Haiti Appeal Salvation Army

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The Salvation Army relief efforts in Haiti

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The Salvation Army The Salvation Army In HaitiIn Haiti

Earthquake Relief TeamEarthquake Relief Team

The Territorial Commander, Colonel Onal Castor (second from right) arrives back home in Haiti. Photo taken at the

airport in Haiti

The Territorial Commander The Territorial Commander immediately gets to immediately gets to

workwork

Divisional Headquarters

Victims gather on Salvation Army Victims gather on Salvation Army compound where a triage was compound where a triage was

immediately set up to treat themimmediately set up to treat them

The Salvation Army College Verena, a school for some 1500

students damaged by the quake.

A portion of the college exterior wall

Patients Patients receiving receiving treatment treatment

and comfort and comfort on the Army’s on the Army’s

compoundcompound

The Salvation Army quarters lies in ruins

The Divisional Commander, The Divisional Commander, Major Lucien Major Lucien

Lamartiniere Lamartiniere receives an appreciative hug receives an appreciative hug

Damage on every street

Still looking and listening for survivors

Fires burn in many parts of the country

Victims await treatment at the Victims await treatment at the Army’s overextended clinicArmy’s overextended clinic

Rubble fills Rubble fills the streets the streets

making them making them impassableimpassable

Yet another impassable Yet another impassable streetstreet

Crumbled Crumbled building are building are

everywhere in everywhere in the city and the city and

throughout the throughout the countrysidecountryside

A young girl

receives treatment

A grandmother shows the strain of her horrific

experience

Badly wounded

but grateful for treatment

Salvation Salvation Army workers Army workers

continue to continue to look for look for

victims in the victims in the rubblerubble

Very basic materials are Very basic materials are available for bandaging available for bandaging

woundswounds

Salvation Army relief team Salvation Army relief team arriving in Haiti meet to arriving in Haiti meet to

discuss strategydiscuss strategy

Typical street seen in Port

au Prince

Disaster Response & Mobile Feeding Canteen has arrived from Dominican Republic

In the midst of death there is new life

The agony and misery are still very intense

Medical aid is still being provided on the spot as victims are discovered

Victim emerging from the rubble

Cadets assist with sorting clothing for Haiti

To help send your contribution contact us at

www.salvationarmy.org.au