In partnership with Global Affairs Canada, ADRA works to achieve gender equality and empowerment for women and girls. In West Darfur, Sudan, ADRA is making a difference in the lives of women and girls, like Arafa. “In my village, women and girls have experienced and suffered from gender-based violence, forced and early … read more
Your support of ADRA has been felt in the east African nation of Tanzania. Shortly before the new year, Tanzania experienced torrential rainfall, especially in the country’s Hanang district. Initial reports counted over 900 homes completely destroyed, with another 400 partially damaged by the flooding and more at risk of damage from further landslides and flash flooding. National authorities quickly declared a state of emergency.
Vuthy struggled in his role as a nurse. Though he had an associate degree in nursing, there were gaps in his skills and experience. These gaps impacted his ability to deliver quality care to the communities served by his rural clinic in Preah Vihear province in Cambodia. Unfortunately, the gaps were in critical areas of care, namely sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), gender awareness, and gender-based violence.
ADRA thanks you wholeheartedly for your generous responses to our winter appeal, which highlighted our work in Mongolia. Thanks to you, revitalizing development projects are taking place all over Asia, from the far north to the tropical southern regions.
For many people around the world, poverty is not only a financial state of being but also a trap. Thankfully, your support of ADRA is helping people escape from that trap. This is the case with Charlse in Uganda.
The wildfires of 2023 were some of the most striking and harrowing events for many families across Canada. Thanks to your support, ADRA has helped numerous affected people across the Northwest Territories to get back on their feet again.
You have been instrumental in bringing much-needed support to Anahid – a 57-year-old woman who has endured and survived through several immense struggles. Formerly a hospital worker, Anahid was forced to quit her job a long time ago after being diagnosed with diabetes and a severe thyroid condition. Her health problems became severe enough that 11 years ago, she was forced to have her left foot’s toes and her entire right leg amputated.
The ADRA network is stepping up to face current dimensions of the hunger crisis in Africa. Nature+ – short for Nature Positive Food Systems for Climate Change Adaptation in East Africa – is a new program that will see ADRA Mozambique and ADRA Kenya teaching new, nature-friendly agricultural techniques for sustainable farming and food security. […]
Paul and Ross are two friends in Moncton, New Brunswick, who you have supported through your contributions to ADRA. Both men have benefitted from the projects at the Moncton Seventh-day Adventist Church, including the Ray of Hope Soup Kitchen, and from the John Howard Society – named for ADRA Canada’s founder.
We have received a quarterly report about how your support of ADRA has been making a difference in Yemen. With one of the direst humanitarian crises in the world, Yemen is a nation in desperate need of help. Your contributions are saving people’s lives.
