Salvation Army Assists Emergency Workers Tackling Chernobyl Wildfires
Salvation Army emergency response in Chernobyl Radiation levels 16 times higher than normal have posed a major threat for firefighters and other emergency personnel tackling wildfires that have rampaged through an exclusion zone surrounding the former nuclear power plant in Chernobyl,
COVID-19 response in The Salvation Army Spain and Portugal Command
Officer Commanding Lt. Colonel Phil Davisson gives a first-hand report. By Philip Davisson, Lt. Colonel - The Spain and Portugal Command—Ejército de Salvación † Exército de Salvação—is unusual even in the best of circumstances. As Officer Commanding, I live and work from
The Salvation Army launches European anti-trafficking campaign
Joining together across Europe, The Salvation Army began its first pan-continental campaign to raise awareness of—and deter people from being duped into—human trafficking and modern slavery. Around half of the 31 European countries with a Salvation Army presence have so
Refugee Day: UK pledges to help with more resettlements
The Salvation Army welcomed the U.K.'s vow today to resettle even more refugees after its current Syria-focused program expires next year. The Home Office said that the U.K. would welcome between 5,000–6,000 refugees from 2020–2021. Resettlement involves the relocating a
The Salvation Army in Greenland to benefit from postage stamp sales
A new charity postage stamp released by POST Greenland Jan. 21 will raise awareness and funds for The Salvation Army’s work with those experiencing homelessness in Nuuk. Each stamp, which sells for 16 krone (US$2.40), will generate 1 krone of
The Salvation Army in Republic of Georgia celebrates 25 years
The Salvation Army’s new Chief of the Staff, Commissioner Lyndon Buckingham, and Commissioner Bronwyn Buckingham (World Secretary for Women’s Ministries) made their first overseas excursion, visiting the Republic of Georgia to celebrate 25 years of Salvation Army ministry there. During
Salvation Army international leaders visit Belfast
By Philip Pentland - General Brian Peddle and Commissioner Rosalie Peddle, World President of Women's Ministries, shared freely of themselves and their passion for The Salvation Army and God when they led meetings recently at Belfast Sydenham Corps in Northern Ireland. Formal events
Prime Minister Theresa May visits Salvation Army in Nigeria
By Isobel McFarlane - British Prime Minister Theresa May visited The Salvation Army Community Awareness and Recovery (CAR) project, funded by the UK government’s Modern Slavery Innovation Fund, in Lagos, Nigeria, Aug. 29. The program supports Nigerian communities that are vulnerable to
King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands opens groundbreaking Salvation Army facility in Amsterdam
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands opened “De Noordkaap” (“The North Cape”) a new Salvation Army 13-story facility in Amsterdam that refurbished an office building into what is now the largest Salvation Army center in the country. The center combines
Salvation Army team to race ‘Round the Island’
Four UK members will raise funds to tackle modern slavery Four men connected to The Salvation Army in Tunbridge Wells (United Kingdom Territory with the Republic of Ireland Territory)—Robert Banks, Hamish McKeown, Christopher Hunt and Corps Officer Captain Graeme Smith—will
The General celebrates 140 years of Salvation Army ministry in Welsh town
By Iwan Rhys Roberts and Major Nigel Collins - The 140th anniversary of The Salvation Army sending two missionaries to "open fire" in the Welsh town of Merthyr Tydfil was recently celebrated under the leadership of General André Cox and Commissioner
International leaders visit Sweden and Latvia Territory
By Jonas Nimmersjö - General André Cox and Commissioner Silvia Cox (World President of Women's Ministries) visited the Sweden and Latvia Territory with two aims—to encourage and inspire Salvationists and friends, and to make the Army more known, especially within Latvian society.