Clean Water Transforms Lives: ADRA’s Impact in Viqueque, Timor-Leste
In Uhacae, Timor-Leste, families endured exhausting daily walks to fetch clean water—a basic need out of reach for many. For Mana Merita, a 28-year-old mother with a disability, ADRA’s water project brought safety, dignity, and a future filled with hope.
Lessons of a Mother
“I was thinking the reason my daughter was underweight and always sick was because I didn’t have enough rest when I was pregnant.”
Horticulture & Chicken Production for Nutrition
After becoming an independent country in 2002, Timor-Leste is one of the world’s newest nations with a population of 1.3 million. Timor-Leste ranks 141 out of 189 countries on the 2020 Human Development Index with more than 45% of people living in poverty.
Growing a Families Future: Maria’s Story
We weren’t making enough to buy things as a family and to provide for the children. The strawberries have made a good change in our lives.
Non-Communicable Disease Lifestyle Health Promotion
Cambodia’s development trends are moving toward lifestyle and food consumption changes which are leading to increased risks for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including in rural areas.
Learning to ‘Live More Abundantly’
Now, I do not spend much money to treat my illness. I know how to take care of myself with high blood pressure. ADRA has changed the behaviours of my husband and I regarding hypertension, heart disease and diabetes.
Working to Reduce Malnutrition Rates in Laos
“I want to see women and children receive more care and support from their families. I want them to have access to good nutrition, healthcare, and information. These things may not make them rich, but they will have good health”
HEROS as Change Agents in the Tea Communities
Hand washing has been considered a world-changing innovation in public health, capable of significantly reducing disease burden globally.
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Interventions in India
The United Nation marks 19th November as ‘World Toilet Day’ annually to raise awareness about access to safe and hygienic toilets and the human costs of unsafe sanitation.
ADRA Ramps Up Relief Efforts for India’s Mounting COVID-19 Health Crisis
The Humanitarian Agency is Donating Critical Oxygen Generating Equipment to Help Coronavirus Patients