“In April 2019, a flash flood struck Bangga Village [Indonesia],” shared Agusman, a 50-year-old father and horticulture farmer. “One of the severely affected areas was my home and farmland, which forced me to relocate and find a new place to live.”
Agusman was determined to make use of the land where his house once stood, deciding to join ADRA’s Field School program through the REAF II Project.
“Determination alone could not feed a family of four children… all uprooted by conflict,” he says.
That began to change in March 2025, when ADRA Yemen and its partners introduced household hydroponic gardens to vulnerable families in the village. Using simple greenhouse structures, piping, and nutrient-rich water, hydroponics enables the growth of vegetables without soil and with minimal water usage. It’s a solution perfectly suited for Yemen’s harsh climate.
Irene, a mother of seven, has lived in the quiet coastal barangay of Topgown, in the Philippines, for over three decades.
The TOGETHER Project is focused on improving the lives of vulnerable communities through integrated approaches that address health, nutrition, education, and livelihoods.
The people of Hinatuan, a tight-knit community off the coast of the province of Davao in the Philippines, felt the world shake in December of 2023. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the village, causing widespread damage, displacing thousands of families and destroying homes, infrastructure, and livelihoods.
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.
With a decade-long presence in certain parts of the Philippines, ADRA has a well-established relationship with many people in small, remote barangays (an administrative unit in the Philippines consisting of 50 to 100 people). The current TOGETHER project is building on a foundation that donors like you helped to build during the EMBRACE project.
Marife Relos is very involved in the coastal barangay of Penitan in Siruma, Camarines Sur, in the Philippines. At 50, she is nowhere near slowing down. Not only is she a barangay health … read more
Your unflagging support of ADRA’s mission is reaching the vulnerable around the world with provision and protection. Thank you, dear Angel, for protecting the vulnerable today and ensuring a safer tomorrow! Who are the vulnerable? They are those who can’t shield themselves from harm or exploitation. Most often, they are women and children. … read more
Mrs. Loy is very proud of her son’s health. It’s taken the Loy’s considerable commitment and effort to bring their son out of malnutrition and related illnesses.
The Loy’s live in a very remote village in Lao PDR (Laos), the country with the highest rate of undernutrition in East Asia and the Pacific Region. The root causes of malnutrition relate to poverty, various socioeconomic factors, and cultural beliefs, customs, and traditions. Other causes include insufficient nutritional intake, less-than-ideal child feeding and care practices, inadequate access to quality health services, and unhealthy environments caused by poor water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH).
Lockdown’s Silver Lining There is likely nobody in the world who enjoyed the social effects of COVID-19 more than my dog. Some might make the same claim about their own pets, but as far as I can tell, my pup became the happiest creature in the world after March, 2020. We all experienced it … read more
