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SCORES of villages in the northern parts of the Republic of Congo have been totally or partially flooded during the current rainy reason. Heavy rainfall during the final days of 2020 caused houses to...

CYCLONE Yasa, which formed in the south Pacific Ocean in mid-December 2020, has caused severe damage in Fiji. The Category 5 tropical storm was the region’s most intense weather system since 2016 and...

Nearly 200 UK humanitarian, development and domestic charity leaders and leaders, including The National Federation of Women’s Institutes, Save the Children, Greenpeace UK, UNICEF UK and Friends of...

FLOODING, landslides and severe damage to property have been caused by Hurricane Eta – with sustained 150 mile-per-hour winds, the most powerful storm to make landfall in Central America this year...

A NEW residential facility has opened in Rome this month, providing permanent accommodation for up to 14 refugees who had previously lived in The Salvation Army’s social services centre in the...

The Solomon Islands have yet to record a case of COVID-19, but stringent disease control measures are nonetheless affecting islanders – particularly those of limited means. The coronavirus...

As the African republic of Burundi prepares for presidential elections, The Salvation Army has been working on peace-building initiatives to avoid the violence that surrounded the 2015 elections in...

SALVATION Army members and staff in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are continuing to provide whatever assistance they can despite the restrictions that have been put in place to slow the spread of the...

SALVATION Army teams in Indonesia have been responding to New Year floods around the capital city, Jakarta, that killed at least 43 people and led to more than 190,000 being evacuated. Meals and hot...

TWO months after the devastating Category 5 Hurricane Dorian hit large swathes of The Bahamas, The Salvation Army’s emergency humanitarian response continues. Many evacuees have returned to their...

SALVATION Army hurricane relief operations in The Bahamas continue to grow and are expected to expand further as people start to return to the Abaco Islands. At present, International Emergency...

INTERNATIONAL Salvation Army disaster relief personnel and volunteers are deploying to Nassau and Freeport in the Bahamas, to assist the existing teams in those locations as they continue to serve...

As Hurricane Dorian moves away from the Bahamas, the true scale of the destruction is now becoming clear. Twenty people are known to have lost their lives after hurricane-force winds of up to 185mph...

THE Salvation Army’s India Northern Territory is responding to floods that have brought destruction over a large area. Around 90 people lost their lives in July 2019 because of flooding in and around...

FOOD, clothing, tarpaulins and clean-up kits will be the major needs on Grand Bahama in the days ahead, according to The Salvation Army’s divisional commander in the Bahamas, Major Clarence Ingram...

WIND gusts in excess of 220 miles per hour and the threat of flooding from storm surges of up to seven metres have been reported by meteorologists in the Bahamas, as Category 5-rated Hurricane Dorian...

CONFLICT in north-eastern Nigeria has had a devastating effect in the three states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. Resulting food shortages have led to nutritional insecurity, with millions of people...

EXCITEMENT and anticipation were tangible throughout the visit of General Brian Peddle and Commissioner Rosalie Peddle (World President of Women’s Ministries) to the Indonesia Territory on the...

MORE than two months after Cyclone Idai swept through southern Africa – bringing flooding and devastation to communities in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe – The Salvation Army is helping people to...

WITH wind speeds reaching 124 miles per hour (200 km/hour), Cyclone Idai has caused widespread devastation across a large swathe of Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. Local media reports suggest that...