Women Of The World

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“Women of the world”

Romford Corps - Home League Rally

“Women in the world” Captain Comfort Adepojou (Nigeria) – working in Kenya Pauline - the woman at the well Major Alison Thompson (UK) – working in Pakistan Damaris Frick (Germany) – working in India

Horn of Africa Drought Relief : 2006

Captain Comfort Adepojou Comfort is a Nigerian Officer – she’s the mother of 5 children and now three quarter’s of the way through a 1year internship programme with Emergency Services.

Horn of Africa Drought 2006

Wild animals and family herds were dying. Animals can be easily found by the roadside

Horn of Africa Drought 2006

Livestock were dying because of lack of water and pasture. These cattle find refuge in the SA compound

Horn of Africa Drought 2006

Rains have failed for 5 seasons. Water points have dried up

Horn of Africa Drought 2006 Whilst conducting an assessment of the area we came across Pauline, trying to fill her water container from this informal water point.

Captain Comfort Adepojou Around 500 x 5,000 litre water tanks and harvesting pipelines have been installed in Kenya and Tanzania – here the children help with the unloading

Captain Comfort Adepojou The foundations and base for the tank are laid

Captain Comfort Adepojou

Finally the tank and harvesting pipes are in place. Locations identified at 500 schools to provide 2,500,000 litres of storage

Captain Comfort Adepojou

School Children proudly posing with their new tank!

Captain Comfort Adepojou Comfort unveils another new tank and declares it ready for use. See how the taps have been installed.

Captain Comfort Adepojou

Comfort and the team in Machakos launch a new high capacity borehole. Can you see the water tower at the back of the scene?

Captain Comfort Adepojou

The proof of the pudding is in the eating (!)

Captain Comfort Adepojou

The high pressure borehole will serve a water tankering programme serving schools across the district.

Horn of Africa Drought 2006

Captain Anne Lorret distributes rations to pastoralists in the arid district of Turkana

Captain Comfort Adepojou

Filling with water ready for distributions in Turkana, north west Kenya

Earthquake response Pakistan: 2005

Earthquake response Pakistan: 2005

Balakot region devastated by earthquake

Alison Thompson - Pakistan: 2005 Major Alison Thompson left her home in Norwich for a 3month deployment to the region. Here she unloads relief food for distribution in the villages.

Alison Thompson - Pakistan: 2005

These children in Mang village, 5,000 ft up in the mountains, lost their school

Alison Thompson - Pakistan: 2005

New school takes shape

Alison Thompson - Pakistan: 2005

Alison (and Wendy from Lavenham) help to prepare the walls

Alison Thompson - Pakistan: 2005

The roof starts to take shape on top of the walls

Alison Thompson - Pakistan: 2005

January 2007 – almost finished!

Alison Thompson - Pakistan: 2005

Winter 2006 – The Salvation Army again reaches out to families still suffering

Alison Thompson - Pakistan: 2005 Women suffered greatly in the earthquake – many now find themselves the breadwinners

Damaris Frick – India 2006

Damaris Frick – India 2006

Areas situated on the Bay of Bengal suffer the effects of cyclones every year

Damaris Frick – India 2006

Every year families try to rescue and protect whatever belongs they have

Damaris Frick – India 2006

Damaris was sent for 3 months to support Indian Salvationists and help with the relief programme

Damaris Frick – India 2006

Damaris distributes rice to a young women.

Damaris Frick – India 2006

….. And made many new friends at the same time!

Damaris Frick – India 2006 Limited resources meant only US$10,000 could be given Total Villages Families helped

- 158 - 14,352

Rice distributed - 71,760kgs Rice cost 16 Rps (20p) per kgs Approximate beneficiaries 14,352 x 4 (average persons per house ) = 57,408 people

“Where there’s need there’s The Salvation Army”

"The King will reply, `I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me” Matthew 25:40

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