The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is an international network present in more than 120 countries around the world. ADRA is an independent faith-based humanitarian agency with a portfolio which includes health, education, agriculture, sustainable community development and disaster relief. Founded in 1956, ADRA helps people without regard to age, ethnicity, gender, political or religious association.
ADRA Thailand was established in the early 1980s and began programs mainly in assisting refugees from Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar with the health care and basic human needs. As the program expanded ADRA began to include poor rural Thai people outside the refugee camps and development projects began alongside relief assistance projects.
ADRA is a global humanitarian organization of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, following Christ's example of being a voice for, serving, and partnering with those in need regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, political or religious affiliation.
ADRA serves people without regard to their ethnic, political or religious association. It simply helps people in need especially those most vulnerable such as women, children and the elderly.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is an international network present in more than 120 countries around the world. ADRA is an independent faith-based humanitarian agency with a portfolio which includes health, education, agriculture, sustainable community development and disaster relief. Founded in 1956, ADRA helps people without regard to age, ethnicity, gender, political or religious association.