Disaster Relief

Australian Floods

Right now, central New South Wales is facing a one in seventy year flooding event, with hundreds of properties inundated with flood waters affecting up to 7,000 people. ADRA is partnering with surrounding Seventh-day Adventist Churches in the area, providing emergency food relief and cash grants to those affected.

Further, ADRA teams have been on the ground since record-breaking rain swept across much of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland in earlier months. During our initial response, we were helping affected communities clean up as well as providing essential goods including food, water, financial assistance and, where needed, emergency accommodation.

There is still a long road ahead and affected communities need our help. The next stage in ADRA’s response will include supporting mental health and wellbeing. You can find out more details of our response here.

Indonesian Earthquake

ADRA personnel are being deployed to assess the situation and provide immediate assistance to the most vulnerable households that were affected in the 5.6 magnitude earthquake on Monday, November 21. Currently, over 1,000 people have been injured and 268 lives are estimated to have been lost. There are almost 60,000 people who have been displaced as a result. The local government estimates that 2,940 homes have been damaged or destroyed, along with dozens of schools, government buildings, and houses of worship.

Please join us in praying for all those impacted by this disaster, as well as the ADRA humanitarians and other agencies providing emergency relief during this time.

Ukraine Response

ADRA is working with our team in Ukraine to provide urgent humanitarian aid including water, food, shelter, blankets and clothing. We are also working with our ADRA teams in surrounding countries, including Poland, Romania and Hungary, as they respond to the needs of incoming refugees. According to the United Nations, at least 12 million people have fled their homes since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. You can find out more details of our response here.

African Hunger Crisis

The Horn of Africa is facing a fourth consecutive below-average rainfall season. The exceptionally long drought, amplified by warmer-than-normal temperatures, has devastated livelihoods, livestock herds, crops and vegetation, water availability, household incomes, and has increased displacement. A UNOCHA report (July 2022) projects 19.4 million are affected by drought in the Horn of Africa and 3.32 million children are at risk of dropping out of school. The report further adds that 18.6 million people are facing acute food insecurity and malnutrition is rising across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.

ADRA is supporting children and their families through school feeding programs in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. Relief efforts extend to livelihood activities to combat the devastating effects of the drought.

Pakistan Floods

Heavy seasonal rainfall and consequent floods across several major geographic areas of Pakistan, including Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, have so far killed over 1,300 people and left 33 million people homeless. Severe food shortages, lack of shelter, contaminated drinking water and hazardous travel will result in ongoing hardship for families, women and children.

ADRA is responding immediately by providing food packages to vulnerable families and establishing safe drinking water distribution points.

Deadly disasters often strike without warning.

With a strong global presence in over 100 countries, ADRA is well-placed to help in times of need. When people need us, we’re already there.

Your gift to our Disaster Relief Fund helps us provide immediate disaster relief when disasters, like those listed above, strike. Your gift also helps to provide long-term recovery and disaster risk reduction activities in the aftermath.

To support ADRA’s response in times of disasters, including our response in Africa and Ukraine, donate below.

Cover Image: ADRA Indonesia. The devastating damage from the 5.6 magnitude earthquake
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ADRA Ukraine. ADRA responding to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
ADRA Haiti. Assessing the damage from the 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
ADRA Romania. A convoy enters Ukraine to deliver supplies to internally displaced people.
ADRA International: A woman and her son carrying water in Kenya.
Donate Image: ADRA Indonesia. ADRA members assess the damage after a 5.6 magnitude earthquake 

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