ADRA Sending Medical Aid to Flooded Communities in Pakistan Islamabad/Pakistan & Silver Spring, Maryland/USA | 20.08.2010 | ADRA As the humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate in Pakistan following heavy monsoon rains, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is sending medical teams to some of the worst affected areas in the north, agency officials report. ADRA’s response is targeting the Khyber-Pakhtunkwa Province’s Nowshera District, an area located northwest of the capital Islamabad that has experienced some of the heaviest flooding so far. As part of the intervention, ADRA plans to mobilize medic
Somalia: ADRA's Focus Remains on Humanitarian Work <br> Somali militant group bans three international humanitarian aid agencies Sliver Spring, Maryland/USA | 09.08.2010 | ADRA The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) denies a statement made August 9 in Somalia that it is attempting to proselytize through its humanitarian work. The statement, issued by the governing body of south-central Somalia, Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (Movement of Warrior Youth), declares that ADRA and two other international non-governmental organizations, World Vision and Diakonia, can no longer operate inside the country because they are "acting as missionaries under the gu
Pakistan: Situation Critical in Flood-Affected Communities Pakistan: Situation Critical in Flood-Affected Communities | 09.08.2010 | ADRA As waters begin to slowly recede in northern Pakistan following some of the worst flooding in the area in 80 years, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is assessing the immediate needs of affected communities, the agency reported. Some of the most urgently needed relief aid, ADRA emergency response experts say, includes shelters for displaced families, blankets, hygiene kits, food, water, and medical assistance. Since the flooding began in late July, more than 1,500 people
ADRA Sends Aid to Violence-Torn Kyrgyzstan Silver Spring (USA)/Geneva (Switzerland) | 09.08.2010 | ADRA In the aftermath of deadly clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks that killed up to 2,000 people and forced an estimated 500,000 to flee their homes in southern Kyrgyzstan, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is partnering with other relief organizations to send much needed humanitarian aid to affected areas. During this emergency response, ADRA is working with ACT Alliance, to provide essential relief aid to 6,100 beneficiaries. ACT is an alliance of 100 churches and church
Adventist outreach earns church role in world mission conference <br> Sharing Christ in 21st century among collaborative event Edinburgh/Silver Spring, MD/USA | 02.08.2010 | Seventh-day Adventist mission experts were among representatives from more than 100 Christian denominations who met in Edinburgh, Scotland last month to envision the future of Christian mission in the 21st century. Christians from all over the world joined in unity and explored different ways of Witnessing to Christ Today. The event marks 100 years since the first Edinburgh World Missionary Conference, considered a watershed in the collaborative shaping of mission. While three Adventist c
