Feb 4th, 2008, Bermuda – It may have been promised for years but that didn’t stop Salvation Army head Major Doug Lewis from celebrating a renewed pledge by Government to replace the shelter in North Street.

He told The Royal Gazette: “It is a great start.

“It is the entrance point to the continuum of care.”

That concept would see the homeless enter the system and then work through transitional housing and then hopefully be able to support themselves.

The Salvation Army house 55 people at their crumbling shelter on North Street in Pembroke. Read full story…

Source: The Royal Gazette