Salvation Army Church announces new Malawi leadership: Col’s Alfred and Pamela Banda

The Salvation Army Church has announced new leadership for Malawi Territory by appointing Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Banda and Lieutenant Colonel Pamela Banda as National Leaders in the capacity of Territorial Commander and Territorial President of Women’s Ministries respectively. The two replaces  Colonels Moses and Sarah Wandulu, Ugandan Officers, who are now moving to Mozambique after 7 years […]

Salvation Army donates chlorine as Karonga Hospital scales up sanitation

Salvation Army has donated chlorine worth K2.5 million to Karonga District Hospital to promote sanitation and hygiene in the district. Speaking after presenting the donation on Monday, the group’s programme manager Matthews Tulombolombo said even though the district has registered zero cases of cholera for about a month, sanitation and hygiene practices need scaling up. […]

Five children escape from Salvation Army transit center

Five children under the ages of 14 and 15 years escaped from Salvation Army transit centre in Mchinji district by allegedly jumping the centre’s brick fence. The development has heightened fears of child trafficking around the incident. Among the escapees are two girls, one from Mzimba district and the other one from Dowa. The three […]

Salvation Army Church trains water point committees in Karonga

The Malawi Salvation Army Church has equipped water point committees in Karonga with knowledge of how to care for and maintain boreholes. The Church hired experts to train the committees during a three-day workshop held in T/A Kilupula in the district. One of the trainers, water monitoring specialist Francis Mzumara, said the committees were trained […]

Australian pastor dies after being attacked in Malawi during preaching tour

An Australian pastor with the Salvation Army who was attacked while on a preaching tour in Malawi died in a hospital. Police spokesperson Superintendent James Kadadzera confirmed that  Salvation Army Major Geoff Friend, 59, was attacked in Blantyre near Keza office park. He however said police were still investigating the matter. The pastor reportedly succumbed to his […]

Salvation Army preacher assaulted in Malawi, in an induced coma

A Salvation Army preacher from Australia who travelled to Malawi on a solo preaching tour is in an induced coma after being violently attacked in southern African nation. Major Geoff Freind, 60, was attacked over the weekend as he walked between his hotel and a shopping centre. He was left with critical injuries and was […]