The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is serving more than 2.4 million households around the world where lives have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.  ADRA has launched COVID-19 response projects in 37 countries to support frontline workers, low-income families, the elderly, and people facing layoffs as a result of the crisis. 
“ADRA has been on the ground since the coronavirus outbreak, immediately responding and assisting the most needed areas of the world, helping…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/fTUYB_1Vqpw/

Members of Gatton and Laidley Seventh-day Adventist churches in Queensland, Australia, have teamed up to facilitate the distribution of more than 11 pallets of fresh produce donated by Coles Supermarket in response to COVID-19—on top of food hampers they regularly hand out at their “ADRA Lockyer Food Pantry”.
Having heard about their dedicated food pantry ministry, food distribution service Second Bite asked Gatton church to distribute a large donation of fresh fruit and vegetables from Coles.
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Adventist-operated Bella Vista Adventist Hospital in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, released its first patient who recovered from COVID-19 on Apr. 15, 2020. Elyse Octave, age 40, was wheeled through the halls of the hospital after spending three weeks under the care of medical staff at the Adventist hospital. Octave, a physician doing a residency in family medicine since 2019, returned to Puerto Rico from a trip home to New York City. Physicians, nurses and health professionals applauded Octave for his…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/iFIomWj8Pps/

“The new #dearcoronavirus #6 is perhaps to most moving to date. It may well make your spine tingle as you watch it,” declares Victor Hulbert, Communication director for the Trans-European Division, and one of the coordinators of the series #dearcoronavirus.
In this new videoclip we hear from two people who have both lost a loved one to this deadly virus – and give a silent tribute to support all those who have suffered loss.
Why the silence?
“Often we have no words that can adequately comfort…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Juh122fNDm8/

[Editor’s Note: Since May of 2019, the Adventist Church members in Burundi have endured ongoing persecution from the countries government. On October 24, the president of the Burundi Union Mission, pastor Lamec Barishinga, was arrested. This arrest was part of an escalating series of threats and attacks on the Seventh-day Adventist Church by the government of Burundi. For further reading about the situation of our Adventist brother and sisters in Burundi, please visit the Pray for Burundi…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/gIwgbBpGpq4/