Salvation Army celebrates 15 years in Czech Republic

The Salvation Army celebrated fifteen years in the Czech Republic with a procession down Prague's Wenceslas Square on Saturday. The organisation, which is dedicated to helping the needy, was once active in Czechoslovakia before the Second World War but was banned when Nazi Germany occupied the country in 1939. Since it resumed its activities fifteen years ago, it has set up offices in nine Czech towns and cities.

Besides community centres, the Salvation Army has night dormitories, half-way houses, and runs two farms employing people serving alternative prison punishments.