A Tad Excited – Pink Floyd release a new song

As a long time fan of Pink Floyd I’m just a tad excited that they have released a new song after almost 30 years.

In the past week they’ve released the single “Hey, Hey, Rise Up!” which is the first new original music that they’ve recorded together as a band since 1994’s The Division Bell.

The song has been released in support of the people of Ukraine and is a call “for peace”, with proceeds going towards the Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief.

It is sung by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Ukrainian band Boombox and his vocals are taken from an Instagram post of him in Kyiv’s Sofiyskaya Square while Russian forces were literally about 30+ kilometers away. He is singing ‘The Red Viburnum In The Meadow’, a rousing Ukrainian protest song written during the first world war.

You can stream/download a copy of the song at http://pinkfloyd.lnk.to/HeyHeyRiseUp.

The lyrics of the new song translated into English read:

“Oh, in the meadow a red viburnum has bent down low

“For some reason, our glorious Ukraine is in sorrow

“And we’ll take that red viburnum and we will raise it up

“And we shall cheer for our glorious Ukraine, hey, hey”

Read more about why Pink Floyd are so committed to raising awareness of the Ukraine-Russian conflict and raising funds on their website (7 April 2022 News Entry).

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The Salvation Army is responding rapidly to the urgent needs of displaced people who have been impacted by the unfolding Ukraine-Russia conflict.

Emergency response teams across The Salvation Army’s global network continue their tireless efforts, providing critical relief, strategic planning and emotional support through conditions of extreme challenge and distress. Read more…

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Displaced – A People on the Move

The Salvation Army has a long history of providing practical, emotional and spiritual assistance to displaced people.

Displaced is a 50-minute documentary filmed on location in Roraima, Santa Catarina and São Paulo states in Brazil.

According to data from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, it is estimated that one person is forcibly displaced every two seconds, and that there are more than 70 million people forcibly displaced around the world.

About 41 million of these are displaced within their own country, and called Internally Displaced Persons. This is a global crisis!

 

The Salvation Army magazine All the World‘s April-June 2020 issue included a feature from Roraima written by the film crew, David Giles and Joseph Halliday.

If you are interested in what The Salvation Army is doing within Europe with the refugee crisis there, click on the following link – https://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/europerefugees

We are also at work in many countries around the world assisting with both natural and man-made emergencies, see how we are helping people worldwide by clicking the following link – https://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/emergency

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Nepal Deployment

This week I have received confirmation from The Salvation Army International Headquarters that I have been requested for a Nepal Deployment to assist with the on-going International Emergency Services Response.

In April of this year Nepal was rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal’s capital Kathmandu and it’s surrounding areas. The region has continued to be rocked by many more earthquakes, including one that measured 7.3 on 12 May. Almost 9,000 people have lost their lives (as of 3rd of June) and in excess of 22,000 people have been injured. Hundreds of thousands of people have been made homeless with entire villages flattened across many districts of the country.

Figures provided in June showed that The Salvation Army’s International Emergency Services team in Nepal had distributed more than 110,000 kilogrammes of rice, almost 36,000 kg of dhal, 7,000 litres of oil, 2,650 kg of salt, more than 2,000 packets of noodles and in excess of 2,300 litres of water. The team had also provided 10 water filters, four water tanks, almost 3,000 tarpaulins for shelter, 904 solar lamps, 33 solar chargers, 775 jerry cans, 440 hygiene kits, 800 school kits and a large number of small items including mosquito nets. They were also in the process of distributing 1,000 high-quality tents that had arrived from Pakistan.

The Salvation Army continues to manage six camps in the Kathmandu valley, ensuring the safety of residents before they return to their home communities.

Major David Bennett and Captain Ralph Hargest from the New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga Territory have been serving in Nepal since June and I will be heading over next Thursday to be part of The Salvation Army’s international disaster relief team.

I will be endeavouring to update my personal blog as often as I can, but you can check out the following links to see what The Salvation Army Emergency Response Team in Nepal is doing to assist those most in need. The Salvation Army’s Response to the Nepal Earthquake Updates. To make a donation to help with the on-going international response click here or on the image to the left.

Check out the map on this page and get more information about where The Salvation Army Emergency Services are at work around the world.

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