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		<title>enditnow &#8211; A global campaign to raise awareness and advocate for the end of violence against women and girls around the world&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[a campaign to stop violence against women
enditnow is a global campaign to raise awareness and advocate for the end of violence against women and girls around the world.It aims to mobilize Adventists around the world and invites other community groups to join in to resolve this worldwide issue.
This campaign, which extends to more than 200 [...]
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		<title>New Plymouth &#8220;New Start” gardens &#8211; New Focus on NZ Native plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  DONATE NOW  0800 4 999 111  or CLICK HERE
The ADRA “New Start” gardens in New Plymouth have found that their new focus in horticulture has left them literally bursting into life.
There are rows of New Zealand native trees in plastic bags all looking healthy and ready to be dispatched to new locations.
The gardens has had [...]
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		<title>Severe Tropical Cyclone Tomas Batters Fiji – ADRA Fiji begins rapid assessment.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  DONATE NOW  0800 4 999 111  or CLICK HERE
Category 4 Cyclone Tomas continues to affect Fiji after a night battering the island.  ADRA the Adventist Development and Relief Agency Fiji has been on high alert through the night and this morning ADRA Country Director Save Cavalevu along with field staff have begun a rapid [...]
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		<title>Network News &#8211; ADRA Coordinates with Chilean Government to Provide Aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following a deadly 8.8-magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever recorded, the extent of the humanitarian crisis in some of the worse hit areas in south-central Chile is becoming apparent, reports the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), which is coordinating with disaster response authorities to provide assistance.
The Chilean National Office of Emergencies and Information [...]
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		<title>ADRA NZ Provides Sanitarium Food Aid to Aitutaki</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) New Zealand is working with the Cook Islands Red Cross in Aitutaki and has so far carried out initial assessments of  the damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Pat, a category 3 cyclone that flattened much of the island and destroyed homes and schools in February of this year [...]
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		<title>ADRA continues response in the Cook Islands</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the early hours of the morning of 10 February Tropical Cyclone Pat hit the Southern Cook Islands, with Aitutaki Island being seriously hit. 
At the height of the cyclone there were destructive wind gusts of up to 185 km/hr were recorded and ADRA New Zealand’s Cook Islands partner, the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Mission, [...]
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		<title>Cook Islands &#8211; Cyclone Pat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the early hours of the morning of 10 February Tropical Cyclone Pat hit the Southern Cook Islands, with Aitutaki Island being seriously hit.  At the height of the cyclone there were destructive wind gusts of up to 185 km/hr. Of the 711 houses on the island, 85% are severely damaged. There is an [...]
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		<title>ADRA responds to Haiti Earthquake</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADRA is launching an immediate response following a devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12 that leveled much of Haiti’s capital, affecting an estimated 3 million people, and raising fears that up to 500,000 have died, according to preliminary news reports.
“Many, many have died,” said Ketteline Israel, administrative assistant for ADRA Haiti, in a message from [...]
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		<title>Samoa Earthquake and Tsunami Recovery Programme</title>
		<link>http://www.adra.org.nz/-2/samoa-earthquake-and-tsunami-recovery-programme/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adra.org.nz/-2/samoa-earthquake-and-tsunami-recovery-programme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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ADRA New Zealand is commencing a recovery programme following immediate relief work in Samoa in the villages of Saleapaga, Satitoa and Saleaumaua, three of the most devastated areas on the south coast of the island of Upolu.
ADRA NZ International Programme Director, Dayan Eager, has instigated a reconstruction and recovery project that will see local unemployed [...]
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		<title>ADRA Relief Videos on YouTube</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Volunteers working with ADRA New Zealand and Australia have produced three short films regarding their relief and recovery work.
Robert Patton, Manager, Emergency Management, says the videos were taken from hours of footage by a local church station and produced by a local production company, Good News Productions. The local volunteers spent hours filming and editing [...]
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		<title>ADRA New Zealand National Day of Mourning</title>
		<link>http://www.adra.org.nz/-2/adra-new-zealand-national-day-of-mourning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adra.org.nz/-2/adra-new-zealand-national-day-of-mourning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Representatives from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) New Zealand and Australia will be attending the memorial services for the victims of the 29 September tsunami in Samoa. 
Robert Patton, Manager, Emergency Management, says his team are planning to attend the services to show their support for the Samoan community.
”This day is about grieving [...]
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		<title>ADRA NZ Helps Rebuild Samoan Communities</title>
		<link>http://www.adra.org.nz/-2/adra-nz-helps-rebuild-samoa-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adra.org.nz/-2/adra-nz-helps-rebuild-samoa-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADRA is planning to stay in Samoa to help rebuild communities, as the relief phase is moving into rebuilding and recovery.
Robert Patton, Manager, Emergency Management, says that the 30 day food distrubtion programme is meeting the needs of the people in affected communities but support for Samoa will continue beyond this programme.
”We are in the [...]
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		<title>ADRA Distributes Emergency Food</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADRA in conjunction with the National Disaster Management Office of Samoa has commenced a 30 day food assistance programme to three villages ravaged by last weeks Tsunami, one of the first international aid organisations to do so.
”The aim of this food assistance is to support local communities who have been devastated by this tragic event. [...]
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		<title>ADRA Provides Food and Water to Survivors of Samoan Tsunami</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADRA is providing immediate food and water relief for 1500-2000 people affected by the tsunami that devastated coastal areas of Samoa on Wednesday.
ADRA is providing packs of flour, sugar, tinned fish, dry food, bottled water and cooking oil to survivors of the disaster for an initial 30 days period, to help sustain them in the [...]
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		<title>Samoa Disaster: ADRA Visits Villages, Meets Survivors</title>
		<link>http://www.adra.org.nz/-2/samoa-disaster-adra-visits-villages-meets-survivors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adra.org.nz/-2/samoa-disaster-adra-visits-villages-meets-survivors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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ADRA continues to respond in Samoa, following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Wednesday morning.
ADRA offices in the Pacific are coordinating a response with local partners, and have deployed Mr. Dayan Eager, International Programmes Director for ADRA New Zealand, to Samoa to provide emergency management support to the response efforts. Mr. Eager has been [...]
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		<title>ADRA NZ on the ground in Samoa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADRA New Zealand’s International Programmes Director Mr. Dayan Eager, has arrived in Samoa to observe at first- hand the devastation caused by the recent earthquake and tsunami and to report and assess the action to be taken to relieve the suffering of the local people and to assist with the rebuilding of damaged communities. Through [...]
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		<title>ADRA New Zealand on the ground in Samoa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An earthquake of magnitude 8.3 struck Samoa on the 29th September, 2009 at a depth of 18km 196km off the coast of Apia, generating a tsunami which caused further damage and loss.
At present there are over 62 people confirmed dead in Samoa and 142 injured, at least 30 of these deaths in American Samoa with [...]
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		<title>ADRA continues to assist with Sri Lanka humanitarian crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.adra.org.nz/-2/adra-continues-to-assist-with-sri-lanka-humanitarian-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adra.org.nz/-2/adra-continues-to-assist-with-sri-lanka-humanitarian-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lankans living in the north of the country continue to struggle for survival in cramped and unhygienic conditions within camps stretched to their limit.  Every day the number of people increases, as do the chances of diseases; through the use of untreated water, overcrowded housing and poor sanitary conditions. 
ADRA (Adventist Development and [...]
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		<title>ADRA Responds to Humanitarian Crisis in Sri Lanka</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 23:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the tension increases in the north of Sri Lanka and fighting in the region controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) escalates, ADRA Sri Lanka prepares to bring aid to the thousands of Internally Displaced People (IDP’s) that have fled the zone and are now being sheltered in temporary camps.
ADRA New Zealand [...]
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		<title>New priorities for New Zealand aid</title>
		<link>http://www.adra.org.nz/-2/new-priorities-for-new-zealand-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adra.org.nz/-2/new-priorities-for-new-zealand-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 22:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a humanitarian agency that delivers aid and development in 120 countries worldwide.  ADRA has an extensive network of offices throughout the Asia Pacific region with a reputation for delivering programmes of a high standard.  It is through this network that ADRA NZ operates, often jointly [...]
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