%PDF-1.7 1 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Outlines 2 0 R /Pages 3 0 R >> endobj 2 0 obj << /Type /Outlines /Count 0 >> endobj 3 0 obj << /Type /Pages /Kids [6 0 R 19 0 R ] /Count 2 /Resources << /ProcSet 4 0 R /Font << /F1 8 0 R /F2 9 0 R /F3 10 0 R /F4 11 0 R /F5 21 0 R >> /XObject << /I1 13 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 16 0 R /GS2 17 0 R /GS3 22 0 R /GS4 23 0 R >> >> /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] >> endobj 4 0 obj [/PDF /Text /ImageC ] endobj 5 0 obj << /Producer (dompdf 3.1.0 + CPDF) /CreationDate (D:20250903163845+00'00') /ModDate (D:20250903163845+00'00') >> endobj 6 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Annots [ 14 0 R ] /Contents 7 0 R >> endobj 7 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1175 >> stream xmV˒6+hWm$(bn~YrV*8@*nÌ*Q⣧*aIv[OQ,7m5;F ;TKtЈAt؀id WFw.K96I~qT]gy K^,-J|.RV%kEJOV_-Ȣn֣pYMŠddTyͷ]?f3hG,aUsG-殑$j-j0H-CI~Հ#XHsZcuYpbR>+tRDi㛘8BoaRI (|5]FV'M4 HMjR籊ORV"Uj4ʮ܀p7qAIFSp 4`^(%WJN"߉N> endobj 9 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F2 /BaseFont /Times-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 10 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F3 /BaseFont /Times-Roman /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 11 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F4 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Bold /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 12 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 13 0 obj << /Type /XObject /Subtype /Image /Width 225 /Height 253 /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB /Filter /DCTDecode /BitsPerComponent 8 /Length 7653>> stream JFIFC    !'"#%%%),($+!$%$C   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$" {1jCj@@bJX1 D`Fr04ՂKrzG;L^l PL$`qj,CD+=<z~J 24XJ5VC,7y,$mۏo̻u秫Ϧ92R5'rW7R0Qe 1-ߍݣ=ܷ{B{NY`M8uer "n:U\qq"pM-e^y5g5wOyr.2-ά|e mXAcci L{S)ejy3Z+F"cq,F"EEFa+qdDBN!!HA"!dFe(Nʥ-rhA!HH쐁uXvjѓg>Fn,b n,웈H:!^d靛w.S(Jk2"" b psiX.ɼ(ѻ>{j/DqBjy{OAM;c_H>u<]/:P/.%M.̽Mts5Yγ?:ٮBMF۝y;pU}f'=IۂkWFPvgv9FfO|ҩ{ ; ~)=k!9LjrnsK==%c4^~ִv#٨?`nց#1qLNn<% {Vݿ=D//+%3hb' uZk|ӓc#LDh07K2,A-kC )yV$//V_\}<^fDh}7W\LT{c\uTKiҥifcqJN/(Suj\E^ ZQԭ<=[FLMZFtV^ܞ-oN_L-2*a\Nj `k+b\#]zx9-5>SE*.34읇_p9dn_N!6/+uUO+M<4GOP%BZUrI֘ÎZzV /[>T xgtuuz\U+ op)cp֟UJ@SK)ӯS̃."49$,lfͳq6i}ia\aqo˷}"m1\L\Uh\Z mzWհ3ivfyw5jMG5MjUW5k4ifMf5xMڵH[nA åmM_lll$ۥ}MMMMMMMhj]20 !1@?[ZPC8v}Zf\C/E8{R7{RQQ6`EP${<|,͙7'\*h*( 0!@? ^Pdbd"ї6'J6' …Q '7<9͉ʍ,7}8Ǝ5]666676676666: !1A2a "03@Qq#Br4P`b$C?xru<;(rsqÝ3Ӫ; j^O[V*zw9wWTuQy|2}ч}GT[!EUOF,yHnvwYC.'9:'޺mmtqܝMi֒q"t4-7 x-6TSdĖy5V{pq7i9M"$΃"W+su7J#5,l2c~*ldr3jM9i0lm|PECٛC&l,JYZdNM.{bIa:&fdd:Lm;4H,ineJ$.ʷZ@5 ӯ#&/@|g=Bf1Hy+VD4& zhwd]?RkO_+CF k2ۯ XJ4jf0\/VʧڪtVkeke@ }%vWnP4q(z Mvz_𣖥vZ\WiJ>)L m?x_')`C# aŽLq jypTKL"z;ѪhVb«Mq1ޙCr,k5bV%bV[EbV[K,\\K. ox-zV a`X,9٬k5fY%bV% s| &`1)!1AQa 0q@?!Ϸ&m!NFy)Anq(]mp-44t[#[ Z n N![hc˰cJ/_"M5 ع밖u+`&2&hdƞjvc^xr_`zDX -~)Fhm4~*RhN'H!KI;=8j/0=eUxJ62aɌN{Q]Zbw"ksCVG$c( 3~ƃI?àE"֚fIEot vJ R܇ F"}V|e '!_r6-f XXQ4SMA*tY _s/:ΩA6L~ %ZWSݯreTh2<ńu2ȪY8C] QR~RQͨ[h-fbyq5,J')vwL*xO ܲW m1 %T6>ҞU,<b6ѫ2:q2 ñq5XMsF\k5_SрN}%v *'uj1GgMP)oqw߾s yf}ez ]}ks]Ɠk,^99h; .ҽ=59EgY[Ay'itqWc"UU}֓Xa'i+>DiPMaՑ(l!M;ЄޯgaCa$ʎʀ!! 10AQaq? &g c 5< -(*ŝ7DP]|I~2PhJb1kc/ HFXۡ !/ -X'lbpH~)ǣxiJ5 Гu3U  Iv)= '=4(P_؜)d|لeFI!1Q 0Aa?~TmƟ܉Il{w = BHg`tO rElxU?iX{h5E4(h'!>H[B~A'!#VAgr!I?5A}"$5 DGDODtI$#1'!1AQaq ? @)d!n?hfzRW! wԡ\V+!+?ƣ CS!Ci塡^?1+Kr ?AsXPZCZ- ږ)pQauR9ųpĨ\BxEYY˪Y/]V뎋Um7#usFOC;e9dal_p,ݶ# Dvg u3P j`S=t__b>>μT ^̱PJ8s+0\hb}#xA4@|JJ9K r6_P?7WP9C#!̸r+#l 4w a\\\=0x%Q,Ex "\## Y[ DHY%WA @LʫCn:jXaBoh~F&p3\K. .|jgrGU\!1 l)Y qPq.="ΠpaUr NE%AvV˃/ˌ. | ]"J@x]5DSH"> + +ֳah7u`( 1/ϸ8K.TlQFxUWeq)qQ+[mXBh/ rܻ/ܿ6@$lT!*(N1mpS,1\+r! E[4`L%ˋ*p7E{$;2@˾.Ku.^eԹp2!ib+@\\f>lfmE: 嗹w/˃ e\8/q C.\ъ&Ђg;6sY dK]C2\w?!"QwY r,Ư)+_z;49 S.(5`K ?]R[B R( [ܥDeᮿZ^/Կ`)OS8At&-N1PIk)fwՇ !P ^YnXDe Yx A ^ƳC(bCj |A.#r1k'^"1#Sr-YEhiX?+I Qg=#p+h?Eeuܽ7G΍r>jFIK>]e3ZXX٫Ȝ 2]F"4̒3Kg!"wV Y|H\ J )"(QҺ$\L@a,C|+v)rܥ^xx"~喝UgSk4}};ź,e7 R VwKu ibJY,:bsa5) @p@ЅMpc^.ԷdF9f_Vmwn"Y V.:9\UA3|ayf@ZTo[,u<]! f(.i8ϣq} Ab|BYkի^E}}ioND,`vMu߄̧hٛ#9j+:tmxkSqbȫڜA`4rhq{tj Yj'M6EU{C'Tp{P6Ƿ 5n8D"%!՝-!tmʥN~+JǗ?BLj2 &5R1 +HGc&T9`)xz qMpDSVֽ~b\s?F _Z[3ʽMP~6f9qe^MBTq-q\f>Ŏg~eA:ݱX_l }W?Xl>uKŸd̂ %bJKZՏ?_Fg؍KaPX~40X{K9nJEp~P,7 -yN_oz `oKͿqqyktw(m[̲ onDT"nim@> endobj 15 0 obj << /Type /Action /S /URI /URI (https://caringmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/0.60EOpenElementFieldElemFormatjpg.jpeg) >> endobj 16 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 0.3 >> endobj 17 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 0.3 >> endobj 18 0 obj [6 0 R /Fit] endobj 19 0 obj << /Type /Page /MediaBox [0.000 0.000 612.000 792.000] /Parent 3 0 R /Contents 20 0 R >> endobj 20 0 obj << /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 756 >> stream xmn8~9@Hskݶ E7rXa,%G%k@_w㺅.D34a!m3e\?}xU1}Tyt_9Ze>0bQPc{rvt=X׀#۴;-O]'`7)7*u9r vR=RGF#t'0c# )r]c찃}=AK>O֥sDLm"C;o7u~:qd踖$1ܜX 2٣9KjrhH[=u,9T+gpm>0`()JaQgQ *pZ z+^{쭈KcТJS䪬@zYW[bh9}`8Nrش~I{E-v6DSA3C$(;~Y{=|=c?9*U9gÎCDxW`&b)/*6 E߈'-v9!=htEyp]i\| ,gN]2s}9^ |C endstream endobj 21 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /Type1 /Name /F5 /BaseFont /Helvetica-Oblique /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding >> endobj 22 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /CA 1 >> endobj 23 0 obj << /Type /ExtGState /BM /Normal /ca 1 >> endobj xref 0 24 0000000000 65535 f 0000000009 00000 n 0000000074 00000 n 0000000120 00000 n 0000000417 00000 n 0000000454 00000 n 0000000603 00000 n 0000000725 00000 n 0000001973 00000 n 0000002080 00000 n 0000002188 00000 n 0000002298 00000 n 0000002411 00000 n 0000002440 00000 n 0000010261 00000 n 0000010394 00000 n 0000010539 00000 n 0000010598 00000 n 0000010657 00000 n 0000010686 00000 n 0000010791 00000 n 0000011620 00000 n 0000011736 00000 n 0000011793 00000 n trailer << /Size 24 /Root 1 0 R /Info 5 0 R /ID[<9f1168b7e8bab25048648e9fc841f90b><9f1168b7e8bab25048648e9fc841f90b>] >> startxref 11850 %%EOF Salvation Army facilities damaged in Republic of Congo explosions | Caring Magazine
Read Caring Magazine Volume 29

Vol. #29

Hope in Action

Read Issue

Latest Impact StoriesView All

Popular Topics

PopularView All

Salvation Army facilities damaged in Republic of Congo explosions
A Salvation Army team is investigating how best to help people forced from their homes by a series of massive explosions in the Mpila area of Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo. Up to 200 people were killed in the disaster—though this number is likely to rise—with more than 1,500 injured. Many of the dead were worshipping in a church that collapsed.
March 6, 2012
2 minute read
Total
0
Shares
0
0
0
Listen to this article

The Salvation Army responds after explosions rock Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.

A Salvation Army team is investigating how best to help people forced from their homes by a series of massive explosions in the Mpila area of Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo. Up to 200 people were killed in the disaster—though this number is likely to rise—with more than 1,500 injured. Many of the dead were worshipping in a church that collapsed.

The government called for calm and the defense minister told state radio that the explosions were the result of a fire at an arms depot at the Regiment Blinde base near the city center. Residents immediately fled Mpila, which is a densely packed neighborhood, as a series of smaller explosions continued. A plume of gray smoke still hung over the city hours later.

When the first explosion occurred, Lt. Colonel Daniel Moukoko, chief secretary of The Salvation Army’s Congo (Brazzaville) Territory, was in another area of Brazzaville preparing for the welcome meeting of the Messengers of the Resurrection Session of cadets. He reports hearing “at least five or six large explosions, which blew out the windows of our building at Potopoto Corps…One explosion destroyed the roofs of Ouenze Corps hall and officers’ quarters and the roof of Talangai Corps hall.”

Moukoko said that the Regiment Blinde base and surrounding neighborhood resemble a war zone, with many buildings leveled, burned or badly damaged and the occasional flame still flickering in the debris. According to local reports, many bodies remain at the scene. Weeping relatives of the dead gathered outside the hospital to mourn while others tried to find family members who had become separated in the chaos.

It is not thought that any Salvationists were killed in the disaster but a Salvationist from Ouenze Corps lost three grandsons and her daughter lost a leg. Some Salvationists from Talangai Corps sustained property loss.

Moukoko concluded: “We thank you for your assistance in prayers—we really appreciate them.”

Source: The Salvation Army International Headquarters

Download this page as a PDF

You May Also Like