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Adventists join world faith, aid agency leaders against pove

Linking poverty to economically fettered women, world faith, aid agency and government representatives said April 13 that it's no coincidence an estimated 70 percent of the 1.2 billion people who subsist on just US$1 a day are women and girls.

Reversing such troubling statistics is a "moral imperative," leaders gathered at a packed National Cathedral for the Women, Faith and Development Summit to End Global Poverty agreed.

Seventh-day Adventists are lobbying to snuff out smoking in public places throughout the Caribbean islands. Victor Roach, president of the International Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (ICPA) ? Caribbean Bloc, made a public plea to area governments during the April 13 launch of the Jamaican chapter of the ICPA.
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Adventist university degree goes the distance with new partn

As fledgling free market countries capitalize on the global economy, English language degrees -- often available through partnerships with United States-based universities -- are indispensable for students with international business ambitions.

Such affiliations with public universities are a chance to offer top-notch degrees and introduce students to the service-based philosophy behind Christian education for Seventh-day Adventist-owned Griggs University, the organization's president says.

The Pan American Health Organization is seeking to engage in partnerships with Faith-Based Organizations, including the Seventh-day Adventist Church's Health Ministries, as part of their effort to connect with FBOs who deliver as much as 40 percent of health care in many developing nations.
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Peru: ADRA helps women, small farmers start businesses, incr

Handmade fabrics manufacturing, producing chocolate goods, milk and cheese and a laundry service are all micro-businesses that the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) helped native Peruvians develop and sustain.
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Dominican Republic: President donates land to Adventists

The Dominican Republic national leader donated 31 acres of public land -- already used by Seventh-day Adventist young people for annual retreats -- to the church last month. During the March 28 donation ceremony, he applauded the church's work and image in the country.
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Kenya: Adventists oppose six-day workweek proposal

Seventh-day Adventists in Kenya are criticizing a government six-day work week proposal that would require civil servants to work on Saturday, the biblical Sabbath and day of rest for the nearly 16 million-member global denomination.

Kenya's minister of state for public service introduced the proposal after a government team examined a new work model.

Adventist Church leaders called on the government to suspend the proposal, saying requiring members employed as civil servants to work on Saturday would conflict with the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion.

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