In Niger, the statistical odds are stacked against girls. Consistently ranked at the bottom of the human development index, Niger also has one of the highest birth rates in the world. Facing cultural and economic pressures, parents often allow their daughters to marry at a young age. Nearly three in every four girls will be…
God’s Hand Evident as Tanzania Crash Survivors Return Home
UPDATED AUGUST 18 Three months ago, three Tanzanian children were airlifted on gurneys to the United States in critical condition and faced an unknown future. Today, Sadhia, Wilson, and Doreen arrived back home in the same Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 that flew them half-way around the world for lifesaving medical care. Our aircraft took off the…
A Bolivian Farmer Serves the Lord with Rededicated Passion
Nelson, a 26-year-old commercial farmer in Palca, Bolivia, heard the Gospel a few years ago and gave his life to the Lord Jesus Christ. But he never became involved in a local church. “My work and the influence of my friends became a distraction,” Nelson said. All that changed when a ministry team from Samaritan’s…
Samaritan’s Purse provee ayuda a más de 35 000 armenios
When fighting erupted between the Caucasus nations of Azerbaijan and Armenia in September, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh in search of safety in Armenia. Suddenly living as refugees, they were left without basic necessities. Samaritan’s Purse saw their plight and began a response to help relieve their suffering on Sept.…
New Cardiothoracic Center Opens at Kenya’s Tenwek Hospital
On Oct. 24, Samaritan’s Purse, the people of Kenya, and Tenwek Hospital celebrated the grand opening of a new cardiothoracic surgical center in Bomet, north of Nairobi. World Medical Mission, a medical arm of Samaritan’s Purse, has been sending doctors to Tenwek for decades. In 1981, Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham raised funds for a…
Pastores congoleños reciben capacitación bíblica
Pastor Serge Uyernimungu had already been a pastor for several years, yet had received no outside training in how to do the work of ministry. He then heard of a Biblical training program offered through Samaritan’s Purse. To attend, he would not need to leave his home and travel long distances. The training would come…
Franklin and Edward Graham Celebrate God’s Work at Tenwek
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham and his youngest son, Samaritan’s Purse COO Edward Graham, gathered March 4 with faculty and staff of Tenwek Hospital in Bomet, Kenya, north of Nairobi. The group toured Tenwek’s new state-of-the-art cardiothoracic surgical center, which, in partnership with Samaritan’s Purse, was completed Oct. 24 of last year. The need for…
Atención médica móvil para los más pobres en Monrovia
Dorithy stood in the heat holding her grandson, Charles, who hadn’t stopped coughing since the fire. She was welcomed inside by our nurses. The grandmother, seeking care for the 1-year-old boy, had lost her house two weeks before. She watched it go up in flames, triggered by faulty electrical wiring. Dorithy and Charles were among…
Newsletter June 2025
5 Ideas creativas para empacar cajas de regalos durante COVID-19
A global pandemic isn’t stopping Operation Christmas Child from delivering gift-filled shoeboxes to boys and girls in the far corners of the world. Children need hope now more than ever in such uncertain times, and these tangible expressions of God’s love can be a great encouragement. Most important, children need to hear the Good News…