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New head for Adventist relief agency

jamaica-gleaner.com     Jul 1, 2008          

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has a new director. He is Pastor Wenford Henry who will assume the position today. His election took place at the mid-year meeting of the executive committee of the West Indies...                

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We Cannot Have Enough Health Interventions

allafrica.com     Jun 24, 2008          

Rwanda is currently hosting a team of American doctors who are on a two-week mission to provide training to Rwandan medical personnel, as well as providing specialist advice and treatment to a lucky few Rwandan patients in dire...                

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Around the World, ADRA Commemorates World Refugee Day

assistnews.net     Jun 21, 2008          

In an effort to draw public attention to the plight of millions of people who have been forced to leave their homes in many conflict areas of the world, The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)is joining the...                

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'Critical' for nations to reaffirm religious freedom, U.S. legislator Franks says at annual...

adventist.org     Jun 14, 2008          

Kulakov ran underground churches in Russia, receives Lifetime Achievement Award June 13, 2008 Washington, D.C., United States Trent Franks, U.S. Congressional representative from Arizona and keynote speaker for the sixth annual...                

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Changing for the better

newstatesman.co.uk     Jun 11, 2008   1 related          

Seventh-day Adventist Victor Hulbert continues his four-part series by describing the progress ADRA volunteers have made in and around Somalia. Windmills, solar powered water systems and more than 10,000 cooking stoves are...                

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Blessed are the peacemakers

newstatesman.co.uk     Jun 10, 2008          

In the second installment of his four-part series, Seventh-day Adventist Victor Hulbert writes on easing local conflict via organised relief projects.Farmers in the Fandriana region of Madagascar fought over water for their...                

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watfordobserver.co.uk: Mark Castellino talking to a fellow aid worker in Burma. watfordobserver.co.uk

Leaving Burma crisis behind

watfordobserver.co.uk     Jun 7, 2008   847 related          

A charity worker who has returned to Watford after spending three weeks delivering aid in Burma says it is "difficult to comprehend" the devastation still unravelling in the country. Mark Castellino is programmes' officer for...                

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Charities ordered to stop work in Zimbabwe: aid officials (AFP)

yahoo.com     Jun 4, 2008   2,652 related          

by Godfrey Marawanyika 24 minutes ago HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe has ordered a number of international aid groups to halt work, charity officials said Wednesday, after accusing them of campaigning for the opposition ahead of a...                

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Volunteer stays to help cyclone victims

watfordobserver.co.uk     May 31, 2008          

A Watford aid worker has extended his stay in Burma after a "difficult week" spent setting up camps in areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis. Mark Castellino, programmes director for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency flew to...                

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Homeward bound

gazettelive.co.uk     May 29, 2008   2 related          

A CHURCH parishioner on Teesside breathed a sigh of relief after hearing her boyfriend was safe and well in Burma. ... Caroline Pace’s partner Mark Castellino travelled to the country on May 8 - the day after his 30th birthday - to head up the aid effort in Myanmar after...                

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