We are currently closing out our "Rapid Response" projects. In The Salvation Army, when a disaster strikes, we usually respond (from an international perspective) with "rapid response" projects that are funded from reserves held at IHQ, allowing immediate action and time to develop longer-term projects in partnership with our donors and supporting territories.
The first project was focussed on the days following the disaster. It had a four week time frame, but within that time the statistics of what was achieved are astounding. Keep in mind that this work was being primarily undertaken by Salvation Army personnel that were themselves grieving and hurting, and utilising infrastructure that was, in some cases, also damaged.
· Cooked meals: 13,547 meals in 5 locations
· Food parcels: 4953 parcels in 24 locations
· Rice (500 kg), 30 boxes eggs and 30 litres oil in 1 location (community kitchen)
· Total of 5250 bags of rice distributed across 30 locations.
· Tarpaulins: 201 in 30 locations
· Water: Small amounts of drinking water in 6 locations
· Other small amounts of food and non-food items
· Trauma healing sessions: took place in 15 locations (1207 people)
· Medical services provided by the hospital: 111 people admitted, 789 clinically treated, 27 surgeries
· Medical service provided by mobile clinics: 12 locations served a total of 950 people.
As we now push on to more substantial and longer term projects, we remain incredibly indebted to The Salvation Army volunteers that mobilised and continue to serve. We see the corps and divisional leadership continuing to respond beyond their own day-to-day responsibilities as the disaster response now projects into weeks and months of work.
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