Service is one of the tenets of Christian life and on Monday, 15 June the ADRA Emergency Accommodation team once again provided a valuable service for those needing accommodation.  Sydney has been surprisingly busy recently with calls during the Lindt Café siege, the storms in April and now with sink holes and fires. “The call…

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The 14 kilometer City2Surf, from the Sydney CBD to Bondi, is a great day of fun for everyone ….  runners, joggers and walkers alike! People, like me, join the “back of the pack group so they can take their grandchildren in strollers. The event is one of the best ways to experience good, clean Australian…

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Carmen can’t stop smiling. It’s infectious!  Walking into her temporary home – a classroom – she’s excited to show her new items: rice, milk powder and other items. “Thank you ADRA,” she whispers. Carmen is one of the more than 1,200 people ADRA has assisted at evacuation centres in Port Villa. Read more about her Cyclone…

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As calm skies begin to reveal the disastrous extent of Cyclone Pam’s path across Vanuatu, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is providing vital supplies to those affected. It expected to have affected more than 50% of the country’s population or more than 125,000 people. “Communication between the islands is still down,” reports Mark…

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As a follow-up to the article published on the 25th of February, ADRA has detailed its response to Cyclone Marcia in Central Queensland: After Marcia hit central Queensland on Friday 20/02/15, and following a series of teleconferences between ADRA staff and regional staff in SQLD, ADRA identified the key area to deploy an Emergency Management…

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As clean-up and recovery operations ramp up, communities devastated by Cyclone Marcia are banding together for strength and looking to the outside for help. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Australia is one agency who have rushed assistance to hard-hit Yeppoon and Rockhampton. To date, 55,000 properties are reported as damaged, while 100 families…

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Last year Malcolm Rea challenged the Illawarra Pathfinder Club to beat him in ADRA’s Knocktober Appeal. The Pathfinder Club beat him by $10. Undaunted Malcolm retorted, “Next year I will beat you!” Malcolm called in reinforcements, Wesley Raymond and Heidi, but this was matched by a growth in Pathfinder numbers.  On the other side, Wesley’s…

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The World Health Organisation has warned 20,000 people could die from West Africa’s current Ebola outbreak. In response the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is continuing to provide relief and protect threatened communities in Liberia. “ADRA has already flown in more than $100,000 worth of protective equipment to support under-supplied hospitals,” said Beryl Hartmann,…

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You’ve received your ADRA Appeal resources and have started planning collections – maybe you’ve even secured permission to collect at your local supermarket. But a question remains. How can I ask everyone attending my church regularly to raise $40 during the ADRA Appeal? Is it too much to ask? Let’s put it in real terms.…

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On Sunday 10 August 2014, 80,000 runners and walkers met for City2Surf, the annual 14k event, which stretches from Hyde Park to Bondi Beach in Sydney.  But it was a group of Pathfinders from Wahroonga and Sharon Duncan, a runner from Castle Hill church that made a big impact for ADRA Blacktown. David Savage, Pathfinder…

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