Tents and cooking fires fill the Greek stations where Syrian and Iraqi refugees, until recently, would catch trains and travel deeper into Western Europe in search of a new life. Now, with recent border closings, all refugees can do is wait and hope, whether on the outskirts of cities like Athens or other areas, such…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
An Unsettling Frontier
Bahark had heard the sound of bulldozers before. When she heard that sound in Idomeni camp she knew it meant that she, her husband, and her daughter soon would be moving again. They had been smuggled into Greece on a rubber raft a few months ago and arrived in this northernmost Greek region only days…
Programas de alimentación
Courage Undeterred
Since their emergence in northeastern Nigeria in 2002, militants in the terrorist organization Boko Haram have set about the task of remaking West Africa into their own image. Seeking to eliminate differing ideologies, they have killed thousands of people of various backgrounds. Often overlooked are the faces of those that survive. Throughout Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon,…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Help Refugees in Greece Facing a Harsh Winter
Nine months ago, Abraham arrived in Greece from the African country of Eritrea. He came seeking peace. Now he has found, blanketed in a freeze, a country normally known for its mild weather year-round. “It’s so cold,” Abraham said. “We are fighting against nature. In Eritrea it’s never cold. It’s hot!” Many Africans have never…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Thanking God for Lives Transformed in Alaska
All he knew was darkness. The horrors of war had followed him home, and Marine Staff Sergeant Tre Tremillo was suffocating beneath layers of despair and anger. Images of death haunted him. His heart ached for fellow Marines still hospitalized with battle-related injuries. He mourned friends who had committed suicide. “I found myself sitting at…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Franklin Graham Travels to Colombia to Support Work with Venezuelan Migrants
NOTE: This article reflects the situation in Colombia/Venezuela as of Franklin Graham’s trip in Oct. 2018. For more recent information, go to our Colombia relief landing page and see other updated articles listed there. As Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham walked the Simón Bolívar International Bridge in Cúcuta, Colombia on Monday, he was moved by…
Operation Christmas Child
NOV 26: DENVER GRAND OPENING AND DEDICATION EVENT
Operation Christmas Child Commemorates 25th Anniversary, Opens Permanent Facility for Rocky Mountain Region DENVER, Nov. 23, 2018 — Volunteers, Denver residents and project organizers are celebrating the grand opening of a permanent ministry center for Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization. Since 1999, Denver has offered a seasonal home to one of…
Media
Biography: Billy Graham
Billy Graham William F. "Billy" Graham Jr. Born Nov. 7, 1918 Charlotte, North Carolina Died Feb. 21, 2018 Montreat, North Carolina Parents William Franklin Graham Sr. (died 1962) Morrow Coffey Graham (died 1981) Married Ruth McCue Bell in 1943 (died June 14, 2007, age 87) Education 1943 B.A., Wheaton College—Wheaton, Illinois 1940 Graduated, Florida Bible Institute (now…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Lifesaving Medical Care Provided for Mothers in Crisis
By Dr. Maria, an FP-OB who served at our Emergency Field Hospital. It was my first night in Buzi, Mozambique, and the radio buzzed for an emergency C-section. The patient, Eliza, was bleeding and her baby was in distress. In a whirlwind, the baby boy was delivered and being resuscitated by our nursery nurse and…
Ministerio de Salud y Medicina
Resting in the Shadow of the Almighty
By Samantha Conroy, a family medicine physician serving at Kijabe Hospital though World Medical Mission’s Post-Residency program. When Leah arrived at Kijabe Hospital, I was immediately struck by her infectious laugh and her smile that lit up the room. She was pleasant and kind. Even when her prognosis took a turn for the worse and…
