On August 4, a series of explosions ripped through the port of Beirut, Lebanon, leaving 180 dead and more than 6,000 injured. An estimated 300,000 people were left homeless. Whole neighborhoods around the harbour were flattened. Many of the homeless are Syrian refugees who are marginalized and vulnerable. Structural damage to buildings over … read more
ADRA Canada will partner with Global Affairs Canada to implement the project BREAKING Barriers, Improving Girls Education, Hope and Totality (BRIGHT). ADRA Canada believes that every child everywhere has the right to an education. Through the BRIGHT project, ADRA will work over the course of four years (2020-2024) to make education available in … read more
The Honorable Kim Rudd, MP for Northumberland-Peterborough South with Steve Matthews, Executive Director for ADRA Canada On August 6, 2019, an exciting press announcement was delivered at the ADRA Canada office in Newcastle Ontario. Kim Rudd, MP for Northumberland-Peterborough South, made the announcement on ADRA’s behalf. BRIGHT, an acronym for BReaking … read more
Newcastle, ON – On Dec. 28, 2017, the ADRA Canada board of directors voted the unanimous decision of the search committee and elected Stephen Matthews as the Executive Director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Canada. Matthews will succeed the former executive director, James Astleford, who retired on January 1, 2018. … read more
ADRA Canada is pleased to announce our latest partnership with the Canadian Government to improve and save lives of women and children in remote regions of Cambodia, Burma (Myanmar), Philippines and Rwanda. Named EMBRACE, the program will reduce maternal and child mortality by building new health clinics, expanding some existing clinics, training community-based … read more
