer heavy toll Yangon/Washington D.C., | 22.05.2008 | International Baptist Christians in Myanmar were among those hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis, which struck the country on May 2 and 3, packing winds of 200 kilometers per hour and causing widespread flooding. The Myanmar Baptist Convention (MBC) lost more than 10,000 members who died as a result of the cyclone. More than 94,000 other members have suffered loss of home and other property. Many church buildings were destroyed, and the headquarters of the MBC was badly damaged. The estimated cost of repairing
Iraqi president affirms Christian presence, roots Baghdad/ Iraq | 21.05.2008 | Religion + State Iraqi President Jalal Talabani invited the Seventh-day Adventist and other Christian churches to a formal dinner at his residence in Baghdad last month to discuss issues related to Christian citizens and their religious institutions. Baghdad Adventist Church Pastor, Fawzi Benjamin, represented the Adventist Church during the April 26 event. There are 171 Adventists in Iraq worshiping in three churches. In his after-dinner address to leaders of various churches, President Talabani acknowle
ADRA to Assist 12,000 Earthquake Survivors in China Beijing/China | 21.05.2008 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is stepping up its assistance to the survivors of the deadly 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest China’s Sichuan Province on May 12, providing food aid, water, and shelter materials for those in need. ADRA’s emergency response efforts are centered in Jiulong town and surrounding villages where approximately 12,000 people are expected to receive direct assistance. ADRA’s emergency personnel, among them 40 volunteers, have already co
ADRA is First to Deliver Aid to Myanmar’s Isolated Pyinsalu islands Yangun/Myanmar | 21.05.2008 | ADRA Travelling by boat, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) emergency response personnel have been reaching many stranded communities in the remote Pyinsalu islands in southern Myanmar’s devastated Irrawaddy Delta, providing emergency aid, such as food, medical assistance for the injured and dehydrated, and basic relief supplies in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. Through coordination with the United Nations and the government of Myanmar, ADRA has been requested to provide emergency a
ADRA effort in Myanmar continues amid concern over aid distribution Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 19.05.2008 | ADRA Food, supplies reaching survivors, relief workers say Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) efforts in Myanmar continue despite international claims that the country's government is mishandling the distribution of some outside aid two weeks after a cyclone decimated the nation's coastal regions, an ADRA spokesperson said. "The shipping and distribution of ADRA emergency supplies and food in Myanmar has not been hampered, despite ... reports that relief aid has been diverted," Juli
ADRA Delivers Increased Aid in Southern Myanmar Yangon/Myanmar | 17.05.2008 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is continuing its response in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, partnering with the World Food Programme (WFP) and other non-governmental organizations to distribute food, clothing, medicine, and non-food items to survivors in the affected regions, including the devastated towns of Myaungmya and Labutta, and more remote villages such as Kya Kyawn, Paine Kone, Amakalay, and Amak Gyi located in the devastated Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar.
Chinese Adventist Church leaders call for prayer, help after earthquake Hong Kong/SAR | 15.05.2008 | International Eight Adventist churches levelled; Sabbath worship still on Despite some congregations losing their churches in a May 12 earthquake, some Seventh-day Adventists in China are still planning to meet for worship this Sabbath, church leaders said. Adventist leaders are also calling for prayer after the 7.9 earthquake in Central China killed thousands, destroyed buildings and left many people buried. Several Adventist Church members have died and several are buried, said David Ng, a ministri
ADRA Expands Emergency Relief in Myanmar Yangon/Myanmar | 14.05.2008 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is expanding its response in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, committing $265,500 in emergency funds for immediate disaster relief, and providing food assistance and medical supplies to communities in the hard-hit Irrawaddy Delta region in southern Myanmar. These funds are complemented by an additional $100,000 from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). In an effort to assist survivors, the ADRA network is funding an emergen
ADRA Provides Aid for Earthquake Survivors in China Beijing/China | 14.05.2008 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is on the ground in China responding to the needs of survivors after a deadly 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern China on May 12, killing nearly 15,000, injuring approximately 26,000, and leaving more than 25,000 missing or buried under the rubble, according to state-run media. An initial emergency response is underway targeting areas affected by the deadly earthquake, which hit 57 miles from Chengdu, the capital city of the Sichua
Cyclone Nargis Devastates Myanmar: ADRA Responds Yangun/Myanmar | 08.05.2008 | ADRA As the death toll soars, The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is continuing its response in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, a Category 4 tropical storm that struck Myanmar on May 3, killing more than 22,000 people, leaving at least 41,000 unaccounted for, and displacing more than one million people to date. In response to the widespread devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis, the ADRA Myanmar office in Yangon is preparing to meet the needs of families who survived the cyclone and subsequ
