What We Do: Responding to Emergencies
In the wake of emergencies such as wars, hurricanes, famines, floods, or earthquakes thousands are forced out of their homes and left destitute. Often, they lack basic necessities like food, water, and shelter.
ADRA works to prevent further lose of life by responding quickly to evaluate the greatest needs, and then developing plans to get help to the areas where it is needed most. Often, ADRA coordinates with local governments to provide medical care, food, water, and shelter to victims of tragedies.
In the midst of civil conflicts ADRA is there, providing aid to those affected on both sides.
ADRA knows that these victims need more than just a rapid response, that’s why ADRA also establishes long-term programs to help affected areas recover.
ADRA is on the ground, providing for immediate relief in the wake of Haiti earthquake
ADRA is working quickly in Haiti to provide immediate emergency relief to the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti.
Your gift makes it possible for ADRA to provide evaluation and emergency support relief to the survivors of this devastating disaster.
Please donate now to help support emergency relief efforts.
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The suffering and vulnerable need you
Wars, disasters, famine.
In an instant, families lose everything; even loved ones are taken from them.
When the unthinkable happens, ADRA is there.
ADRA Delivers Increased Aid in Southern Myanmar
On May 14, ADRA finalized a cooperative...
Kdhiswari’s Escape
She escaped death several times during the past two years. She had to flee her country and beloved parents in the middle of a civil war. She abandoned all her belongings, leaving them in the hands of those who bombed her village. She now lives in a shelter with less than the minimum provisions necessary to live decently. She has a sweet and tender smile and considers herself lucky. She is a refugee.
ADRA Bridges Save Nearly 900 Lives During Cyclone Nargis
As the high winds of Cyclone Nargis battered southern Myanmar’s delta region in May 2008, and high tidal waves and floodwaters covered low-lying areas, hundreds of people flocked to at least 22 ADRA bridges that had been constructed months before to link isolated communities in the Pyinsalu Sub-Township, a patchwork of rivers and islands on the extreme southern edge of Labutta Township.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 ADRA. One structure alone, the Lay Yin Kwin Bridge, which measures 140 feet in length, held 145 people for several hours, while the storm waters rose and then receded.
