Pamela Hunter
STRONGER TOGETHER Pamela Hunter (International Development Services) explains how the Mission Support programme is helping to strengthen the infrastructure of The Salvation Army around the world.
I remember, many years ago, as a junior soldier in the Salvation Army Sunday school, learning about Chikankata Hospital in Zambia and being encouraged to save my pennies in the ‘Self-Denial’ money box we were given. The Self-Denial campaign is something The Salvation Army has run every year for more than a century, with its 1.6 million plus junior and senior members, along with others who attend The Salvation Army, being encouraged to donate money that can be used to expand the Army’s mission around the world. In the UK – where The Salvation Army began – the initiative is still called Self-Denial, but in some of the other 131 countries where the Army is at work it is known as World Services. Having this personal history, then, in 2006 I felt very privileged to visit the Chikankata Mission and to see for myself the fantastic work being done through The Salvation Army. I had a much better appreciation of
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