The Salvation Army’s Disaster Services in the USA Western Territory activated an Incident Management Team at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, to provide donations management of nearly 100 tons of items that had been given to support the US military’s ‘Operation Allies Welcome’.

This effort is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening, and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees at various secure locations. The Salvation Army’s role in the ongoing response began in September and took place over a period of four weeks.

The Salvation Army also worked with Islamic Relief USA, a non-profit humanitarian and advocacy organization, to have 1,500 prayer rugs shipped to the airbase. The evacuees were overwhelmingly Muslims, and the prayer rugs were important in providing opportunity to carry out their five daily prayers.