Update: Salvation Army’s efforts to slow spread of Ebola virus in Africa

In Liberia, The Salvation Army is working with a variety of agencies that specialize in medical response, such as Young Life, the Liberian Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières (also known as Doctors Without Borders). These groups are providing medical services, leaving the provision of food and other essentials to the government and other groups.

The Salvation Army is supporting 5,000 people with food since many who have recovered from Ebola often return home to find their possessions removed to ward off further infection. Normal life has ground to a halt in large areas because of quarantines, making it difficult to find food and other services.

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Liberian Salvation Army Delivers Supplies to Help Stop Spread of Ebola

Every day that the Ebola crisis continues to make news, I’m sure you feel as I do and pray for a permanent solution. Until that time comes, I’m grateful that our Army is there offering help in the form of sanitation supplies to medical facilities, food relief to affected families and even operating its mobile clinic.

See below for more details from our International Headquarters in London…

LIBERIA is facing a ‘serious threat’ from the Ebola virus which is ‘spreading like wildfire’ according to the country’s defense minister Brownie Samukai in an address to the UN Security Council.

The Salvation Army has joined the fight against this deadly disease through a number of initiatives in the West African nation, where 2,000 people have been diagnosed.

Forty volunteer workers have been recruited to bolster The Salvation Army’s mobile medical clinic team in the country. The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that at present ‘the number of new cases is moving far faster than the capacity to manage them’ and there is currently no vaccine available to combat the disease. Prevention is therefore key to the emergency response.

Sanitiszer, gloves and mouth guards to protect against the virus have been distributed in 17 communities where Ebola is prevalent. Residents in these areas are particularly susceptible to the disease due to poverty and unhygienic living conditions. Food packages – including rice, beans and cooking oil – have also been offered to families in particular need.



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