ERT Training in Belgrade Connects ADRA Teams from Across Europe
February 10, 2026 | Elizabeth Tomenko, Senior Emergency Program Manager, ADRA International Six ADRA staff in matching blue vests leaned over a flip chart in a Belgrade classroom, sketching out an emergency response management plan, a volunteer appreciation plan, and an emergency communications strategy. Around them, the yellow, red, and purple teams worked on similar […]
Love Without Borders: Compassion That Crosses Continents
Op-ed | FEBRUARY 5, 2026 By Paulo Lopes, President, ADRA International In my three decades of humanitarian work, one truth has emerged with crystal clarity: love speaks every language. You’ll find ADRA serving in more than 120 countries, training farmers in Madagascar, teaching literacy in El Salvador, ensuring access to healthcare in the Philippines, responding to […]
Let the People Go Home:
Why Ending War Is the Only Real Solution to Displacement 18th December 2025. Geneva, Switzerland, is an impressive international city. Especially now, before the Christmas holidays, the city, with its beauty, is an attraction for many tourists coming from around the world. Besides that, Geneva is full of luxury cars with “CD” plates, identifying diplomats […]
Together for Dignity: ADRA Conference on Inclusion for Roma and Homeless Communities
Participants from across Europe gathered in Belgrade to strengthen partnerships that restore dignity, belonging, and opportunity. In Belgrade last week, inclusion was at the core of our work. Representatives from ADRA offices across Europe joined government partners, faith representatives, and community experts to confront a very important challenge of our time — the growing exclusion […]
When we uphold each other’s dignity …
When we uphold each other’s dignity, we help build the kingdom Jesus envisioned, with hope and healing. Lena Sømme, Country Director, ADRA Norway With the sun blazing on the tin roof, I heard her tell about how she fled for her life. In the refugee settlement she came to, she saw no other options than […]
World Humanitarian Day 2025
#ActForHumanity: Honouring Those Who Serve on the Frontlines Brussels, August 2025. Every day in our work, we think about the people we’ve met in the hardest places — places where conflict, disaster, or loss have stripped life down to survival. We also think about the humanitarians, our very own colleagues and from partner organizations, who […]
International Day of Education: Thoughts on AI, Humanity, and the Future of Learning
International Day of Education: Thoughts on AI, Humanity, and the Future of Learning by Corinna Wagner, Fundraising Coordinator at ADRA Europe As someone who works in humanitarian aid for 24 years now, I’ve been observing how fast things are changing. And over the last 2 years, I feel this has accelerated even more – especially […]
Out of Eden – Thoughts on World Refugee Sabbath
How environmental pressures are forcing people to leave one place and go to another.
Thoughts during the European Humanitarian Forum 2024
Discussing the achievements, the challenges, and the future of the humanitarian sector is the purpose of the European Humanitarian Forum, which takes place these two days in Brussels,
Finding True Happiness Through Selflessness
Today, we celebrate the International Day of Happiness. In the pursuit of happiness, we often find ourselves seeking fulfillment in external sources – whether it’s material possessions, personal achievements, or relationships. Yet, the bible and Psychology tell us that true happiness springs from the well of selflessness.