ADRA Insider

World Refugee Day

June 20 is World Refugee Day.  It is a time that we can stop for a few minutes and think about the millions of people in our world who have had to flee their homes because of wars, conflicts and natural disasters.  As a big part of our work to help people living in need, ADRA is serving refugees in many parts of our world. To talk about some of the work that ADRA Canada is doing, we have invited Anita M. Odondi, Emergency Program Director for ADRA Canada, to be our guest on our podcast today.  Since we recorded this podcast a couple of weeks ago, the United Nations has revised its numbers and is now saying that 70.8 million people are currently displaced from their homes.  Listen as Anita shares with us stories of a recent trip to Colombia where she met refugees from Venezuela.

Saving Lives in Yemen

Welcome to the ADRA Insider Podcast.  In this episode, we speak with Anita M. Odondi, the Emergency Program Director for ADRA in Canada.  She tells us of her recent visit to the country of Yemen and how ADRA is helping people who have been displaced from their homes because of the ongoing civil war.  Yemen is now being called the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. People are facing hunger and famine conditions due to the shortage of food in the country.

The Message of Gender Equality

Welcome to the ADRA Insider Podcast. Thank you for joining us for another episode! In this podcast, we are joined by Diana Opollo who shares with us how ADRA’s projects are showing families how to share their lives more fully by breaking down gender role stereotypes. We discover how this message is changing lives!

Partnering with First Nations

Welcome to the ADRA Insider Podcast. Thank you for joining us for another episode! In this podcast, we talk with Cree Rillo about the work that ADRA is doing with First Nation groups in the Sioux Lookout and Bearskin Lake communities of Northern Ontario.  Discover how garden boxes and greenhouses can help reverse diabetes in these northern communities.
 
 
 

The Promise Project in Rwanda

Welcome to the ADRA Canada Insider Podcast. Thank you for joining us for another episode! In this podcast, we hear from Calvin Okello and Frank Spangler as they tell us about the wonderful PROMISE project that ADRA Canada is conducting in the beautiful African nation of Rwanda. The PROMISE project is undertaken with the financial support of the Government of Canada provided through Global Affairs Canada, and our partnership with Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (lead), Emmanuel International, and our faithful supporters.

Finding the Joy in Accounting

Welcome to the ADRA Canada Podcast. We are so happy you have joined us today! In this episode, we talk with two people from ADRA’s finance department who tell us how they find joy and fulfillment in the work that they are doing for ADRA.

Heather’s Story

Heather Grbic has been a strong promoter of ADRA Canada’s EMBRACE Project.  She calls the project, “Saving the Lives of Mommas and Babies”.  When she had complications with the delivery of her own baby, the importance of ADRA’s work in helping mothers to have safe pregnancies and deliveries became very real for her.  Listen to her story in this podcast.

The Rohingya Refugee Crisis

In this episode of the ADRA Canada Insider we visit Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh.  August 25, 2018 marks the one-year anniversary of this major humanitarian crisis began. In this episode, we will be talking to three of our staff members who have recently visited some of our emergency relief projects for the Rohingya refugees.

Earthquake Recovery in Rural Nepal

In this episode of the ADRA Insider, we interview Sharmilla Reid and Kayla Casey and ask them about their recent visit to some rural districts of Nepal where ADRA is helping people recover from a major Earthquake.  

From Genocide to Ebola

In 2018 Vincent Okello, from Uganda visited our ADRA Canada offices and took the time to sit down for an ADRA Insider Interview. Vincent was in Rwanda during the genocide of 1994 and today continues to work for various ADRA offices in East Africa. He shares with us some of the exciting stories from his life as an ADRA worker.