ADRA International challenges Adventists to offer people worldwide much more than material possessions.
The Original Really Useful Gift Catalog was created to give you an opportunity to change a life (see
www.adra.org). Here are some of the selections you will find in the catalog:
$1 - Give one child a bed in Africa or Asia
$1 - Feed one child for a day in Haiti
$2 - Prevent blindness in one child with Vitamin A capsules
$2 - Establish a family garden for one El Salvadorian family
$3 - Deliver five meals on wheels in South Africa
$5 - Save the lives of five children through ORS (oral re-hydration salts)
$7 - Feed one elderly person in Armenia for one month
$10 - Send one Somalian girl to vocational school for one month
$15 - Feed ten Afghan orphans three meals for a day
$15 - Give one refugee family a kitchen set
$20 - Immunize four children
$25 - Sponsor one child to school in Nepal for one year
$35 - Teach one Mexican single mother income-generating skills
$42 - Provide prenatal care for one Nicaraguan mother
$50 - Build two latrines in Thailand
$100 - Teach an adult in Mozambique to read and write
$250 - Put a roof over the heads of one homeless family
$285 - Provide 1,000 people medicines for three months
$300 - Build a classroom in Somalia
$750 - Fund a one-week dental and medical camp in Himalayan villages
$3800 - Provide clean water for ten schools in Madagascar