ADRA Uganda is an independent, humanitarian worldwide agency established in 1956 by the Seventh-Day Adventist Church by then it was called Seventh - Day Adventist World Service (SAWS) and in 1983 the name was changed to Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) with the specific purpose of individual and community development and disaster relief. ADRA’s presence is in over 125 countries worldwide and helps people without regard to age, ethnicity, and political or religious association.