It is important to mention here that before 2004, ADRA had no presence in the South Pacific Region. Then the process was initiated in Nov (2004) when the vote was given by the SPD Executive Committee in favor of the proposal, which asserted that there should be “ADRA in the South Pacific Division (SPD)”. This new regional approach came up with a new governance model so that leadership matters are handled accordingly. It was recommended that the new governance model should include the ADRA SPD Network and the ADRA SPD Coordinating Committee. In the end, the approval was given to Pacific Development Program, and it has been serving the region ever since it started its work.

Once SPD started working in the region, but coordination was handled from the center, then it was felt that SPD requires a Regional Office in SPD. So, the approval for ADRA SPD Regional Office was taken in Nov (2005) from the ADRA SPD Coordinating Committee. A regional office team was also selected to handle the matters in the region, and new positions included an Executive Director, Field Coordinator, as well as, Coordinator of the Pacific Development Program. The launching of the Pacific Development Program was done in 2005, and this program is contributing to the region in so many ways to build their capacity and resources.

II. Organization & History of Encyclopedia ADRA South Pacific Information

ADRA was doing well in the SPD, serving different parts of the region. It was again felt that ARDA need one more regional office in the SPD so that work can be managed easily, because ADRA’s activities were growing in the region, and it was getting difficult for other regions to handle the pressure of work from the whole SPD. So, higher management made a crucial decision that there should be one more regional office in the SPD, as it will help to segregate workload. It was important to take this decision because things were getting difficult to manage. So, a major decision was made by ADRA SPD Coordinating Committee in 20XX that a new regional office will be launched in SPD.

The mission statement of ADRA South Pacific, same as all the ADRA offices in different countries across the world is: "ADRA works with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change through empowering partnerships and responsible actions.”

To achieve its mission, ADRA South Pacific has been partnering with communities, organizations, as well as governments with a purpose to develop:

· Food Security

· Primary Health

· Economic Development

· Basic Education

· Emergency Management

IV. Role and Place in the country/region

It is a fact that ADRA is doing its best to “make a difference in the world” by doing so many positive relief and rehabilitation efforts along with development projects so that needy poor people in the region can raise the living standard, and get access to basic human needs. ADRA is making a viable impact through its work across 130 countries including the SPD region. ADRA works in the region for a variety of projects. For instance, ADRA regional chapter makes a lot of effort to improve the lives of poor children. They work for disaster response in areas, where any kind of natural calamity makes a devastating impact. ADRA provides relief in the affected areas in the best possible manner. ADRA also works on several projects to help developing countries in their economic growth so that the economy can get better.

In addition to this, ADRA South Pacific also has mentioned its specific purpose which is to serve people without any type of discrimination in the context of their ethnic, political, or else religious relation. Furthermore, ADRA South Pacific has been prioritizing to provide to the people with disabilities, children, as well as senior citizens in the region.

In developing regions, social justice is a big issue, so ADRA makes every possible effort to maintain social justice, and people can get a justice who is deprived of it due to their social status. Gender equality is another prevalent issue in the region, so ADRA involves in different development programs to spread awareness about gender equality. Hunger & Nutrition are some of the huge issues faced in this region, and ADRA helps people to deal with the issue. They also work with different projects to improve the situation of water and sanitation in the region, because the situation is extremely worst in this regard. ADRA also assist farmers and support them in their agriculture matters so that they can improve their farming to get better results. ADRA also involved in different community health development programs so that people can get basic access to health and nutrition, which is needed especially for the proper growth and development of children (ADRA, 2019).

One of the examples can be seen from the conference which held in Indonesia, in April 2019, that gave representatives from above than 30 different countries a big opportunity to both learn and also take part into a stronger corporation between the Seventh-day Adventist Church and ADRA, specifically in learning how young generation could be better involved in community service as well as disaster readiness. At that time, Indonesia has experienced several momentous natural disasters, from earthquakes to tsunamis as well as flooding. ADRA, the Adventist Church along with the Indonesian Government’s National Board designed for Disaster Management were working together with a purpose to promote community-based disaster readiness such as training the Pathfinders and church volunteers to back up the reduction activities of disaster risk along with the proper emergency response (Peach, 2019).

V. List – Directors

Directors of SAWS and ADRA International

· C.W. Bozarth (1956-1962)

· W.E. Phillips (1962-1970)

· Theodore Carcich (1970-1974)

· Howard Burbank (1974-1980)

· Richard O’Fill (1980-1983)

· Robert Drachenberg (1983-1985)

· Ralph S. Watts, Jr. (1985-2001)

· Charles C. Sandefur (2001-2008)

· Jonathan Duffy (2008-

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ADRA International. (2005). ADRA Pakistan earthquake response targets survivors. Retrieved December 12, 2019, from https://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/adra-pakistan-earthquake-response-targets-survivors

Peach, M. (2019, April 1). Community resilience the focus of ADRA conference. Retrieved from https://record.adventistchurch.com/2019/04/01/community-resilience-the-focus-of-adra-conference/