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Record-breaking rainfall in South Korea
The Salvation Army’s response focused on delivering urgent humanitarian aid – including meals, hygiene kits and essential supplies – to displaced residents and relief workers.

Catastrophic Texas floods
Emergency Disaster Services teams are working around the clock to provide meals, drinks and emotional and spiritual care to communities in Central Texas, USA

Earthquake in Myanmar
The Salvation Army mobilises resources following the deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake
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Topping out' ceremony marks significant stage in construction of new International Headquarters
The completion of the building shell for The Salvation Army's new International Headquarters (IHQ) has been marked by a 'topping out' ceremony.
Colonel Glen Shepherd receives the Légion d'Honneur in Paris
Colonel Glen Shepherd, Chief Secretary of the Canada and Bermuda Territory of The Salvation Army, has been presented with the Légion d'Honneur
Salvation Army teams feeding yet more people in Lesotho
As famine tightens its grip on the people of the small African country of Lesotho, The Salvation Army in South Africa is continuing its partnership with t
Fires in British Columbia leave thousands homeless
Thousands of British Columbians living in the interior region have seen their own homes and those of their neighbours go up in flames, and tens of thousan
THOUSANDS EVACUATED AS PAPUA NEW GUINEA VOLCANO ERUPTS
THE Salvation Army has offered immediate emergency assistance this week to volcano victims on the island of New Britain, off Papua New Guinea. Under the l
SALVATION ARMY PLANS IN PLACE FOR HUMANITARIAN EFFORT IN IRAQ
THE Salvation Army is mobilising resources in response to the humanitarian crisis in Iraq. Personnel have been placed on standby and a forward operations
THE SALVATION ARMY PLANS TO PROVIDE COOKING FUEL TO FAMILIES IN SOUTHERN IRAQ AND TO DELIVER OTHER
A SALVATION Army convoy carrying cooking fuel is expected to journey to the Iraq port city of Umm Quasr within days. An assessment of the humanitarian nee
First Salvation Army Convoy Reaches Umm Qasr, Iraq - 22 April 2003
MAJOR Mike Olsen reports that he arrived in Umm Qasr on 22nd April with the first convoy of propane (LPG) cooking gas (4,300 x 12kg bottles). Cooking ga
THE SALVATION ARMY DISTRIBUTES FOOD TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN LESOTHO
THE Salvation Army in South Africa has teamed up with the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) to help distribute food to more than 150,000 people
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