THE Salvation Army in the USA has been providing help and hope for almost a week after tornadoes brought devastation in a number of states. Many homes were severely damaged and at least 12 people were killed in Mississippi and Alabama.
One place that was particularly hard hit was Yazoo City, Mississippi, where Salvation Army teams served more than 4,500 hot meals and prayed with many storm-weary residents.
'The Salvation Army responded immediately after the storm,' says Trey Jones, Incident Commander for The Salvation Army Disaster Response in Yazoo City, 'and it will remain in Yazoo City providing recovery support to help bring healing to the many lives shattered by last week's tornado.'
Now that power has been restored to Yazoo City and the basic needs can be met in town, The Salvation Army has begun the transition from relief to recovery. From Monday 3 May it will begin providing disaster recovery assistance and case management at its disaster recovery centre in Yazoo City.