Work of the Salvation Army
International Statistics (as of January 1, 2002)
|
Countries and other territories where SA serves |
109 |
|
Languages used in SA work |
175 |
|
Corps, outposts, societies, new plants and recovery churches |
15,456 |
|
Goodwill centers |
273 |
|
Corps-based community development programs |
582 |
|
Beneficiaries |
546,414 |
|
Thrift stores/charity shops (corps) |
1,396 |
|
Recycling centers |
16 |
Social Programs
|
Residential |
539 |
|
Capacity |
29,264 |
|
Emergency lodges |
211 |
|
Capacity |
11,507 |
|
Children’s homes |
202 |
|
Capacity |
8,251 |
|
Homes for the elderly |
212 |
|
Capacity |
14,954 |
|
Homes for the disabled |
39 |
|
Capacity |
1,464 |
|
Homes for the blind |
8 |
|
Capacity |
369 |
|
Remand and probation homes |
59 |
|
Capacity |
941 |
|
Homes for street children |
28 |
|
Capacity |
567 |
|
Mother and baby homes |
48 |
|
Capacity |
1,588 |
|
Training centers for families |
36 |
|
Capacity |
877 |
|
Care homes for vulnerable people |
45 |
|
Capacity |
684 |
|
Other residential care homes/hostels |
246 |
|
Capacity |
9,778 |
|
Women’s and men’s refuge centers |
255 |
|
Capacity |
2,035 |
Day Care
|
Community centers |
540 |
|
Early childhood education centers |
218 |
|
Capacity |
13,108 |
|
Day centers for the elderly |
52 |
|
Capacity |
1,456 |
|
Play groups |
211 |
|
Capacity |
5,811 |
|
Day centers for the hearing impaired |
2 |
|
Capacity |
70 |
|
Day centers for street children |
18 |
|
Capacity |
709 |
|
Day nurseries |
112 |
|
Capacity |
17,297 |
|
Drop-in centers for youth |
178 |
|
Other day care centers |
149 |
|
Capacity |
2,644 |
Addiction Dependency
|
Non-residential programs |
92 |
|
Capacity |
5,873 |
|
Residential programs |
128 |
|
Capacity |
6,598 |
|
Harbour Light programs |
72 |
|
Capacity |
6,543 |
Service to the Armed Forces
|
Hostels for service personnel |
10 |
|
Clubs and canteens |
26 |
|
Mobile units for service personnel |
44 |
|
Chaplains |
50 |
Emergency Response
|
Disaster rehabilitation schemes (inc civil unrest) |
17,397 |
|
Participants |
950,230 |
|
Refugee programs - host country |
5 |
|
Participants |
7,860 |
|
Refugee rehabilitation programs |
1 |
|
Participants |
7,000 |
Services to the Community
|
Prisoners visited |
248,835 |
|
Prisoners helped on discharge |
52,283 |
|
Police courts - people helped |
137,184 |
|
Missing persons – applications |
58,439 |
|
Number traced |
8,270 |
|
Night patrol/anti-suicide - number helped |
42,798 |
|
Community youth programs |
61 |
|
Beneficiaries |
7,872 |
|
Employment bureaus – applications |
181,181 |
|
Initial referrals |
164,882 |
|
Counseling - people helped |
442,769 |
|
Feeding Centers |
1,039 |
|
General relief - people helped |
17,693,151 |
|
Emergency relief |
3,792,919 |
|
Emergency mobile units |
75 7 |
|
Restaurants and cafes |
25 |
|
Thrift stores/charity shops (social) |
1,398 |
|
Apartments for elderly |
1,938 |
|
Capacity |
5,233 |
Services to the Community
|
Hostels for students, workers, etc. |
61 |
|
Capacity |
3,511 |
|
Land settlements (SA villages) |
10 |
|
Capacity |
2,592 |
|
Other similar centers (farms, etc) |
18 |
|
Capacity |
37,211 |
Health Program
|
General hospitals |
25 |
|
Capacity |
2,704 |
|
Maternity hospitals |
8 |
|
Capacity |
250 |
|
Other specialist hospitals |
4 |
|
Capacity |
188 |
|
General clinics |
131 |
|
Specialist clinics |
72 |
|
Capacity |
5,215 |
|
Mobile clinics |
346 |
|
Number of inpatients |
352,147 |
|
Number of outpatients |
934,667 |
|
Number of doctors/medics |
6,480 |
|
Invalid/convalescent homes |
2 |
|
Capacity |
67 |
|
Health education programs |
44 |
|
Beneficiaries |
619,687 |
|
Eye camp - beneficiaries |
30,101 |
Education Program
|
Kindergarten/sub primary |
643 |
|
Primary schools |
926 |
|
Upper primary and middle schools |
88 |
|
Secondary and high schools |
187 |
|
Number of pupils |
440,056 |
|
Number of teachers |
13,698 |
|
Vocational training schools |
89 |
|
Schools for the blind |
6 |
|
Schools for the disabled |
9 |
|
Colleges, universities, staff training and distance learning centers |
746 |
*information compiled from the Salvation Army Year Book