July 22nd, 2010
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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April 22nd, 2010
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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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March 16th, 2010
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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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March 1st, 2010
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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February 25th, 2010
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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February 18th, 2010
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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February 15th, 2010
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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January 14th, 2010
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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October 23rd, 2009
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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October 12th, 2009
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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