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…
Franklin Graham Travels to Colombia to Support Work with Venezuelan Migrants
Edward Graham consuela a los sobrevivientes de las inundaciones en su visita a Texas
Edward Graham, COO of Samaritan’s Purse, was in Kerr County, Texas, today to encourage and pray with survivors of the deadly flash floods that tore through the region in the early hours of July 4. Graham comforted families with Scripture, and encouraged them to cling to Jesus in this time of heartbreak. He also spurred…
Edward Graham y Mike Pence visitan el trabajo de Samaritan’s Purse en Ucrania
This week Samaritan’s Purse Chief Operating Officer Edward Graham and Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Ukraine to view Samaritan’s Purse ongoing relief efforts and encourage our staff members. While in the war-torn nation, they also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “Thank you for your leadership as president,” Pence told Zelenskyy. “I want you…
El presidente Donald Trump y Franklin Graham se reúnen con sobrevivientes del huracán en Carolina del Norte
Only days after his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States, President Donald Trump accompanied Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham on Friday to Buncombe County, North Carolina, to see our ongoing Hurricane Helene relief efforts. President Trump and Graham visited homeowners in the hard-hit area, assessing needs and sharing words of encouragement as…
Franklin Graham Hands Out Shoebox Gifts, Meets Children’s Heart Project Families in Mongolia
Franklin Graham spent a whirlwind weekend in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, as he met with children and families who have benefited from Samaritan’s Purse Children’s Heart Project and later gave out Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts. On Friday, he enjoyed song and dance performances by Mongolian girls and boys who have received critically needed cardiac surgery through…
Un año después: todavía ayudando a que Mayfield se reconstruya
A year ago this month, musician Ricky Scaggs was singing Christmas songs from the stage of a local Mayfield, Kentucky, school where Franklin Graham joined Samaritan’s Purse staff, volunteers, and many grieving residents for a Christmas Eve meal. Our teams had started serving in the area on Dec. 14, 2021, to help help hurting residents…
Press Release: Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Relief Supplies and Disaster Response Team to Hard-Hit Jamaica
Franklin Graham dedica nuevas casas móviles en Mississippi
Josh Hatcher and his two children were determined to move forward in their new place—a mobile home in Aberdeen, Mississippi—after fire destroyed their original house in February. But about a month later, on March 24, a powerful twister wrapped their latest home around a large oak tree. Their belongings were scattered across a field and…
Edward Graham, Thousands of Volunteers Working in Tennessee
[Update March 21: Our initial disaster relief responses in Nashville, Mt. Juliet, and Cookeville have ended. Samaritan’s Purse will continue to support these communities in an ongoing way; details will follow. We are thankful for more than 6,000 volunteers who completed clean up on 475 homes in these Middle Tennessee communities, working in Jesus’ Name…











