ADRA helps in Nagorno-Karabakh
On 27 September 2020, at 7:00 a.m., fierce fighting broke out in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, where there is a long-standing dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Unmanned aerial vehicles - drones, military aircraft, artillery and armoured vehicles were used in the attacks. The bombing has hit towns and villages in the conflict zone. Locals fear that the local conflict will escalate into a serious war. Immediately after [...]
Closure and use of the public collection for Lebanon
ADRA is implementing joint humanitarian assistance in Beirut, Lebanon. Local teams have been reinforced by crisis assistance specialists from abroad. In Lebanon, ADRA International uses funds from grants and collections carried out by ADRA offices around the world. The ADRA Slovakia for Lebanon public collection account has collected € 8.180,50 as of 17.9.2020. Thanks to these [...]
Urgent help for the people of Beirut
Eli is one of the survivors of the Beirut blast. In the immediate aftermath, he rescued his neighbours. He was willing to tell us his story. He is one of the 300,000 people whose homes were devastated by the explosion in Beirut and lost almost everything... ADRA, along with other humanitarian organisations, is on the ground engaging many volunteers in [...]
The first tonne of ADRA aid is already in Beirut
On 11 August, a government special flight departed from Bratislava for Lebanon with humanitarian aid for the local population recovering from a massive explosion in the capital Beirut. In addition to the official aid from the Slovak Republic, we, together with other humanitarians working in Lebanon, were given the opportunity to send our own shipment of aid, which will be distributed by ADRA Lebanon. „Man in danger“ provided food, „St. Elizabeth's College“ and the Ministry of Health provided [...]
Beirut calls for help...
What happened in Beirut? Hundreds of deaths, 5 000 injured, 300 000 people without a roof over their heads. These are the estimated human toll so far after the unfortunate massive explosion in Beirut's port on August 4, 2020, which devastated half the city. Lebanon has a bloody civil war and bombing in its recent history. But the explosion at the port is being described by locals [...]
ADRA Lebanon office hit by explosion in Beirut
ADRA Slovakia announces a public collection to help Lebanon A massive explosion on Tuesday 4 August 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon, left dozens dead and thousands injured. ADRA Lebanon has an office in Beirut. In the immediate aftermath of the explosion, we contacted our partners who assured us that all ADRA Lebanon staff were safe and no one [...]
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