International Day of People with Disability 2025
Today, 3 December, is International Day of People with Disability. An estimated 1.3 billion people worldwide experience a significant disability today. Today we are reminded that access – to education, work, opportunities, and healthcare – is the key to creating accessible societies. Disability inclusion is a key component of ADRA’s development projects as we work […]
ADRA Responds to Afghanistan Earthquakes
A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan struck on 31 August 2025, killing more than 2,200 people and injuring at least 3,600 others.
Help A Mother Secure Her Family’s Future
Lila lives in rural Nepal with her ten-year-old son, Sanjay*. Like so many mothers in rural Nepal, Lila has to raise her children and run the household alone. With very few local jobs, Lila’s husband has to migrate to India for work, leaving his family behind for months at a time. “We were in a […]
Growing a Better Future in Cambodia: Ra Vanny’s Journey to Sustainable Farming
Ra Vanny, a 44-year-old widow from O’Tapong commune, Bakan district, Pursat province, lives with her four-year-old granddaughter and her elderly mother. With only a sixth-grade education, she has faced many challenges in providing for her family.
How God Enabled ADRA’s Initial Response to the Asian Tsunami
Words: Robert Patton The events I’m about to relate may be interpreted in a number of ways, dependent on your faith and beliefs. For me, it was nothing less than a series of miracles! In the aftermath of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, what unfolded was an extraordinary journey of humanitarian assistance. As a […]
From Surviving to Thriving
Vourn and Sarourm live in rural Cambodia with their three-year-old son. Both have lost a leg to a landmine on separate occasions while in Thailand. “After losing my leg, my life became very difficult,” says Sarourm. “I did rice farming, and while others could finish a hectare a day, I would struggle to get through […]
Creating entrepreneurship opportunities in Nepal
Nami lives in rural Nepal with her husband and two sons. Together with her husband she did physical labour to earn an income. But the work was taxing, and the pay was poor. She struggled to meet her day-to-day expenses. “I wanted to start my own business, but this was impossible because we did not […]
Give a Child a Better Life
“I am working hard so my children can get the education I didn’t have.” – Norn, Cambodia. When Norn was just five years old, her father passed away. Her parents worked in rural Cambodia raising cows, and without her father, the workload fell to Norn. As a result, she couldn’t attend school and is unable […]
Grow a Family’s Future – Maria’s Story
“We used the money we made from selling vegetables to provide for our needs, but it was never enough.” Maria lives in rural Timor-Leste with her husband, Salvador, and young children. She makes her living selling the vegetables she can grow at home. But it hasn’t always been easy. “We were selling vegetables, but we […]
Gauri’s Story – International Women’s Day 2022
Gauri was married off at just 13 years of age. Living in rural Nepal, this is sadly the case for far too many girls just like Gauri. Widespread poverty forces parents’ hands to either marry their children off or be left with another mouth they cannot feed. But with girls married off at such a […]