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ADRA Steps Up Global COVID-19 Operations
ADRA Launches more than 37 projects worldwide to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and help communities recover.
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Maria’s Story
Timor-Leste in 1975 I fled the village and ran into the forest because of the war. When I was fleeing, my leg was wounded and had to be cut off.
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Bhagwati’s Story
In a small hillside village in western Nepal, Bhagwati kneels beside the fire and warms her hands in front of red-hot coals.
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Sabina’s Story
Sabina remembers clearly the days when she couldn’t adequately feed her family or send her children to school because of poverty living in Bangladesh.
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U Yaw Han’s Story
Read how U Yaw Han, a beneficiary in ADRA Myanmar’s SCAIDP V project escaped conflict in his village and is living with a disability in an IDP Camp.
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Bopha Sun’s Story
In Cambodia when Bopha Sun was just 10 years old, her mother fell ill so she was forced out of school and worked on her parents’ farm.
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Aquita’s Story
Read how Aquita, a beneficiary from the LOSA project in Timor-Leste, can now grow a garden with nutritious vegetables through the support of ADRA.