Newsletter June 2023
Extending Disaster and Trauma Training to Dominica
Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Dominica on September 18, 2017. The Category 5 storm directly affected 90 percent of the population, causing $1.37 billion in damages. The island is not only vulnerable to hurricanes, but also tropical storms, landslides, floods, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. Samaritan’s Purse surveyed church leaders in Dominica in 2018 and…
Hurricane Laura Response B-roll
Billboards Landing Page
Regalos de Operation Christmas Child ayudan a construir una iglesia en Tanzania
The bike ride through the path of deep sand to Kitomondo takes Pastor Marco Kayumbo more than two hours to negotiate. He prays and sings to pass the time. Kitomondo is a rural community outside Tanzania’s largest city of Dar es Salaam, and it’s where Pastor Marco started a church almost two years ago. It…
Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya
KIBOGORA HOSPITAL, NYAMSHEKE, RWANDA
Restoring War-Torn Ethiopia
Family Resources
Focus on the Family Our friends at Focus on the Family put together this video about one family’s tradition of packing shoebox gifts with Operation Christmas Child. How can you start a shoebox tradition with your own family? Explore our resources below! 7 Ideas for Family Impact Pack shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child…
La vida de un residente de Florida se transforma después de la tormenta
On Wednesday, April 12, historic rainfall inundated the Fort Lauderdale area—turning streets into rivers and trapping families within their homes. A 93-year-old resident, Paul Peloquin, was one of the many people with no way to escape. Gerthel E. Smith, Paul’s caregiver, was with him for the duration of the storm. She shared, “It was raining,…