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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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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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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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Serbska/former Yugoslavia: ADRA's work in Serbska, which was hard-hit by civil unrest (food distribution & warehouse) …
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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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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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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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Regretfully my husband and two sons have died, so now I am alone. I was planning to die this winter for I had no way to heat my house, much less to get any food. I could not believe it when I found an orange in food from ADRA.
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“Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and wateched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, ‘I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on’.” Mark 12:41-44 (NIV)
When we visited a project, a persistent old woman insisted on talking to us. The translator told us she was 92 years old and showed us an orange that she held in her hand. Then she told us about her lifelong dream.
“Since I was 6 years old I wanted to try this fruit. One time I saw a rich man eating it, and I had continued to wonder what it was. When I was 10, I learned this fruit was called an “orange.” I still had not tried it. We had to work hard and could not afford even one orange because it costs as much as a month’s worth of flour. Then WWII came. Of course, we could not think of this fruit at that time. After the war, it was a hard time. We could not get bread and were eating potato skins and certainly no oranges. During Soviet times it was a bad fruita fruit of rich people. I worked all of my life on a farm collective.
“Regretfully my husband and two sons have died, so now I am alone. I was planning to die this winter for I had no way to heat my house, much less to get any food. I could not believe it when I found an orange in food from ADRA.
“Now I can die happy.”
She had waited a week and a half for the ADRA workers to come so she could say “thank you.” Then she cut the orange in four parts and shared it with me, our translator and another person with us. We told her that the orange was hers, but she would not let us refuse it. We had to eat it with her.
After that we bought five kilos of oranges and gave them to her. The next day we heard from the project director that she had divided those oranges with all the pensioners and handicapped that attended the soup kitchen so that each got a little bit of orange.
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I made a few phone calls and visited a number of orphanages. What I found was heart breaking!
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"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans . . ." (James 1:27, NIV)
Over the eight years that I have worked in Lithuania and the 26 years that I have lived, I have never received such fulfillment and joy as I have these last two Christmases.
During the summer of 2001, I received a letter from ADRA Germany asking about the conditions of the orphanages in Lithuania. I made a few phone calls and visited a number of orphanages. What I found was heart breaking! I found that many of the orphanages in Lithuania don't have enough money to pay workers, to feed and clothe the children, for medicines, or to pay utilities.
I sent back a report to ADRA Germany and they responded and told me that they wanted to send 900 Christmas gifts for the children.
This summer I received another letter from ADRA Germany saying that 2001’s project was such a success, they wanted to do it again. Their goal this year was 1,500 packages. Finally the day before the truck arrived I saw the faxed paperwork and realized that I needed to do some more calling because they didn’t send 1,500 Christmas packages, but 2,460 packages!
I cannot explain the joy and happiness that was on the face of each child when they received their packages. For most of them, these were the only gifts they received. One orphanage director told us, that day she had been praying that God would send someone to help and we showed up.
The above text from the epistle of James is a text that I encourage all who read this to try. God has a thousand ways to reach hearts! These children need a friend and that is what ADRA Lithuania is trying to become.
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