Guam, the westernmost territory of the United States, is a rich blend of various cultures. Located in the north Pacific—about 1,500 miles east of the Philippines—Guam’s 168,000 citizens include the island’s native Chamorros, along with a melting-pot population from the Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Australia, the mainland U.S., Europe, and various other Micronesian islands.…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Gracias a todos nuestros voluntarios
At Samaritan’s Purse, we share the hope of the Gospel as we rush to the aid of those caught in the ditches of life. When a hurricane blows down trees, a wildfire consumes a town, a flood rushes in, or a tornado rips apart a community, Samaritan’s Purse is there to provide relief in Jesus’…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse Volunteers at Work in Storm-Torn Southeast
Samaritan’s Purse teams are on the ground in Selma, Alabama, and Griffin, Georgia, after a violent and deadly storm system swept across the Southeast on Thursday night, Jan. 12. Two Disaster Relief Units—tractor trailers stocked with equipment and supplies—are in position in the two locations. Volunteers started work in both Alabama and Georgia on Sunday,…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
DC-8 Aircraft Heads to Armenia with Relief Supplies
On Nov. 5, Samaritan’s Purse sent our DC-8 aircraft packed with winter relief supplies to Yerevan, Armenia. We will be delivering critically needed warm clothing to families who have fled the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the long-disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Since fighting broke out on Sept. 27, thousands of people have had to…
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child está llevando la esperanza del Evangelio a 1 000 islas del Pacífico
Rengesuul Yobech sat in the shade of a spacious open-air gymnasium at Peleliu Elementary School in Palau on a sweltering late-February afternoon earlier in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe. The school’s 76 students were assembled there, eager to receive gift-filled shoeboxes at the first Operation Christmas Child festive outreach event to take…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Emergency Field Hospital and Relief Supplies Airlifted to Hurricane-Hit Honduras
Update (Nov. 16): Distributions are underway in Honduras! Samaritan’s Purse is providing household water filters, emergency shelter material, and hygiene kits to area pastors to aid hurting families in their respective communities. The Emergency Field Hospital is also open and saw 20 patients on its first day! Please pray as Iota is predicted to make…
Sobreviviente del huracán Helene alaba a Dios por sus abundantes bendiciones
The water continued to rise and Sherri Hughes panicked. She was visiting her sister when they suddenly noticed that the floor was wet. Before long, it was soaked. “When we looked out the door, we saw nothing but water. I thought we were gonna die,” she said. She could see across the street to her…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Donald Trump Jr. and Senator Ted Budd See Samaritan’s Purse Relief Efforts
Samaritan’s Purse COO Edward Graham was joined by Donald Trump Jr. and U.S. Senator Ted Budd on Monday, Oct. 14, as they witnessed the devastation Hurricane Helene brought to North Carolina. They were flown by helicopter to Yancey County, which is included among the areas receiving emergency relief from Samaritan’s Purse. We continue to bring…
Nuestro Ministerio
Satisfacer las necesidades y sembrar las semillas del Evangelio en Sudán del Sur
Meeting Needs and Sowing Gospel Seeds in South Sudan Provide Medical Care Helping Food and Water Help Improve Livelihoods Care for Victims of Trauma Provide Literacy Training Provide Leadership Training Helping in Jesus' Name Samaritan’s Purse is helping people recently displaced by violence, and many others, as we meet urgent needs across the country. There would be no breakfast…
Media
COVID-19 Los Angeles County Response Press Kit
Media Resources Media Requests Press Releases Fact Sheets Key Quotes Photos B-roll Los Angeles County COVID-19 Response Samaritan's Purse responded to the COVID-19 crisis in Los Angeles County—deploying a 50-plus bed Emergency Field Hospital to Lancaster, California. In partnership with Antelope Valley Hospital, this field hospital provided desperately needed surge capacity—treating more than 160 patients.…
