October 21st, 2008
In Malawi, where HIV/AIDS prevalence ranks eighth in the world, ADRA is assisting 4,200 low-income families through a three-year community-based health and food security project in the southern districts of Mwanza and Mulanje.
Targeting communities in rural areas, ADRA is helping HIV/AIDS-affected families access high quality and nutritious foods through initiatives that teach beneficiaries better ways [...]
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September 2nd, 2008
As Hurricane Gustav, a Category 2 storm with 110-mph (177 km/h) winds, approaches landfall in southeastern Louisiana, ADRA is in contact with its local partners throughout the region preparing to provide immediate assistance to communities located directly on the path of this powerful storm.
According to forecasters, Hurricane Gustav, which killed at least 85 people as [...]
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August 14th, 2008
More than 1,300 flood survivors in Ukraine are receiving food baskets and personal hygiene items from ADRA after heavy rains in July submerged 40,600 homes and nearly 84,000 acres, or 34,000 hectares, of farmland in western areas in late July.
From July 23 to July 26, downpours hit western Ukraine, forcing thousands from their homes, and [...]
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July 24th, 2008
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Twelve weeks after Cyclone Nargis struck southern Myanmar, ADRA continues to meet the needs of survivors, providing emergency food aid, shelter materials, sanitation, water, health care, and other assistance to thousands of survivors displaced since the deadly storm that struck the night of May 2 and killed approximately 85,000 people, with more than 53,000 [...]
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June 16th, 2008
More than four weeks after Cyclone Nargis swept through Myanmar, leaving more than 134,000 dead or missing, and at least 2.4 million homeless, ADRA continues to meet the needs of survivors in the devastated Irrawaddy Delta region in southern Myanmar, providing food aid, shelter materials, hygiene kits, medicines, and improved access to water and sanitation.
June [...]
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June 3rd, 2008
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June 3rd, 2008
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ADRA regretfully bids farewell to April Win, an ADRA Myanmar employee who died during the devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar on May 2 and 3, which left more than 130,000 dead or missing and as many as 2.5 million homeless.
Although the body of April Win has not yet been found, her family has confirmed [...]
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May 28th, 2008
Nearly 900 people were saved from tidal waves and flooding in the Pyinsalu islands, located on the southern coast of the Irrawaddy Delta, by standing on bridges built by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) recently. As the high winds of Cyclone Nargis battered southern Myanmar’s delta region and high tidal waves and floodwaters [...]
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May 22nd, 2008
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ADRA is stepping up its assistance to the survivors of the deadly 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest China’s Sichuan Province on May 12, providing food aid, water, and shelter materials for those in need.
ADRA’s emergency response efforts are centered in Jiulong town and surrounding villages where approximately 12,000 people are expected to receive direct [...]
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May 22nd, 2008
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Traveling by boat, ADRA emergency response personnel have been reaching many stranded communities in the remote Pyinsalu islands in southern Myanmar’s devastated Irrawaddy Delta, providing emergency aid, such as food, medical assistance for the injured and dehydrated, and basic relief supplies in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis.
Through coordination with the United Nations and the [...]
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