ADRA Insider

Disability Inclusion

In this episode, Heather Grbic talks with Peggy Caesar about ADRA’s work with the Albinism community in Tanzania as an example of how ADRA includes people with disabilities in all of the projects that we do.

Warm and healthy Homes in Peru

In this episode of the ADRA Insider Podcast, Frank Spangler and Executive Director, Steve Matthews talk about a recent trip they went on to the highlands of Peru. Discover how ADRA is changing lives by helping people build warm, healthy homes, high up in the Andean mountains.

Ending Hunger in Canada

In this episode of the ADRA Insider Podcast, Frank Spangler speaks with ADRA’s Canadian Programs Manager, Pastor Daniel Saugh, about some of the work that ADRA is doing here in Canada to help relieve hunger. Pastor Saugh also speaks about Ministries of Compassion, and his vision of having ADRA Partner with Churches across Canada as they minister to people in need in their communities.

Organic Gardening for Better Health and Nutrition

In this episode, Heather Grbic speaks with Michael Kirkby about the work that ADRA is doing to help people have better health and nutrition. Michael talks about the visits that he has made to project sites where ADRA has been teaching people how to grow organic kitchen gardens. He also shares his experience of having just visited ADRA’s project in Nunavut.

Agriculture and Livelihoods

In this episode of the ADRA Insider, Host, Heather Grbic speaks with Frank Spangler, Multimedia Specialist for ADRA Canada about his observations of the amazing work that ADRA is doing in helping people learn ways to better provide for their families.

Education in Conflict Zones

In this episode, we feature the work that ADRA is doing in Education. Join our ADRA Insider host, Heather Grbic as she talks with Analynn Bruce, Development Program Director for ADRA Canada about how ADRA is Changing the lives of youth living in conflict and post-conflict zones.

Safe Water

We are so glad you have joined us! In this episode, Pastor Mark Johnson, ADRA Board Chair, speaks with host, Frank Spangler, on the importance of providing clean, safe water to people living in remote communities. As the President of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Canada, Pastor Johnson also speaks of his vision for a new, developing partnership between ADRA and Adventist churches across Canada as they develop Ministries of Compassion in their own communities.

ADRA’s Work in Lebanon

In this episode, Michael Kirkby has an in-person interview with Elaria Fahmi, the Humanitarian Program Coordinator at ADRA Lebanon. A Canadian who grew up in Toronto, Elaria has spent the last 5 years working in Syria and Lebanon. Elaria shares with us the work that ADRA Lebanon has been doing in partnership with ADRA Canada, and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, to help the people of Lebanon get through their ongoing crisis.

ADRA’s Work in Honduras

In this ADRA Insider Podcast, we Zoom meet with Edwin Flores, the Emergency Coordinator for ADRA Honduras.  Edwin shares what it is like to be working on the front lines, helping people recover from floods, drought and hurricanes.

Hoops for Hunger

In this episode, we talk with Janice Smith, the Community Engagement Coordinator for ADRA Canada about the “Hoops for a Hunger” fundraiser event. Janice started this fundraiser for ADRA on her own initiative, long before she became an employee of ADRA, and now she is taking Hoops for Hunger into a major, national fundraiser!  Find out how you can get involved, either as a participant or sponsor. We are also joined by Roshawn Nunes, a youth ambassador for the fundraiser.