The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that provides individual and community development and disaster relief in over 120 countries worldwide. ADRA’s community development efforts promote health, provide food and water, and empower children through education. Their disaster relief projects coordinate with local governments to deliver medical care, food, water, and shelter to affected populations. The organization was established by the Seventh-day Adventist Church to serve the world’s most vulnerable populations, regardless of their ethnic, political, or religious association.
ADRA improve the availability of high quality reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) services within health posts and communities in Tonkolili District, focusing on six areas of intervention: health post assessment and evaluation; health post renovation and rehabilitation; clinical capacity building for health posts; community health work program support, management and coordination; and community engagement.