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THE SALVATION ARMY CONTINUES WIDESPREAD RESPONSE TO SATURDAY TORNADOS
Seven Units Engaged in Disaster Response

Jackson, Miss:- The Salvation Army’s Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi Division continues to respond to multiple tornado touchdowns across Mississippi and Alabama. Feeding, Hydration, and Emotional and Spiritual Support are being provided to communities devastated by Saturday’s storms.

The Salvation Army has mobile feeding units (canteens) in Yazoo City, Mississippi, Attala County, Mississippi, Albertville, Alabama, and Fort Payne, Alabama.

On Saturday, Salvation Army Disaster response teams served over 830 hot meals and 450 snacks to residents and first responders in Mississippi.

The Salvation Army is currently coordinating services with local and state authorities through the state EOC. Volunteers are asked to visit www.msema.gov to register as a volunteer.

The Salvation Army asks people who want to help those affected by the deadly tornadoes in Mississippi to visit www.salvationarmyusa.org or call 1-800-SAL-ARMY. Monetary donations are needed to meet survivors' most immediate needs. A $100 donation will feed a family of four for two days, provide two cases of drinking water and one household cleanup kit, containing brooms, mops, buckets, and cleaning supplies. The Salvation Army is currently not accepting donations of clothing and furniture for storm victims, please forward these donations to The Salvation Army Family Store nearest you.

Please visit www.salvationarmyusa.org or call 1-800-SAL-ARMY to donate. All donations for disaster services will be used for the designated purpose.

Follow the disaster response on twitter at www.twitter.com/salarmyalm.

WEEKEND UPDATE: January 29-31, 2010
While the situation in Haiti continues to be very serious, The Salvation Army Relief Team is providing massive amounts of food, water and other relief materials to the people in Haiti.

• The team in Haiti received a shipment of 18 pallets of food, representing 213,840 meals along with 4 pallets (over 5,100 individual bottles) of water on Saturday.
• A subsequent delivery of 35 pallets of food (415,800 meals) was in route with a scheduled Sunday arrival time in Port-au-Prince. These meals were accompanied by 8 pallets of water which provided over 1300 gallon jugs of water for distribution.
• Team members were coordinating with the US Army 82nd Airborne to arrange a food delivery of over 174,000 meals to a particularly hard hit neighborhood in Port-au-Prince which had not received any major food distributions before now.
• Meetings were held and partnerships continued to be forged as The Salvation Army convened meetings in its role as Camp Managers for the approximately 20,000 displaced people now finding whatever shelter they can in the Delmas 2 neighborhood. Critically important issues being addressed is water and sanitation, the provision of medium-term shelter, various NFI’s (non-food items) including kitchen and cooking kits, etc., and, of course, regular and reliable deliveries of food. On-going medical services and the timely restoration of education programs for displaced children are also priorities.
• This weekend was also a transition time for the team as some members transitioned out of Haiti and new team members began arriving. International emergency personnel continue to provide support and assistance for our Haitian Salvation Army Officers and staff who have been working heroically and self-sacrificially ever since the earthquake.
• Medical services continued seamlessly this weekend despite the arrival of a new team of doctors, nurses, and support staff to replace outgoing medical personnel.
• Massive community packaging events are being conducted (with more in the planning stage) in communities around the USA. This continues to be a critical link in the supply chain that has allowed The Salvation Army to deliver well over 1.3 million meals already and will ensure that these life-saving deliveries continue until local systems can be restored.
• Early estimates are that The Salvation Army will be required to supply over 1 million meals per week for at least the next six weeks in order to sustain displaced families until regular and sustainable UN deliveries of food can be put into place.

The Salvation Army USA - National Fact Sheet
Haiti Earthquake - Update 1-25-10
For the latest updates on The Salvation Army’s response to this disaster, please visit http://blog.salvationarmyusa.org/, http://twitter.com/salvationarmyus and http://www.facebook.com/SalvationArmyUSA.

Overview

The Salvation Army is in the midst of its largest international relief effort since the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2005

• The United Nations has designated The Salvation Army as the “lead agency” responsible for the care of some 20,000 people made homeless by the earthquake and now living near the Army’s main compound at Delmas 2 in Port-au-Prince.
• More than 80,000 pounds of food, water and other emergency supplies were delivered to The Salvation Army compound with the help of United Parcel Service (UPS). (1/23/10)
• In a small sign that life will return to normal, The Salvation Army has re-opened a school for children aged 3 to 6 in a temporary site at the organization’s compound in Port-au-Prince.
• 700 Salvation Army officers and staff permanently stationed in Haiti have been joined by more than 40 disaster response workers from the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and other countries,
• The Salvation Army is working with the Hatian government, the U.S. military, FEMA, the United Nations, other NGOs and its corporate partners to implement a broad response to the tragedy.

Updates

The United Nations has designated The Salvation Army as the “lead agency” responsible for the care of some 20,000 people made homeless by the earthquake

• The survivors have established make-shift tent cities at a soccer stadium and another plaza near The Salvation Army’s main compound at Delmas 2 in Port-au-Prince.
• So far, more than 24,000 meal kits, with food sufficient to supply a family with five days of food, have been distributed.
• A 10,000 gallon water purification system is also operational.
• United Nations security personnel have been providing assistance to ensure an efficient and orderly distribution process.
• More than 1,200 people have been given medical aid by Salvation Army doctors, nurses, paramedics and other specialists trained in medical care.
• In a small sign that life will return to normal, The Salvation Army has re-opened a school for children aged 3 to 6 in a temporary site at the organization’s compound.

More than 80,000 pounds of food, water and other emergency supplies were delivered to The Salvation Army compound with the help of UPS

• The shipment originated from a Salvation Army warehouse in Miami and consists of 20 pallets of food that will provide more than 91,000 meals in addition to water -- packaged in ½ liter bottles and gallon jugs.
• The flight was facilitated through the United Parcel Service (UPS) and, due to the logistical challenges of getting large planes into Haiti directly, entered through Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
• The supplies were then trucked over-land into Port-au-Prince to be distributed by Salvation Army relief teams.
• Small planes containing medical supplies and relief workers have been arriving into Haiti since Friday, January 15.

Monetary donations and prayer are the two most critical needs as supplies and personnel are mobilized

• The Salvation Army has raised more than $5.9 million for relief efforts so far.
• Donors can text the word HAITI to 52000 to donate $10 to The Salvation Army’s relief efforts via their phone bill. It is important for donors to confirm their donation with the word, “yes.”
• Monetary donations can also be made through:
• www.salvationarmyusa.org and via PayPal
• 1-800-SAL-ARMY
• The Salvation Army World Service Office
  International Disaster Relief Fund
  PO Box 630728
  Baltimore, MD 21263-0728
  *Please note that your donation is for Haiti Earthquake relief*
  
• Even before donations are processed, The Salvation Army is committing and spending money on relief efforts in Haiti. Donations are critical now and also help ensure that the long-term needs of the Haitian people are met.

The Salvation Army has had a presence in Haiti since 1950 and its personnel who were affected by the earthquake are now working to assist others in need

• The Salvation Army operates schools, clinics, hospital, feeding programs, children's homes and church-related activities through some 60 Corps community centers across the country.
• For more information about The Salvation Army’s activity responding to the disaster in Haiti, please visit http://www.salvationarmyhaiti.org/ or their Facebook pages at http://bit.ly/8AAgWs , http://bit.ly/6T7KHa, and http://bit.ly/6e9aUs.
• All photos, video and other material on these pages are free for public and media distribution.

Salvation Army Mobilizing Personnel, Resources to Aid with Haiti Relief
Army school, clinic damaged; staff on-site organizing emergency response
Alexandria, VA (January 13, 2010) – The Salvation Army is mobilizing resources and personnel to assist with the international relief effort in Haiti following a severe earthquake Tuesday that damaged much of the country’s infrastructure, housing and commercial buildings.

The Salvation Army has had a presence in Haiti since 1950 and currently operates schools, clinics, a hospital, feeding programs, children's homes and church-related activities spread across two major facilities in Port au Prince, close to the epicenter of the earthquake and at other locations in the country.

One of the facilities, or compounds as it is referred to, includes a home for more than 50 children; a school with a daily attendance of 1,500 children; a medical clinic caring for 150-200 people daily; and a church that on any typical Sunday welcomes nearly 1,000 people. The facility is less than 10 minutes from the National Palace and is in an area known as St. Martin that’s home to predominantly poor living in the nation’s capital.

According to reports from Salvation Army staff in Port au Prince, no one in the compound was injured during the earthquake, but the children’s home, the clinic and church suffered major damage. Several smaller buildings, including residences, have collapsed completely. People were sleeping in the parking lot overnight, while severe aftershocks continued to affect the country.

The second compound that houses Salvation Army administrative offices is being used as an emergency operations center; damage was slight to this compound, according to Salvation Army reports from Haiti.

The Salvation Army hospital in Fond-des-Negres (75 miles west of Port-au-Prince) reports some minor damage, but no injuries.

The Salvation Army’s World Services Office, based in Alexandria, VA, has committed $50,000 to the relief effort and the organization is prepared to commit more financial resources, as well as food, water and other emergency supplies, to assist in the recovery.

The organization is preparing to send more than 44,000 lbs of pre-packaged emergency rations to the country, along with emergency disaster teams. The Salvation Army is working with other agencies to identify appropriate transportation for the food. As with all such relief efforts, The Salvation Army will be a part of the initial emergency response while assessing longer term needs of the residents.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti at this time and especially our Salvation Army officers and employees throughout the country,” said Lt. Col. Dan Starrett, who directs the Salvation Army World Services Office.

The Salvation Army is accepting monetary donations to assist in the effort via, www.salvationarmyusa.org, 1-800-SAL-ARMY and postal mail at: The Salvation Army , 677 S. Salina St., Syracuse, NY 13202. Designate donations “Haiti Earthquake.”

About The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church established in 1865, has been supporting those in need in His name without discrimination for 129 years in the United States. Nearly 30 million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation Army each year through the broadest array of social services that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless and opportunities for underprivileged children. 82 cents of every dollar spent is used to support those services in 5,000 communities nationwide. For more information, go to www.salvationarmyusa.org.

About The Salvation Army World Service Office
Since 1977, The Salvation Army World Service Office (SAWSO) has been supporting The Salvation Army’s social initiatives worldwide. SAWSO provides funding, technical assistance, and project oversight in countries where poverty and lack of resources are most incapacitating. Since its inception, SAWSO has channeled nearly $100 million in goods and services obtained through private donations and US government grants to Salvation Army programs in developing countries. SAWSO assists the Army in providing food, clothing and health care in response to international emergencies, and provides long-term assistance to those affected by disasters such as reconstruction and income generation projects.