Our Purpose:
To Serve Humanity so all may Live as God Intended
Our Motto:
Justice. Our Vision:
ADRA Cambodia reflects God's character of love for the poor and vulnerable through development and relief projects based on inclusive, trust-based community relationships that lead to improved quality of life. Background Summary:
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is the global humanitar
ian organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Founded in 1956 as the Seventh-day Adventist Welfare Service and renamed ADRA in 1984, the agency has a long and successful history of providing humanitarian relief and implementing development initiatives. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA)
has been operating in Cambodia since 1988 as the
global humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist
Church. As an international development and relief
agency, ADRA Cambodia’s portfolio focuses primarily on
sustainable, long term development programs. ADRA
Cambodia’s portfolio includes food security, health,
water & sanitation, and education. Currently ADRA is
working in the provinces of Preah Vihear, Kompong
Thom, Steung Treng, Pursat, and Phnom Penh. ADRA
assists those in need without regard to ethnic, political,
or religious affiliation. ADRA Cambodia has been operating in Cambodia for 30 years. It has a diverse program across several sectors that focuses on sustainable community development and advocacy for strong community relationships and capacity. ADRA Cambodia currently works with communities in Preah Vihear, Kompong Thom, Steung Treng, Pursat, and Phnom Penh. The focus on the central and northern areas of the country will continue, based on the ongoing partnerships with communities, and development
needs in that region. ADRA Cambodia has a diverse portfolio of projects across several sectors, the strategic planning sessions identified three priority sectors from the previous strategy which will be continued. In addition, ADRA Cambodia is expanding its program focus into two new sectors that build on ADRA Cambodia’s programming strengths and capacity to effectively address the changing future of development challenges in Cambodia. Carrying forward from previous strategy:
• Health - (Nutrition, Water Sanitation & Hygiene, MCH)
• Rural Livelihoods - (Food Security)
• Human Development & Empowerment - (Early Childhood Development, REFLECT)
New strategic growth priorities:
• Non-Communicable Disease (NCD – alcohol, to***co, lifestyle and diet)
• Environmental Health (waste management, recycling)
ADRA Cambodia continues to mainstream Disaster Risk Reduction/Emergency Management throughout the entire community development program and has made a commitment to incorporate the community participation approach used in the REFLECT methodology wherever possible in ADRA Cambodia's community development program. ADRA Cambodia includes consideration of all cross-cutting issues in the implementation of projects, but special focus is being made on the cross-cutting issues of migration and gender-based violence. Sections:
- Food security
- Health
- Water & Sanitation
- Education