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Generosity That Comes Full Circle
As a child, Christmas was always exciting for me. I remember well the joy of creating a gift for my mum or dad: gluing shells and pasta to a frame and wrapping it up in paper I had decorated myself. I was practically shaking with excitement as I watched them …
Read MoreGet to know our new CEO
As you may already know by now, we have a new CEO – Paul Rubessa. But you might be wondering: “Who is he?” So we thought we’d ask Paul a few questions, so you can get to know him. Can you tell us about yourself and your family? I grew …
Read MoreMeet the Mackay Op Shop Volunteers
Tuesday 5 December was International Volunteer Day. Below, four volunteers share their stories. Maciej A listening ear—this is what local pastor Maciej provides to the customers at ADRA’s Mackay Op Shop by volunteering. He remembers a lady coming into the shop one day looking distressed. “I could tell she needed someone to …
Read MoreDiary from a Disaster Zone – Rohingya Crisis
In September, Michael Peach spent 2 weeks in Bangladesh leading ADRA’s response to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh. We’ve asked him to tell us what it was like. While you were in Bangladesh, what did your typical day look like? 5:30am: Wake up and prepare for a 6am Skype call …
Read MoreDebbie’s ADRA Appeal Story
The day starts with prayer in Berwick, Victoria as volunteers from Pakenham Church prepare for a roadside traffic collection for the ADRA Appeal. Debbie, leading her team of 22 volunteers, says she’s always surprised by the people who give. “It’s those with the battered cars that just hand you this …
Read MoreMark Webster receives ACFID award
Outgoing ADRA Australia CEO Mark Webster has received a prestigious award from the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for the NGO sector. Each year at its national conference, ACFID presents the Outstanding Contribution to the Sector Award to an individual or organisation that has made an outstanding …
Read MoreMinds in the Fields
In early October, the ADRA Community Centre in Macquarie Fields in southwestern Sydney held an important event. Minds in the Fields is an initiative run by the ADRA Community Centre in partnership with the local Police to help remove the negative stigma surrounding mental health. The event was particularly aimed …
Read MoreBlais’s Story
Blais sits relaxed in the plastic chair under his house. His wide grin reveals a friendly personality as he tells his story. It starts in another part of the Solomons: Choiseul Province, northwest Solomon Islands, where he was born. These days, Blais has a wife and two young girls, aged …
Read MoreMessy, Crowded & Muddy But Never Hopeless
As we drive into the refugee camp, everyone in the car falls quiet and just looks through the windows. I almost could not believe my eyes: shelter after shelter on hills, in the forest – anywhere where there is space. Everywhere. And so many people. People walking on the road, sitting in every shade or …
Read MoreRohingya Refugees Desperate for Food, Shelter
The Rohingya refugee crisis has forced more than 400,000 people to flee their homes in Myanmar and take refuge in makeshift camps in Bangladesh. Helal left Myanmar with his mother, his wife and three children. “We fled with only the clothes we are wearing. I don’t know where my father …
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