Salvation Army mobile feeding units are providing round-the-clock assistance to firefighters battling wildfires in Texas, U.S. The worst fires are still burning in Bastrop County, about 30 miles east of the state’s capital city, Austin. Two people are known to have been killed and more than 600 homes have been lost in the county, along  […]

Major Rick Shirran, The Salvation Army’s Emergency Disaster Services Director for Canada and Bermuda is being deployed to Uganda for a period of eight weeks in order to support the Army’s drought relief project in North East Uganda. The Central Eastern area of Uganda has suffered a drought in the past five years that has  […]

The Salvation Army in Uganda continues its response to drought conditions that have taken hold across much of the Horn of Africa. Children are particularly vulnerable, with malnourishment among under-fives having increased dramatically. In one district the government is using two health centres solely for the purpose of dealing with malnourished children. The Red Cross  […]

On September 11, 2001, The Salvation Army was the first relief agency to reach Ground Zero. They were on the ground in New York 45 minutes after the first plane struck the World Trade Center, and remained there until June 23, 2002. As the world was coming to grips with what was unfolding, planes flying  […]

Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services continues to provide 200 – 250 meals per day from the Knights of Columbus hall in the Town of Goderich, Ont., where, on August 21, a tornado wreaked havoc on the community. They are serving first responders, volunteers and citizens who are still not able to provide food for themselves.  […]

As residents deal with the aftermath of Irene, a massive storm that pounded the U.S. East Coast, Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services Personnel continue their significant response efforts. • Salvation Army resources, including dozens of mobile canteen units each able to serve more than 1,500 meals per day, are on the move throughout the East  […]

Millions are going hungry. Little rain in the last two rainy seasons has led to severe drought and famine across large parts of the Horn of Africa. With the next rainy season not due until October, the situation worsens. Reports state that Africa is undergoing its most devastating drought in 60 years. Salvation Army teams  […]

Mayor Christopher Shannon of Bay City Michigan – Sister City to Goderich, Ontario – has contacted The Salvation Army about offering help with their relief efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that ripped through that town last Sunday afternoon. Mayor Shannon says that the citizens of Bay Citizen want to do anything they  […]

The Salvation Army in Uganda is responding to the drought crisis that is developing in some parts of the country. As is being seen across the horn of Africa, people are dying because of a lack of food and water. In central eastern Uganda, thousands of families have had poor harvests for the past five  […]

Immediately upon hearing of the major tornado which touched down in Goderich, Ontario, on Sunday, August 21, The Salvation Army mobilized its Emergency Disaster Services team. Working late into the evening the team provided food and hydration for 250 people at the evacuation centre and staging area. Additional help from The Salvation Army in Kitchener has  […]