Almost two billion people in the world remain "unbanked". The ADRA EMBRACE project encourages participants to start a small savings and loans groups in their village. The new finance systems that are being established in remote communities are creating a new sense of financial security and introducing people to the concept of savings. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPi7JEqI5dk
Birthing Clinics in Myanmar
The ADRA EMBRACE project is changing the way women think about what they need to do to ensure a safe and healthy pregnancy and delivery. One way is through the building and equipping of birthing clinics in rural communities in Myanmar. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDbqvrnkcGI
A Child Friendly Village
The ADRA EMBRACE project in Cambodia keeps a good record of how the EMBRACE members of a village are following the key messages that are taught. Communities that are able to reach a high level of adoption are designated as a "Child Friendly Village". Discover what it takes to become "Child Friendly". Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXuEtK46H_Q
Iconic “Baby Fae” Surgeon Leonard Bailey Dies at Age 76
From News Release, 13 May 2019 | Dr. Leonard Bailey, the renowned Adventist surgeon at Loma Linda University (LLU) who garnered international media attention in 1984 for transplanting a baboon’s heart into a human infant known as “Baby Fae,” died yesterday at the age of 76, following a battle with cancer. His pioneering work in […]
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Desmond Doss story inspires Norwegian soldier to faith
Christian Ødegård had barely heard about Seventh-day Adventists. However, while serving in the Norwegian armed forces he saw a war movie that made a huge impact on him. The film was Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge with the young Adventist paramedic, Desmond Doss, as the main character
The way Doss stood up for his Christian convictions really impressed the young Norwegian soldier. He was fascinated that the American soldier in the movie kept the Sabbath and was a vegetarian. Over lunch one day, his…
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