Bermuda Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

ADRA responded immediately to the disaster, committing $1 million in aid to support the immediate needs of survivors. Since then, ADRA has expanded its response, to provide emergency aid for even more of those affected by this devastating disaster. Our updates are listed below.

As of January 22, 2010:

• Starting this Sabbath, go online to www.adra.org/haiti, and listen to a message on ADRA’s ongoing response in Haiti given by ADRA president Charles Sandefur, who is on the ground in Port‐au‐Prince to support the relief efforts there.
• ADRA is staging relief operations at the Haitian Adventist University, located on the outskirts of Port‐au‐Prince, where up to 30,000 survivors have set up temporary shelter.
• ADRA is providing medical assistance and supplies, conducting water purification and distributing emergency non‐food items.
• ADRA has distributed 13,000 emergency food rations, and will continue to provide ongoing food supplies for survivors.
• ADRA has already installed three new water points in the affected region, and plans to add 20 more.
• ADRA is building latrines to provide sanitation for up to 30,000 survivors.
• Currently, ADRA’s primary concerns are providing clean drinking water, sanitation, and medical assistance for displaced survivors.

To learn more about ADRA’s ongoing response to the earthquake in Haiti, visit us at www.adra.org/haiti.

ADRA can be reached online at www.adra.org.

ADRA International
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
www.adra.org

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