ADRA Africa Quarterly Newsletter(more)

ADRA Kenya News Release Issue 1, featuring official activities and plans (more)

ADRA Zimbabwe’s activities in brief.
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ADRA South Africa nominated as ADRA office for the year 2009 in Africa (more)

The very First Quarterly Newsletter from ADRA Nigeria North - South West office……..(more)

Agriculture in Somaliland is important for more than just wanting to meet food needs. It is also important as a provider of opportunities for utilising agricultural labour and generating income.” (more)

Read some comments on the response and watch ADRA’s activities during the response;

“Hi Tomi, interesting report and good work!
Greetings”. Birgit (Executive Director, ADRA Africa Regional Office, Nairobi.)

“Wonderful job Tomi, more grease to your elbow……..”

“…………………. I am glad that ADRA is back to life in Nigeria…….”

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Enjoy reading the first ‘RAAD’ for the year 2010. It is about the launch of a new education project in Somalia and how an existing project, Somalia Energy and Livelihoods Project (SELP) is changing lives in Somaliland.
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Welcome to the last issue of ‘RAAD’ for the year 2009. We thank God for being with us since the turn of the year and guiding us through successful implementation of project activities despite the insecurity situation in large parts of Somalia..” (more)

In an accord signed between ADRA-STP and representatives
of the national government of São
Tomé e Príncipe on December 5, 2008, ADRA
will provide training in general accounting and the
use of QuickBooks accounting software to the
Centro Nacional de Endemias (CNE). This center,
under the Ministry of Health, is the Sao tomean
counterpart to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) in the United States. In addition
to accounting and software training, ADRA will
assist CNE in setting up an accounting system to
international standards in preparation for CNE to
take over management of the Global Fund to Fight
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria from the local
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
office.
ADRA-STP was approached about this opportunity
after a delegation of UNDP representatives
visited the offices of several NGO’s in the country
to assess the quality of their accounting systems
and experience with accounting software. The
transparency, rigor, and high standards of ADRASTP’s
Finance Department impressed the delegation,
and they were also attracted by the quality of
the QuickBooks program.
“The capacities of our monitoring and evaluation
department, our program planning department, and
other departments are strong,” says Dr. Herodes
Sousa Pontes do Sacramento Rompão, Director of
CNE. “But our financial system needs significant
strengthening. This training provided by ADRA is a
very important part of our preparation to manage the
Global Fund.”
The training and accounting system setup will begin
in December 2008 with duration of two months.
ADRA-STP’s Finance Director, Mr. Ugochukwu A.
Nwachukwu, will conduct the training based upon
his accounting degree from the University of Port
Harcourt (Nigeria), his experience as an international
businessman, and his work with ADRA-STP.
“We are very pleased to be afforded this opportunity,”
says Dr. Adam D. Kiš, Country Director for
ADRA-STP. “Most of our work takes place at the
community level, but working at the national level is
also a form of development which can ultimately
improve the lives of all.” ADRA has been present in
São Tomé e Príncipe since 1992 and in 1998 ADRA
became officially registered in the country. In the
last 5 years, ADRA-STP has managed more than
$1,500,000 in assistance to promote development
and alleviate poverty, impacting more than 30,000
lives.

By Adam Kis, Country Director