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Become a Salvos Crisis Partner
"when the young dad came into our office with this baby, he didn't say anything. The most desperate ones usually don't...
...the house the rented burnt down. They lost everything. Of course they were too poor to have insurance so now they had no clothes, no house, no money.
I fixed them up with clothes from the Salvos stores, got them food vouchers and found then an emergency place to stay. Then we started the hunt to find a permanent place. It took 15 days, but each day, you could see brightness returning to their faces. I think it comes from knowing someone is caring about you."
Rob, Salvos Welfare worker
You’ll see that too many Australians are hurting. They’re too old and weak to leave their home. They’re broken by illness, and slumped into poverty. They hear daddy hit mummy, and suddenly 'home' is the back seat of a car. They're teenagers, too troubled for family to cope. They’re victims of fire or flood or drought or sudden job-loss.
That’s where you come in. As a Salvos Crisis Partner, you give a simple monthly gift to help make sure these hurting people receive Salvos care and support. You give them a reason to hold on to hope.
Become a Salvos Crisis Partner. With some small loose change each day you can provide so much. As an example your gift of $1.15 a day would achieve in 12 months:
Salvos Crisis Partners is an important program for you because: