Indian Ocean tsunami relief from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency continues to aid survivors in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Thailand and Somalia. More than U.S. $39 million in relief and development aid have been given to date, and aid is expected to continue until at least 2010. 

Projects in these countries include providing shelter, food, medical services and trauma counseling, improved access to clean water, livelihood recovery programs, building reconstruction, basic education, health care, vocational training and microfinance programs.

“The work that ADRA is doing in these countries may take up to five years to complete,” said Byron Scheuneman, senior vice president and chief financial officer for ADRA International. “ADRA has given, and will continue to give, aid to those whose lives have been forever changed by the tsunami. We are committed to being a long-term partner in the work needed to help them reconstruct their lives.”

An additional $18 million is still needed to successfully implement ADRA’s planned long-term projects in affected countries.