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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
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www.salvationarmy.org.au