ADRA International’s board of directors contains some of the most passionate and diverse individuals, many of whom come from the countries in which ADRA works to rebuild lives. Pardon Mwansa, originally from Zambia, talks about HIV and AIDS, famine, and why there is hope in the continent of Africa.
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Nicaragua has had to endure political instability for several decades and just as they were recovering Hurricane Mitch destroyed homes, took lives, and devastated the country's infrastructure. Rudy Monsalve talks about his recent visit to ADRA's large food security and health programs in Nicaragua.
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In northern Thailand, children from hillside communities are victims of more than poverty and want. They face something darker and more menacing—human trafficking. These children are exploited and forced to work in the sinister world of the sex industry. Recently Greg Young, country director for ADRA Thailand outlined the problem of “sexploitation” and shared what ADRA is doing to deal with the issue.
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War, drought, and chronic poverty have displaced millions of people in Sudan. Ramirez describes the current situation that many displaced families are experiencing in refugee camps, and how ADRA is providing help for those who choose to make the long journey home.
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India is a society of extremes where high technology and deep poverty coexist. Paulo Lopes discusses the work that ADRA is doing on behalf of the poorest, especially women affected by the recent Asian tsunami who are receiving small business training, which is giving them a new opportunity to succeed in life.
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Malaria, an often fatal disease, is causing havoc among Mozambique’s population. More than 5 million cases were recently reported in this southeastern African nation. Darcy de Leon, Country Director for ADRA Mozambique, speaks about how ADRA is helping families take steps to prevent this disease.
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The hill tribe communities in Northern Thailand struggle not only to integrate themselves into Thai society, but also to survive from day to day. Greg Young discusses an exciting new project in ADRA's Original Really Useful Gift Catalog that lets people adopt a village and make a world of difference in their lives.
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Todd Reese, Country Director for ADRA Togo, discusses how ADRA is improving the livelihoods of women in rural areas, providing eye care and teaching disease prevention, and raising awareness about HIV and AIDS using creative methods in this tiny West African nation.
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ADRA Sweden is involved in many humanitarian projects around the world. Siri Karlsson spoke with ADRA’s World Radio about the work that is being done on behalf of internally displaced persons in Sudan and children in Kenya who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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Tajikistan is Central Asia’s poorest country. Since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 it has struggled to leave the past behind and move forward. Hearly Mayr and Emily Harding traveled there to see first hand what ADRA is doing to improve life in rural communities.
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Cambodia has undergone many changes since the Khmer Rouge left power. However, many communities are still struggling to survive. Find out what ADRA is doing to bring relief to those families living in rural areas.
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ADRA's World Radio speaks to Nagi Khalil, Country Director for ADRA Yemen, about how ADRA is working on behalf of Somali refugees, the physically challenged, and tribal communities to promote development and peace in this nation by the Red Sea.
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Recently heavy rains triggered a deadly mudslide in the Philippines that killed hundreds of people and left thousands homeless. Gören Hansen gives a first hand account of ADRA’s response.
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The city of Lima, Peru, is facing high numbers of tuberculosis cases among the poorest. Kara Watkins recently went there to see firsthand what the needs are and how ADRA is working to improve the health of many people.
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Changing times require new strategies to encourage people to give. In Russia and central Asia, where ADRA is working with children living with HIV, assisting infant homes, and assisting families develop economically, new ideas are giving opportunities and hope to many.
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What happens when war takes away everything? How do you jumpstart your life again? Bjorn Kroll discusses how ADRA is assisting war refugees in Burundi rebuild their homes and lives and teaching communities how to forgive each other.
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Frank Brenda discusses how ADRA Germany helps support relief efforts around the world and has changed the lives of many supporters in Germany—including his own.
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Wendy Brightman talks about the future of Indonesia following the total devastation of many cities and communities by last year’s Indian Ocean tsunami. Once bleak the future is getting brighter.
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The dictionary defines the word “Intervene” as to interfere with the outcome or course, especially of a condition or process as in preventing harm or improving function. Nowhere has ADRA’s interfering been more effective than in Australia. There, ADRA is interfering with people’s lives in some very powerful and beautiful ways. The guest on this episode, David Jack, CEO of ADRA Australia tells us how.
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Rudy Monsalve has seen and discusses in this episode what it’s like when there is not enough food to feed hungry stomachs. He’s also witnessed the amazing changes that take place in a village or a home when food stops being a hidden treasure and becomes the tool for good health and continued life that it was meant to be.
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Recently ADRA’s World Radio traveled to St. Louis, Missouri for the 58th World Session of the General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists. There we had the honor of talking with two ADRA country directors face to face before an appreciative audience of ADRA supporters.
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Terror hides behind many faces, none so horrific as what took place in 2004 in a country tucked between the Black and Caspian Seas. What happened in the City of Beslan, Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia is beyond comprehension. Our guest on this episode, Vitalie Zgherea, is Director of ADRA Russia. He knows full well what that face looks like and he shares with us the horror and the hope that ADRA is bringing to those affected by this terrible tragedy.
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Raafat Kamal, Executive Director of ADRA UK is our guide in this episode. You’ll learn about the great variety of work ADRA UK undertakes in various countries around the globe from projects assisting street children in Peru to water projects in north Sudan.
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In this episode of ADRA’s World Radio we head to the South Pacific, to a country north of Australia and due west of the Solomon Islands. Papua New Guinea offers mountainous terrain, over 750 separate languages, and a host of opportunities for ADRA workers to make a difference in thousands of lives. Our guest, Michelle Abel is Country Director for ADRA Papua New Guinea and heads up the work in that area.
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To most of us the great tsunami of 2004, the disaster that washed away the lives of a quarter million of our fellow human beings in Southeast Asia will just be photographs, videos and news reports. In this the debut episode of ADRA’s World Radio, we offer a completely different perspective on the event and its aftermath. Ron Kuhn, Regional Vice President for ADRA Asia, discusses how he is not only spearheading the organizations relief work in that part of the world, he was also there when the waves struck.
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The islands that make up Indonesia are not strangers to earthquakes, typhoons, landslides, and volcanoes that are constantly a menace to the Indonesian people. Wendy Brightman reports on ADRA's response to these emergencies and tells of Queen Sofia of Spain's visit to an ADRA project.
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Llewellyn Juby gives an update on how ADRA responded to recent food shortages in Mongolia and taught the people how to change their diet to live healthier and longer lives. He also tells some captivating stories of challenges and successes he has encountered recently.
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Everyday ADRA strives to reach out to a world in need in the most effective and efficient manner possible. Dawit Habetemariam discusses how the agency does this and shares first hand accounts of ADRA's life-changing work.
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The work of ADRA Norway has grown tremendously from the days when it ran with only one staff member. Pia Reierson discusses why she became a humanitarian worker and how today she leads a dedicated group of ADRA workers.
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The frontlines of ADRA's humanitarian work is not always in the poverty-stricken areas that are often referred to as the developing world. Marilyn Mackay discusses her work with ADRA providing for the needs of the people in her own backyard: Australia.
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The horn of Africa is a part of the world that is a virtual powder keg. Civil unrest, lack of water, and famine are all too common. Rudy Monsalve recently visited the Ethiopia and Somalia border region and provides a riveting report.
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Many parts of Africa have suffered from poverty and hunger for many decades. We don't always hear about the plight of the people in that region, but they continue to suffer day in and day out. Birgit Philipsen discusses the great needs she has witnessed first hand on the African continent.
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Rachel lived and worked for ADRA in Nicaragua for more than three years. She discusses the many joys and challenges she experienced and how ADRA's ministry of compassion not only impacted the people she served but changed her own life.
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Water is a very precious commodity in many parts of Africa including Namibia. ADRA is helping the San people of the Kalahari dig wells and also protect them from the many elephants that live in that region. Julio Munoz recently visited Namibia and discusses how ADRA is making a difference.
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ADRA's Original Really Useful Gift Catalog allows people to purchase live saving items for people who have nothing. Tereza Byrne gives a behind-the-scenes look, and tells the stories the people in ADRA's World that whose lives are changed through the wonderful projects in the catalog.
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After twenty years of civil war Sudan is slowly moving to a new peaceful era. At the same time the Darfur region remains a challenge. Anne Woodworth recently visited Sudan and reports that some positive changes are taking place.
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We see the faces of those living with HIV and AIDS on the cover of magazines, newspapers, and TV screens. Most of them live in Africa and Mike Negerie reports that ADRA is working to ease their suffering and trying to put an end to the spread of the HIV epidemic.
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Life is difficult for many Laotians who struggle day in and day out to find good, clean water supplies. ADRA works hard to improve the lives of the people of Laos and Denison Grellmann discusses the changes that are taking place every day.
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Working in a country with no central government such as Somalia can be challenging. Robyn Kerr discusses her recent experience working with ADRA in that East African country, helping the people overcome the challenges of poverty, disease, and education.
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Recent volcanic irruptions in the Andean nation of Ecuador have caused great disruption to the lives of its people. Hearly Mayr discusses his recent visit to the affected areas as well as ADRA's response to that tragedy and its programs that are helping give many Ecuadorians a better life.
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Paraguay has undergone many changes in the last 100 years. Unfortunately not many have benefited the country. Marie-Jo discusses a recent visit and how ADRA is changing the lives of street children struggling to survive from day to day.
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It is well known that safety and security is a serious issue for aid workers in various “hotspots” around the world. Ken Flemmer recently visited and trained ADRA workers in Latin America who are now increasingly working in gang-infested areas.
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Malawi's population has been greatly affected by HIV and AIDS. Dr. Tayo Odeyemi, discusses the interrelation of AIDS and food security as well as ADRA response.
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ADRA responded immediately to the typhoons that recently devastated parts of the Philippines. Tereza Byrne recently visited ADRA’s ongoing recovery and long-term development efforts in the Philippines.
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Years of political and social upheaval along with climate change and famine have left Ethiopia struggling to regain its footing. Tina Hudgins recently returned to Ethiopia after a 21 years and shares here impression on the many changes the East African country has experienced.
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Indonesia has been in the news quite a bit lately as the result of a series of devastating disasters—including the tsunami in 2004. Dr. Reuben Supit, shares how ADRA has been busy rebuilding the lives of those who found themselves in harms way.
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ADRA's World Radio caught up with Charles Sandefur, president of ADRA International, to discuss his recent trip to Africa, a continent with great needs which has a special place in the heart of ADRA.
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The country of Albania faces many challenges as if rebuilds after decades of totalitarian communist rule. ADRA has been in Albania since the fall of communism and is there today to help ease the struggle on some very important fronts. Elidon Bardhi discusses the history and life changing work of ADRA Albania.
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Imagine not being able to attend school because you can’t read, write, or understand what the teacher says. Tens of thousands of Roma (gypsy) children living in Albania are unable to attend school because they don’t know Albanian. ADRA is reaching out to these children and preparing them for an education and a bright future. Hearly Mayr talks about his recent visit with the Roma Children of Albania.
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Indonesia is no stranger to disasters and at present the people on the island of Java are trying to cope with the aftermath of an earthquake that left thousands dead and many more injured and homeless. Robert Patton updates ADRA relief efforts underway and explains why ADRA is positive about the future.
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Frank Brenda gives us a behind-the-scenes look into some of the hotspots where ADRA workers are making a difference in the lives of many, many people.
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Todd Bruce shares amazing stories of sadness and hope from amidst the rubble of communities in Thailand affected by last year’s tsunami. Todd talks about ADRA’s ongoing efforts to bring relief to the people whose lives were changed by this disaster.
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Lowell Cooper helps guide the work of ADRA around the world, heading ADRA International’s board of director, and shares some insights about ADRA’s mission and history.
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ADRA International has carved a niche for itself in Ghana. For more than two decades it has been there to bring humanitarian and development activities and in the process has become the largest Non-governmental organization, or NGO, in agriculture in that country. The guest for this episode, Samuel Asante-Mensah, country director, shares exciting stories and the success of ADRA’s work in Ghana.
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For almost three years violence, bloodshed, and genocide have ravaged Darfur, Sudan. Dan Wortman recently visited Sudan and discusses ADRA’s lifesaving work with some of the more than two million refugees and internally displaced people.
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Part of a special series on ADRA’s Africa Famine Watch, Paul Smart, tells us how the people of Ethiopia are facing a food emergency of epic proportions.
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Part of a special series, ADRA’s Africa Famine Watch, Karla Leitzke, discusses how the people of Mali are facing a food crisis and chronic malnutrition.
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In the first of a series of special broadcasts, ADRA’s Africa Famine Watch, Frank Teeuwen gives an overview of the crisis in Africa, where tens of millions of people are starving to death.
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Frank Teeuwen recently visited the Kashmir region of Pakistan and in this episode gives a firsthand account of the progress being made and the challenge that lays ahead.
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ADRA began relief efforts immediately to assist tens of thousands of people in Kashmir region of Pakistan that lost homes and loved ones in the terrible earthquake that struck the region last October. David Syme gives an update of ADRA’s ongoing relief efforts in the region.
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Depending on when you were born, the name Vietnam can mean many things. Country director Stephen Cooper shares how to those who work for ADRA, Vietnam means opportunity to make a difference.
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One year after the horrible Indian Ocean tsunami the final death toll is still not known. But what is known is that ADRA is committed to rebuilding broken lives, no matter how long it takes. Frank Teeuwen updates on ADRA’s work in the tsunami-devastated areas.
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Today we journey to the base of the Arabian Peninsula, to a country few people know about and fewer people visit. Our guest on this episode has spent some time in Yemen; as a matter of fact he lived in Yemen for three years, representing ADRA. He shares some very interesting stories on ADRA’s World Radio.
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Everyone likes a success story, especially when that success involves saving or enhancing human life. On this episode of ADRA’s World Radio, Sharon Pittman Country Director of ADRA Guinea, will share some success stories taking place in the West Africa county of Guinea, where ADRA is saving and enhancing lives every day.
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In this episode we take a behind the scenes look with Ed Baber, a financial administrator for ADRA International. He shares many of the safeguards and global policies that are in place to protect the funds that support the humanitarian work of ADRA. He also shares experiences from traveling around ADRA’s world.
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Careful planning, respectful partnerships and a grass roots approach to serving the community characterize its outreach. George Baiden, country director for ADRA Kenya has seen those elements of service put into action and in this episode he bring us up to date on some of the new and ongoing projects of this amazing organization.
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People who live in the tiny East African country of Rwanda, nestled in the great Rift Valley and squeezed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west and Tanzania to the east, are hoping that their tomorrows are a whole lot brighter than their yesterdays. A horrific civil war in the mid-1990s left the country bloodied and decimated. But that was then and this is now. Our guest, Daniel dos Santos, country Director of ADRA Rwanda, is stationed in Kigali, the country’s capital.
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The West African country of Niger boasts a lot of sand and rock and little else. And that’s the good news. Unfortunately, this Sahara Desert country, bordered on the north by Libya and on the east by Chad, is home to much suffering as well. Our guest for this episode, Frank Teevwen, is Bureau Chief for Emergency Management at ADRA International and brings us up to date on some of the ways that ADRA is planning to relieve a bit of the suffering.
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Lately on the show, we’ve been talking with country directors and other ADRA personnel about the work of ADRA in different parts of the world. In this episode, Mario Ochoa, executive vice president for ADRA International, takes us on a little journey back in time to the roots of this amazing organization. In reviewing ADRA’s past we discover that his past parallels in some interesting ways the road that the agency has taken.
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Tereza’s story, her journey actually, is just as filled with excitement, danger, violence and redemption as the stories of those whom the organization touches in so many parts of the world. Tereza is our guest and shares the interesting story of how and why she works for ADRA.
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If you were to stop by the headquarters of ADRA International in Silver Spring, and if you were to visit the office of Anne Woodworth, you’d see a big smile on her face. Anne is ADRA International’s main representative to the United Nations and I have a feeling that her joy these days and probably a lot of her exhaustion is centered around something called millennium development goals or MDS’s. I’ll let her explain what they are and who they’re going to impact not only at ADRA International but around the world.
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When the great tsunami of December 26, 2004 struck, nothing stood between the island nation of Sri Lanka and the earthquake’s epicenter but open water. In a matter of minutes everything changed forever. Sri Lanka, located off the southern tip of India, is now a country in crisis. But in the midst of such horrific loss of life and livelihood, there’s reason to help. ADRA is there, bringing help to thousands as it works to return some semblance of normalcy to a people devastated by that disaster. Conrad Vine, Director of ADRA Sri Lanka, is with us today to bring us up to date on the work of ADRA in that country.
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The East African country of Sudan, bordered on the north by Egypt and on the east by Ethiopia, reflects both Muslim and Christian influences. In this tightly populated region of the world, feeding, educating and nurturing the people who call it home would be a challenge in the best of times. These are not the best of times in Sudan. Political turmoil, wars and the horrific spreading of the AIDS epidemic have turned portions of East Africa into a heartbreaking mix of dire hunger, displacement and disease.
ADRA is there, doing its best to meet the needs of as many people in that part of the world as possible. Lonita Fattic (ph.) is country director of ADRA Sudan and is with us on ADRA’s world radio.
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Poverty and conflict are very closely linked. And ADRA's mission takes men and women to the very places where these two elements combine. Presently, there are more than 36 major conflicts in 28 countries worldwide. And more humanitarian workers are killed each year than U.N. blue helmet peacekeepers. How does this volatile situation shape the work that ADRA is able to perform? Our guest Ken Flemmer, Bureau Chief for Internal Control and Compliance at ADRA International, provides some insights into this very vital topic.
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Mongolia has never been an easy country in which to live. Nature sees to that. Bounded by Siberia on the north by northeast China on the east and by the Great Wall of China along the south, this rugged baron land is the home to the forbidding Gobi Desert. Llewellyn Juby is Country Director of ADRA Mongolia and he talks about a very special award that the agency received from some very prominent government officials in that country.
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If you ever want to feel powerless or helpless, think of AIDS. The AIDS pandemic has taken on a life of its own, ravaging entire villages, communities, and even nations. Debbie Herold, Associate Health Director of ADRA knows all too well the devastating effects of political turmoil, grinding poverty, and out of control diseases, including HIV and AIDS. To her, these elements of human suffering aren’t just statistics on a page or reports on the evening news. She has seen them all, up close and personal.
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The country of Denmark has sent out many missionary-minded people in the past. Most denominations of the world can name dedicated men and women from this European nation in their outreach history. Well, that tradition continues. Since the mid-‘80s ADRA Denmark, has been strongly involved in primary education programs in various countries in the continent south of the Mediterranean Sea. In this episode of ADRA’s World Radio Birgit Philipsen, Country Director for ADRA Denmark discusses their work in Africa.
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Our destination for this episode is the crowded ecologically and politically challenged kingdom of Nepal, which rises like an earthen curtain separating India and China. In this rugged, troubled Himalayan land ADRA workers are finding unique opportunities for changing lives. But like everything else in that country, there are many obstacles to success. Mark Webster, Country Director in Nepal, discusses how he and his fellow ADRA workers are focusing their full attention on health, education and life skills training with an emphasis on women’s empowerment.
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