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17-March-2008
ADRA Australia Launches Unforgettable Gifts Catalogue
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)ADRA Assists Displaced Families in Kenya
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia is coordinating with local organisations in Kenya to provide emergency food assistance and medical supplies for displaced and affected families in and around Nairobi, folloeing violent unrest after last week's presidential elections.
ADRA Provides Drought Assistance this Christmas
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia has provided $50,000 to assist those in Queensland struggling with drought this Christmas.
ADRA Celebrates Volunteers
In commemoration of International Volunteers Day, December 5, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia thanks it's many volunteers.
iGeneration Concert for ADRA in Sydney
On Saturday night, 1 September, the iGeneration concert for
youth was held in
ADRA Responds to Hurricane Dean
When Hurricane Dean struck the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula early Tuesday morning, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) was ready to respond, with ADRA offices throughout Central America and the Caribbean having initiated preparations well before the June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season.
I Huffed, I Puffed, I Changed the World
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) ADRA Responds to Peru Earthquake
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is on the ground in Peru assessing
survivors’ needs, after a 7.9 earthquake struck off the coast, 90 miles
southeast of Lima, at 6:40 p.m. local time Wednesday evening. ADRA has initiated
an immediate response to meet the most urgent needs of survivors in the
earthquake-hit Ica province, including emergency medical care, water, food,
tents, and blankets.ADRA Sponsors Disaster Simulation event in Nepal
On August 22, emergency managers and teams from Nepal,
Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanks will assemble in Kathmandu
for a unique training event: a simulation exercise for a sudden-oneset
disaster.
ADRA Responds to Hunter Valley Floods
The
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia has committed
$50,000 toward supporting those affected by floods in the Hunter
Valley, Newcastle and Central Coast areas of NSW, following two weeks
of devastating weather conditions.
ADRA Reconstructs Water Supplies in Solomon Islands
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has reconstructed
water supplies in two villages on the Shortland Island following the
tsunami that struck parts of western Solomon Islands in April.ADRA Promotes Half Time Events to Make Poverty History
In the year 2000, all member states of the United Nations, including Australia, signed on to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - a set of eight targets which aim to halve world poverty by 2015. Recognising the importance of this time, and the need to keep momentum going in alleviating extreme poverty, ADRA Australia is promoting events and activities to raise awareness of the issues of poverty as we hit 'half time' in June and July.ADRA Australia Launches a New Website
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia has launched a new website at www.adra.org.au that provides supporters with easy access to new resources, activities and giving opportunities.
ADRA's Response to Solomon Island Quake
ADRA Australia is in dialogue with Solomon Island staff who are conducting a needs and damage assessment with the National Disaster Management Office.ADRA Centre Opens in Bairnsdale
A new ADRA Centre has opened in Bairnsdale, Victoria, which provides something other than the usual second-hand clothing and household items.Appropriation Bill Second Reading
Mr Price (Chifley) (6.28 p.m.) - It is a pleasure to follow the honourable member for Calwell's contribution to the appropriations...I was in Blacktown last week celebrating the third year of operation there of ADRA, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency.Use Your Christmas Shopping to Support ADRA
This Christmas, you can support ADRA Australia by purchasing your gifts online through Buy for a Good Cause. Visit www.buyforagoodcause.com.au and from every item you purchase, ADRA can receive a percentage of the transaction, with no added cost to you.ADRA Prepared for Bush Fire Season
ADRA Australia's program within Australia includes emergency management and disaster response. As the bushfire season in Australia commences, ADRA is constantly assessing needs to provide help when needed.ADRA Approved for Full Accreditation with AusAID
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australiais pleased to announce it has been approved by the Australian Agency for International Development
(AusAID) to continue with full accreditation for a further five years.
ADRA Urges Australians to Commemorate World AIDS Day
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)Drought Relief Continues in NSW
ADRA contributed to a drought relief project that distributed household products to affected families in outback New South Wales. Products included cereal, flour, water, juice, toothpaste and shampoo. Facilitated by volunteers, the project used donated goods and cash to provide drought relief packs to more than 40 families in places such as Wanaaring, Enngonia, Brewarrina, Louth, Byrock and Taboolama.Pakistan: One Year After the Earthquake
“Save us! Get us out!” Tasweer Jan listened to her eldest son’s frantic screams for six hours as neighbors desperately dug through the pile of rubble that had been a school at the beginning of the day. Trapped under the debris were her nineteen and one-and-a-half year old sons.ADRA Stands Up to Poverty
On the 16th of October, as part of Anti-Poverty Week, ADRA took part in Make Poverty History's STAND UP campaign.ADRA Op Shops Open in Laurieton and Coonabarabran
The Laurieton ADRA Op Shop (near Port Macquarie, NSW) and the Coonabarabran ADRA Op Shop (north of Dubbo, NSW) have opened in recent months with good support from their local communities.ADRA Supports Anti-Poverty Week
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ADRA Receives $98,000 Grant for Disaster Volunteer Program
ADRA has been successful in two Federal Government grant applications
totalling $98,219, made through the National Emergency Volunteer
Support Fund (NEVSF).
ADRA Helps Australian Evacuees from Lebanon
Australians arriving
in Sydney this week from war-torn Lebanon are receiving immediate
assistance from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in
securing short-term accommodation.
05-July-2006
ADRA Launches Annual Door-knock Appeal
The annual ADRA door-knock appeal, which solicits
funds for its community development projects in Australia and overseas,
will commence on 24 July in Queensland and will continue to roll-out in
other states, with the final launch in Tasmania on 4 November.
29-May-2006
ADRA Responds to Indonesia Earthquake
ADRA Australia has
contributed to an ADRA network-wide response to the earthquake which
struck Yogyakarta Province, in Central Java, Indonesia on 27 May.
11-May-2006
ADRA Inspires Australians to 'Lend a Hand'
In support of National Volunteer Week, 15-21 May, leading humanitarian aid agency, ADRA, is calling on Australians during National
Volunteer Week to roll up their sleeves and make a difference through
volunteering in their local community.
09-Apr-2006
27-April-2006
ADRA staff in the
Solomon Islands are all safe, following the civil unrest that broke out
last week following the elections for Prime Minister.ADRA Solomon Islands Staff and Office Safe
ADRA Responds to Katherine floods
ADRA Australia has allocated an immediate $20,000 to the response effort after the town of Katherine in the Northern Territory was inundated by flood waters.30-Mar-2006
ADRA Provides Equipment for Innisfail Clean-up
In its continued relief efforts, ADRA Australia is operating an equipment loaning scheme to help Innisfail residents clean-up after Cyclone Larry.22-Mar-2006
ADRA Australia has allocated $50,000 to
the response effort after Cyclone Larry devastated regions of northern
Queensland on Monday.
