- Adventist: A self managing agency of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
- Development: This effort is focused on developing economic and social stability through resources and training.
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- Relief: The humanitarian effort to relieve the suffering of those who cannot help themselves
- Agency: ADRA is a Non-governmental agency on the U.N. NGO list operating in 120 nations world wide. [1]
Relief refers to efforts to address short term (though urgent) problems. Development is generally more of a long-term effort. Development projects include building and water projects. Some mistakenly believe that the D stands for Disaster, but while ADRA does respond to disasters, most of ADRA's programing is aimed at long term development projects designed to help populations improve their lives over the long term.
