The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Switzerland has published its annual report 2021 under the theme "People in Focus". According to the report, 29 projects were undertaken in 16 countries worldwide in 2021, five of which were in Switzerland. In total, around 254,000 people were supported. The aid organisation spent a total of 5.3 million Swiss francs, which corresponds to 87 percent of the funds. Thirteen percent was spent on administrative costs and marketing.
New ADRA Shops in Bern and Zurich
In spring 2021, the ADRA Shop in Zurich Oerlikon will open its doors. In the form of a second-hand shop run by eight volunteers, clothing, shoes, bags, toys, household, and decorative items will be sold at low prices. The shop is open to the public. People who can show proof of a social welfare status receive the clothes free of charge.
In October 2021, the new ADRA Shop in Bern gave out durable food to people on a small budget, for the first time. Many volunteers would work in the shop. By the end of the year, about 100 people were supplied with food, each week, in this way.
Continued solidarity
In 2020, the aid organisation had already seen a great wave of solidarity in connection with the Coronavirus crisis, which continued last year, the media release said. According to the annual report, ADRA Switzerland receives 76 per cent of its funds from institutions, 22 per cent from private donors, and two per cent is contributed by the Free Church of Seventh-day Adventists in Switzerland.
Impact study Indonesia
The annual report contains an impact study on the reconstruction in Indonesia after the earthquake and tsunami disaster of 2018. ADRA Switzerland is still active there and is still helping "four years after the disaster, with targeted and efficient projects" that provide the population with immediate aid through employment measures on the one hand and future prospects in agriculture on the other.
To the 2021 annual report, go here.ADRA Switzerland
ADRA Switzerland is part of a worldwide network with 118 independent country offices and about 7,500 full-time employees worldwide.
ADRA Switzerland was founded in 1987 as a relief organisation of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Switzerland. ADRA Switzerland is the successor organization to the Adventist welfare organization founded in 1942, during the Second World War, which was mainly active within Switzerland. The office of ADRA Switzerland - with eleven employees - is located in Aarau, and the headquarters is in Zurich. The relief organization is a registered association in the commercial register. It enjoys tax exemption and was recertified in 2017 for a further five years by the Swiss agency for charitable institutions that collect donations (ZEWO). ADRA Switzerland is one of the partner relief organizations of Swiss Solidarity.
When identifying and implementing projects at the international level, the relief organisation works primarily with ADRA partner organisations on the ground. ADRA provides aid regardless of race, ethnic origin, gender, religion or belief, disability, age, or sexual identity.
ADRA stands for Adventist Development and Relief Agency. ADRA's slogan is: "Changing the world - Justice. Compassion. Love."
More about the relief agency: www.adra.ch
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