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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Serbska/former Yugoslavia: ADRA's work in Serbska, which was hard-hit by civil unrest (food distribution & warehouse) …
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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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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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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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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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