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Press Release Emergency Field Hospital Opens in Italy 03-20-20
Samaritan's Purse Opens Emergency Field Hospital in Northern Italy; Bringing Life-Saving Surge Capacity BOONE, N.C., March 20, 2020 Today, the Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital, specially equipped with a respiratory care unit, opened in Cremona, Italy. The 68-bed unit was airlifted to Italy on March 17 using the relief organization's DC-8 cargo plane to provide…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter October 2023
Franklin Graham Update | October GOOD NEWS, GREAT JOY: The Lord uses shoebox gifts to bless children around the world and prepare them to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ. 'I felt the love of Jesus through the shoebox!' Dear Friend, As we look forward to celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Operation Christmas Child…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Field Hospital Staffers Provide Around-the-Clock Care in New York’s Central Park
UPDATED (through April 17): Since opening our Emergency Field Hospital in New York City, the Samaritan’s Purse medical team has treated more than 140 patients. One of our patients is Jose, who, upon seeing his wife standing on Fifth Avenue, was completely overwhelmed. Jose hadn’t seen her since he was admitted to our field hospital…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Volunteers at Work in Four States After Tornadoes Slash Through the South
Hundreds of Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are working hard across the South at our four disaster response sites in four different states. They are helping hurting homeowners after severe storms spawned dozens of deadly tornadoes in Louisiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Mississippi. More than 30 people died in these storms and hundreds of homes are damaged…
50 AÑOS DE MINISTERIO
Delivering Christmas to Children in Uganda
In late 2002, Franklin Graham gathered with musician Bono (of U2) and the Brooklyn Tabernacle Youth Choir at New York’s JFK International Airport for a special send-off. More than 80,000 Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts were loaded onto an Antonov 225, the world’s largest cargo jet at the time, to be transported to Ugandan children…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Crosses Threshold of 100 Million Pounds of Food Disributed in War-Torn Ukraine
One Year After the Conflict Began in Ukraine Samaritan's Purse Continues to Meet Critical Needs More than 8 Million People Received Aid in Ukraine through N.C.-Based Organization Boone, N.C., Feb. 23, 2023—Samaritan's Purse deployed disaster response specialists to Ukraine less than 24 hours after the conflict began last year. Now, the N.C.-based organization is still hard…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Field Hospital to Alaska
Samaritan’s Purse airlifted a 30-bed Emergency Field Hospital and critical medical supplies to King Salmon, Alaska, on June 1 in advance of a possible COVID-19 outbreak. The threat is expected to significantly rise this summer as more than 10,000 fishermen and cannery workers from around the world descend upon the Bristol Bay region. Many of…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Participar en el poder del servicio
Gracie O’Loughlin regularly witnesses groups working shoulder-to-shoulder for a common purpose as part of her role with Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse that shares the Gospel with children around the world through outreach events and shoebox gifts. When she and several colleagues recently volunteered with U.S. Disaster Relief, another project of Samaritan’s…
Flood Relief Work Completed in Midland, Michigan
Over the weekend, our volunteer teams in Midland, Michigan, completed work on flooded homes in the area. Over the course of our relief work, nearly 1,500 volunteers joined our relief efforts and completed clean up and recovery on 315 homes. We praise God for at least 49 salvations, many seeds planted, and many people blessed…
Operation Christmas Child
Fact Sheet: Pacific Island Initiative
Pacific Island Initiative Overview The goal of the 5-year Pacific Island Initiative is for all children ages 2–14 across the Pacific to have the opportunity to hear the Gospel and receive an Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift at an Outreach Event hosted by a local church Ministry Partner. At this Outreach Event they will also…
