The Adventist Development and Relief Agency is immersed in the lives of vulnerable people around the world. We have seen families fleeing genocide in Myanmar, girls forced into early marriage in Uganda, children starving to death in Madagascar, poor communities desperate for hope in Syria, and entire neighborhoods washed away in The Bahamas.
For more than 30 years, we have seen—and fought to change­—inequality, poverty, hunger, and despair in more than 100 developing countries around the world….Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/PKZKgGuYfCc/

On behalf of all Seventh-day Adventist Church members in the Trans-European Division, our heartfelt sorrow and sympathy go to the family of George Floyd. An unarmed black man, Floyd died on 25 May after a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck for nine minutes while Floyd repeatedly complained that he could not breathe.
His horrific death has caused a heartfelt outpouring of protest and concern from people, not just in the USA, but world-wide, under the slogan, ‘I can’t…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/xsic2SOKups/

Amphan, the most powerful cyclone to hit Bangladesh this year with wind speeds of 160 kph (100 mph), made landfall on May 20 along the city’s coastal and southwestern districts. Thousands of houses were destroyed, poultry farms were devastated, thousands of trees uprooted, roads were left nearly impassable, and countless shelters were lost.
Hundreds of villages were inundated in Bhola, Patuakhali, Barguna, Khulna, Bagerhat, and Satkhira. Additionally, tidal surges battered areas in Barguna,…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Rw6Tkr5lC6o/

The easing of COVID-19 restrictions in New Zealand means that most Seventh-day Adventist churches will be able to reopen.
Last week, the New Zealand government announced that the country would be moving to alert level 2 restrictions as of noon on Friday, May 29. At this level, gatherings of up to 100 people are permitted. When questioned by the media as to why the restrictions would apply from noon on Friday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responded that it would allow Muslims, Jews and…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/FlW84mHjfSM/

Ghana’s president promised to protect religious freedom during a meeting with Seventh-day Adventist Church leader Ted N.C. Wilson, and he enthusiastically accepted an offer by Wilson to read the Bible and pray together.
Signaling thriving religious freedom in the West African country, 20,000 Adventists also gathered over the weekend to celebrate a milestone in Africa’s church history.
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo raised the issue of religious freedom after welcoming an…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/BUtgpITNXF0/