Eleven-year-old Kristina Ayoub may not be royalty, but she’s a dynamic force for good at a Salvation Army church in east-end Montreal. Read the full story

On Thursday, May 21, 2009, The Salvation Army’s National Recycling Operations (NRO) partnered with Health Partners International (HPI) to send a 40-foot container of supplies to Captain (Dr.) Paul Thistle at The Salvation Army Howard Hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe.

HPI sends medical supplies and medical drugs to Howard Hospital several times a year. This time, NRO added a donation of more than one hundred boxes of medical-surgical gloves to the shipment, courtesy of Wayne Safety Supply Company in Toronto.

The HPI shipments to Howard Hospital from their Mississauga warehouse are coordinated by Mr. Bert Amato, a friend and benefactor of the hospital.

Major Patricia Tuppenney, Territorial Volunteer Services Secretary, arranged to have several volunteers help load the container.

China will soon mark one year since the May 12 Sichuan earthquake devastated the country’s southwest killing 80,000 and leaving more than 361,000 injured. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit China since 1976.

Salvation Army staff in Hong Kong, together with the local government in affected areas, made an assessment on the needs of survivors so normal lives can be restored as soon as possible.

The Salvation Army Canada and Bermuda is financially supporting The Salvation Army Hong Kong in reconstructing the following:

1. Within three years, 27 village medical clinics will be rebuilt, including a full set of equipment. Medical clinics not only help to heal the injured, but help to eliminate the outbreak of epidemic disease. The clinics will also perform as health education centres in the communities.
2. In LouJiang, the water-supply system was destroyed by the earthquake. A three-month project to reconstruct the water supply system needed by survivors will provide more than 400 families, with a total population of 1,158, a new system for their drinking and irrigation purposes.

“Belief in action sums up The Salvation for me,” says Major Dean Pallant, Salvation Army International Health Services Coordinator. “In 117 countries worldwide, The Salvation Army is a significant participant in providing high quality primary health care Read the full story

In the developing world, pregnancy and childbirth kill a woman every minute because there is no trained midwife or doctor to help. Read the full story

Dhaka, BANGLADESH – On Wednesday Salvation Army personnel, including a team visiting from Canada, were forced to make a quick exit from the city of Dhaka when a huge exchange of gunfire between junior and senior officers of the Bangladesh Border Security forced the city to shut down.

Salvation Army offices were closed and personnel were bused to safety before the 2 p.m. city curfew.
The Salvation Army commenced its work in Bangladesh as a relief operation following a severe cyclone in 1970.

The Amy in Bangladesh expresses its vision of ‘integrated mission’ through a wide range of programs: village churches, community based health and development work, income generating projects, HIV/AIDS work, a knitting factory and IT software development.

Did you turn on a tap today to get your water supply? In third-world countries, villagers collect water from swamps or seasonal streams. Read the full story

Half of the children in Uruguay, South America, live below the poverty line. Many drop out of school to beg on the streets or prostitute. Read the full story

Tanzania is a land of great hardship. Its disparity contrasts greatly with our life in Canada. Tanzania’s population is over 40 million, but 44% are under the age of 14. It is not uncommon for people in Tanzania to walk many hours to fetch water that is not even considered safe to drink. Read the full story