Victorian Bushfires
As an organisation, and as individuals, our prayers and our hearts go out to all affected by the recent Victorian bushfires.
The Salvation Army has been engaged since the initial response, with our emergency services teams offering support on the ground to the emergency services crews and the many victims of the fires.
We are serving and journeying with so many in this crisis of indescribable dimensions. We share the raw pain and shock of this incredible loss of lives and livelihoods...
We understand that the depth of pain and grief of loss is impossible to measure or describe. Those who have lost loved ones will never be the same.
Fellow Salvationists, staff, friends of the Army; please understand our depth of commitment to the people of Victoria. We are in this for the long term. The Salvation Army will not walk away or give up after the initial emergency is over.
In communities that are broken and hurting we will endeavor to be stewards of healing and hope.
The Salvation Army will remain connected with other service providers, government, the business community and all whose desire is to work together over the long term to restore life and vitality to these communities...
Commissioner Jim Knaggs, The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory