Back to Life campaign is meant to combat poverty in San Juan. The Salvation Army in San Juan, Puerto Rico, partnered with the police department in the West Bayamón precincts to promote the “Vuelta a la Vida” (Back to Life) campaign, fighting poverty in the community. The campaign’s main event took place in the [...]
The Indian Association donates $2,300 to The Salvation Army to help disabled people. A $2,300 donation from the Indian Association in Papua New Guinea (PNG) enabled The Salvation Army Settlement Ministries Team to purchase six wheelchairs for people who are disabled and living in the Port Moresby area. Captain Michael Dengi, assistant secretary [...]
The Salvation Army and McDonald’s franchises partner to keep camp open for kids. The Salvation Army in Western Australia is partnering with McDonald’s franchises for three years to operate the Army’s summer camp for underprivileged children aged 10-13. McDonald’s first came to the rescue in 2010, when the Army’s camp was in trouble. Unable to [...]
After severe flooding in Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, the swollen River Danube is now threatening the Hungarian capital Budapest. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has declared an emergency and his government has asked The Salvation Army to provide essential supplies and assistance as evacuations take place. From 4pm on 6 June, Salvation Army [...]
The Chief of the Staff (Commissioner André Cox) played a leading role in an historic day for The Salvation Army in Italy when he commissioned and ordained four Salvation Army officers. Lieutenants Luigi and Valentina Capuano, and Luca and Francesca Longo were the first officers to be trained and commissioned in their homeland for [...]
The Salvation Army Kenya East Territory’s Variety Village is a residential vocational training program for men and women, ages 15-25, who are not able to go to secondary school but who want to learn a trade. Courses offered include sign making, metal working, carpentry, leatherworking and tailoring. Students choose a trade, spend two years studying [...]
Delegates discuss ways to raise anti-trafficking efforts to a new level. “Complacency is not an option,” New Zealand Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse said at the third Prevent People Trafficking conference in Auckland, N.Z. The Salvation Army’s Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit, ECPAT Child Alert NZ and the U.S. Embassy hosted the two-day event this [...]
By Christin Davis If you’re Cuban, you turn to communism or to church. This according to Teresa Matos, a soldier of The Salvation Army Havana Central Corps since 1993, who regularly attends services and volunteers. She was born in Cuba but lived in the United States for 19 years before returning to Cuba in the [...]
Proposed site in Paraiso to provide safer environment By Vivian Gatica A delegation from The Salvation Army Pasadena Tabernacle Corps (Calif.) traveled to the Dr. Eno Home for Girls in Colon, Panama, in January to film the site. The corps is raising funds to support future reconstruction at a new site. “The home is [...]
WOMEN’S MINISTRIES TERRITORIAL PROJECT 2012–2013 THIS YEAR women of the Western Territory—through Home League and outreach ministries—aim to raise $40,000 for the “Grace Upon Grace” Women’s Ministries Territorial Project, an annual fundraising endeavor that supports overseas ministries of The Salvation Army. “We choose projects that specifically enhance the lives of women and girls,” said Colonel [...]
