ADRA Insider

Join ADRA Insider Host, Heather Grbic and Associate Director for Programs, Avish Raj, as they discuss how ADRA is bringing the issues of Climate Change into all of the projects that ADRA Canada funds around the world.

In this episode of the ADRA Insider, Heather Grbic visits with Artem Dikhtiaruk, Programs Director for ADRA Ukraine, over a Zoom call.  Artem shares his harrowing experience of evacuating his hometown and the amazing work that ADRA Ukraine is doing to save lives in Ukraine.

In this episode of the ADRA Insider video podcast, we take a look back on the BC Fires of 2021 and review how ADRA responded to help the victims of the fires.  Heather Grbic interviews ADRA staff that were directly involved in the response.  The podcast includes interviews from people who were affected by the fires, as well as ADRA volunteers who gave up their summer plans to help people in need.

In this episode, Heather Grbic, has an insightful conversation with Mahider Yeshaw, Gender Equality Advisor for ADRA Canada on how ADRA Canada includes gender equality education into all of the programs that we do.

In this episode of the ADRA Insider Podcast, Frank Spangler has a zoom call with some of the staff of ADRA Cambodia to discuss the work of ADRA in the Kingdom of Cambodia. Learn about the many ways that ADRA Canada has supported this country from the recovery of the civil war in the 1990s through the response to the COVID pandemic.

In this episode, Heather Grbic talks with Peggy Caesar about ADRA’s work with the Albinism community in Tanzania as an example of how ADRA includes people with disabilities in all of the projects that we do.

In this episode of the ADRA Insider Podcast, Frank Spangler and Executive Director, Steve Matthews talk about a recent trip they went on to the highlands of Peru. Discover how ADRA is changing lives by helping people build warm, healthy homes, high up in the Andean mountains.

In this episode of the ADRA Insider Podcast, Frank Spangler speaks with ADRA’s Canadian Programs Manager, Pastor Daniel Saugh, about some of the work that ADRA is doing here in Canada to help relieve hunger. Pastor Saugh also speaks about Ministries of Compassion, and his vision of having ADRA Partner with Churches across Canada as they minister to people in need in their communities.

In this episode, Heather Grbic speaks with Michael Kirkby about the work that ADRA is doing to help people have better health and nutrition. Michael talks about the visits that he has made to project sites where ADRA has been teaching people how to grow organic kitchen gardens. He also shares his experience of having just visited ADRA’s project in Nunavut.

In this episode of the ADRA Insider, Host, Heather Grbic speaks with Frank Spangler, Multimedia Specialist for ADRA Canada about his observations of the amazing work that ADRA is doing in helping people learn ways to better provide for their families.

In this episode, we feature the work that ADRA is doing in Education. Join our ADRA Insider host, Heather Grbic as she talks with Analynn Bruce, Development Program Director for ADRA Canada about how ADRA is Changing the lives of youth living in conflict and post-conflict zones.

We are so glad you have joined us! In this episode, Pastor Mark Johnson, ADRA Board Chair, speaks with host, Frank Spangler, on the importance of providing clean, safe water to people living in remote communities. As the President of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Canada, Pastor Johnson also speaks of his vision for a new, developing partnership between ADRA and Adventist churches across Cana...

In this episode, Michael Kirkby has an in-person interview with Elaria Fahmi, the Humanitarian Program Coordinator at ADRA Lebanon. A Canadian who grew up in Toronto, Elaria has spent the last 5 years working in Syria and Lebanon. Elaria shares with us the work that ADRA Lebanon has been doing in partnership with ADRA Canada, and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, to help the people of Lebanon get thro...

In this ADRA Insider Podcast, we Zoom meet with Edwin Flores, the Emergency Coordinator for ADRA Honduras.  Edwin shares what it is like to be working on the front lines, helping people recover from floods, drought and hurricanes.

In this episode, we talk with Janice Smith, the Community Engagement Coordinator for ADRA Canada about the “Hoops for a Hunger” fundraiser event. Janice started this fundraiser for ADRA on her own initiative, long before she became an employee of ADRA, and now she is taking Hoops for Hunger into a major, national fundraiser!  Find out how you can get involved, either as a participant or sponsor. W...

In this episode of the ADRA Insider, Michael Kirkby speaks with James Astleford, currently the Country Director of ADRA Kenya. ADRA Canada has been sponsoring humanitarian work in Kenya for 30 years. The training and material support that has been provided has uplifted whole communities. Join us as James shares with us some of the exciting success stories!

In this episode of the ADRA Insider, Michael sits down with Pastor Daniel Saugh, Canadian Programs Manager for ADRA Canada, and Anita M. Odondi, Emergency Program Director, to talk about the work that ADRA is doing here at home in Canada.

In this episode, Michael Kirkby speaks with Executive Director of ADRA Canada, Steve Matthews, and Daniel Saugh, the Canadian Programs  Manager, about the ongoing partnership that ADRA Canada has with the First Nations community of Wiikwemkoong (Wiky for short), located on Manitoulin Island in Ontario.  Just returning from a visit to Manitoulin, the three discuss the COVID-19 emergency response th...

In this episode of the ADRA Canada Insider Podcast, discover the EMBRACE project of ADRA through the eyes of three highschool students from Toronto, as they go on a learning tour of Rwanda.

In this video podcast, Heather talks with Steve Matthews, the Executive Director of ADRA Canada, Anthony Da Rocha, Senior Technical Advisor, MNCH, and Frank Spangler, Multimedia Specialist, about the EMBRACE project in Rwanda.  Discover how ADRA transformed a region of Rwanda that was once known for high infant mortality, malnutrition, and stunting in children into a district where it is difficult...

In this episode, join Frank Spangler as he travels to the Philippines to visit the EMBRACE project. Frank sits down with Tom Pignon, the ADRA Philippines Country Director, Lovely Joy Alvar, the Project Manager for EMBRACE, and Alexander Nayve, the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist as they share how the EMBRACE project has changed the lives of thousands of people living in remote villages in the...

Welcome to the ADRA Canada Podcast. We are so glad you have joined us! In this episode Heather talks with Steve Matthews, the Executive Director of ADRA Canada, Anthony Da Rocha, Senior Technical Advisor, MNCH, and Frank Spangler, Multimedia Specialist, about the PROMISE project in Rwanda.  Discover how ADRA is transforming the lives of people living in this drought-prone region of Africa.

Welcome to the ADRA Canada Podcast. We are so glad you have joined us! In this episode Heather talks with Steve Matthews, the Executive Director of ADRA Canada, Anita M. Odondi, the Emergency Program Director, and Frank Spangler, Multimedia Specialist, about their recent visit to the Mandera West county of Kenya.  Sit back, relax, and see how ADRA is helping people living in this drought-prone reg...

Welcome to the ADRA Canada Podcast. We are so glad you have joined us. In this episode Michael shares some heartwarming stories from his recent trip to Thailand.

Welcome to the ADRA Canada Insider Podcast. We are so glad you have joined us for this special episode, recorded in the field from the country of Rwanda.   In this episode we visit with Reuben Muvunyi, Vincent Munyerari,  and Florence Niyonambaza, the lead ADRA Rwanda staff that are implementing the EMBRACE project in Rwanda.  EMBRACE is a four year program that is improving the health and lives o...