ADRA Finland
ADRA Finland säätiö sr
Tampere, Finland
About
Founded in 2010, ADRA Finland is a non-governmental organisation based in Tampere, Finland working on international development, poverty & hunger, humanitarian aid & disaster relief +9 more.
ADRA Finland is a Finnish development cooperation and aid foundation, the Finnish member of the international ADRA network, which operates in more than 120 countries. The foundation was established in 2010 by the Finnish Seventh-day Adventist Church, and its roots in social work in Finland date back to 1968. It runs international development projects in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, focusing on education, entrepreneurship, food security, disability inclusion, and the rights of women, girls and children. Domestically, it provides food and clothing aid to people on low incomes, distributes surplus food, runs soup kitchens and second-hand shops, and supports integration of immigrants. It also responds to humanitarian emergencies abroad through the ADRA network and funds its work largely through the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the annual Sympatia public collection. Activities are carried out with local congregations and partner organisations.
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Kannustava-hanke
Poverty & Hunger · Finland
Two-year food aid project distributing grocery payment cards to unemployed jobseekers with low incomes, with supporting activities, run with local Adventist congregation teams in nine locations and co-financed by the European Social Fund Plus.
Young Mothers (Teiniäiti-hanke)
Gender equality · Uganda
Foreign Ministry-funded project in northern Uganda empowering teenage mothers through farming, vocational and entrepreneurship training, financial management, and sexual and reproductive rights education.
PASSAGE
Education · Uganda
Project in the Amuru area of Acholi, northern Uganda, supporting school-age children and their families toward economic self-sufficiency through school gardens, entrepreneurship and sustainability education.
EmpowerHer
Gender equality · Kenya
Programme in western Kenya supporting women and girls toward independent income through entrepreneurship training, networking and skills development, implemented with a local partner.
Leikkaussafarit (Surgical Safaris)
Disability · Kenya
Volunteer Finnish surgeons perform corrective surgery on children with disabilities, congenital malformations, fractures, burns and tumours in Kenya, alongside rehabilitation and disability work.
Elämänkeittiö
Poverty & Hunger · Finland
Wellbeing concept and training package for food aid workers, aimed at supporting people's holistic wellbeing and life change.
Soppakeittiö
Poverty & Hunger · Finland
Weekly soup kitchen in Helsinki providing a warm meal and social contact.
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ADRA Uganda, Ulkoministeriö (Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland), Kenya Post Bank
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