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Princess Mary Visits ADRA Family Centre
On Monday 24 April 2023, ADRA Vanuatu were honoured to have Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Denmark and her delegate visit the Elang Family Support Services Centre at Etas, which is a component of ADRA Australiaâs Blossom Project. Princess Mary is interested in womenâs empowerment and climate change, and …
Read MoreDisaster Updates – April 2023
TĂŒrkiye In the early hours of Monday 6 February, two powerful earthquakes struck south-eastern TĂŒrkiye (formerly Turkey) and northern Syria. ADRA is responding to the crisis in both countries. In Syria, ADRA has helped a total of 26,535* people who have been affected by the earthquakes. A total of 49,575 …
Read MoreVolunteer Profile – Louise Ginn
âDorolyn had a burden on her heart about the increasing number of discarded babies being found dead in the Port Vila area.â Louise met Pastor Dorolyn Laloyer through a friend, Jenny Wigglesworth, in 2011. At the time, Dorolyn was the Director of Womenâs Ministries at the Vanuatu Adventist Mission. âDorolyn …
Read MoreMobilising women to be mission minded
At the end of 2021, Womenâs Ministries Directors from around Australia decided they would like to collaborate on a national project to raise awareness and money for a worthwhile cause. The Blossom Project was chosen and launched early in 2022. Working with ADRA, Adventist Women Australia decided to set a …
Read MoreADRA’s Tonga Response
UPDATE: 17 February 2022 On Sunday 6 February, Tonga entered a 14-day lockdown to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. As an essential service, ADRA’s response was permitted to continue, though the roll out of services has been adjusted to comply with lockdown restrictions. Over 700 affected households on the …
Read MoreKeep girls in school
âWe could only go to the toilet when it was dark in the evening or at 5am in the morning before the sun rises.â At age 15, Mary* is the head girl at the Adventist boarding school she attends in the Solomon Islands. Her favourite subject is science and health …
Read MoreDeniseâs Gift Equips Young Women
ADRA is honoured by individuals who choose to leave a long-lasting legacy through  a gift in their Will. After her passing, ADRA was honoured to receive a meaningful gift from the estate of supporter, Denise, whose only wish was that the money be used to help those in need.  Through Deniseâs generosity, beneficiaries …
Read MoreFamily care centre first of its kind for Vanuatu
The Vanuatu government has given its full backing to the Vanuatu Mission (VM) of Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA) to establish a family counselling centre in Etas, an area south-east of the capital Port Vila. The Elang Family Care Centre will cater to the social, …
Read MoreEvacuation Centres to Become Accessible
The Pacific Islands are one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. As such, humanitarian organisations like ADRA work with locals to ensure that communities are âdisaster ready.â Being âdisaster readyâ includes activities like identifying evacuation centres using a Geographic Information System (GIS), having prepositioned supplies ready to distribute should disaster strike and preparing homes and crops in the lead up …
Read MoreYour 10,000 Toes Update
The 10,000 Toes Campaign is a partnership between ADRA Australia and the South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist church committed to stamping out diabetes in the South Pacific. Dr Lillian Kent, a Conjoint Lecturer at Avondale College of Higher Education, has recently completed the 10,000 Toes program trial in Fiji. The …
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