Two weeks have passed since Hurricane Beryl hit southeast Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, unleashing violent winds and torrential rains. The storm left widespread power outages and devastated communities in its wake. Samaritan’s Purse quickly deployed a Disaster Relief unit—a tractor-trailer filled with relief supplies and equipment—and mobilized volunteer teams to help hurting homeowners…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Voluntarios que brindan ayuda en caso de desastres instados a compartir valientemente el Evangelio de Cristo
Thick, black smoke was moving in rapidly. Pastor Erik Naylor of Maui, Hawaii, could hardly see more than a few feet in front of him, and he felt the heat as homes around him started to catch on fire. But when he and a neighbor looked across the street, they saw that the Lahaina Baptist…
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La aviación de Samaritan’s Purse
RushingHelp and HopeWorldwide Stay Informed About Our Work Sign up to receive email updates on the work of Samaritan's Purse, prayer alerts, and volunteer opportunities. Sign Up Now The Samaritan's Purse aircraft fleet, which includes our DC-8 cargo jet, enables us to respond to disasters with great speed, quickly bringing emergency supplies and teams anywhere in the…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Esperanza tras el paso del tifón Yagi
Samaritan’s Purse has distributed relief supplies to thousands of families in northern Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi decimated the region in early September. Our DC-8 and 757 aircraft transported over 80,000 pounds of aid to the Southeast Asian country from our hangar in Greensboro, North Carolina, soon after floodwaters subsided. Working through our local partners in…
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Llevamos ayuda y esperanza después de Helene
Bringing Help and Hope After Helene “I've never experienced God's love like that.” Hurricane Helene turned the Cane River, usually about 40 feet wide, into a raging, swollen behemoth that swallowed houses, cars, utility poles, and huge chunks of land on both sides of its gluttonous path as it charged downstream. But when the storm swept through…
Proyectos de construcción
Samaritan’s Purse Helps Homeowners Rebuild in Eastern Carolinas
As Hurricane Florence passed through New Bern, North Carolina, lightning struck a large pine tree in Kenyatta James’ front yard. The splintered tree fell diagonally across her house, which the family had evacuated in advance of the storm. The fallen timber left the James’ home severely damaged and allowed torrential rain inside as the storm…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse Responding to Eastern Carolina Tornado
Samaritan’s Purse has deployed to Bertie County in Eastern North Carolina after a devastating EF-3 tornado tore through the area early on the morning of Aug. 4. The tornado, spawned by Hurricane Isaias, reached maximum sustained winds of 145 mph and destroyed homes and killed two people. At least 20 have been injured. Staff, vehicles,…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Volunteers Serve in Jesus’ Name After Bertie County Twister
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER Samaritan’s Purse volunteer Don Hoggard grieved with his neighbors when they lost everything during the Aug. 4 tornado that ripped through the town of Windsor in Bertie County. The tornado, produced by Hurricane Isaias, destroyed hundreds of homes and left some completely in ruins. “I can feel the hurt they’re feeling…
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El vicepresidente Mike Pence anima a los veteranos y propietarios en Luisiana
Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen rolled up their sleeves, slipped on work gloves, and helped remove broken tree limbs and other debris from the backyard of Scott and Faith Sawyer, whose home and property in Hammond, Louisiana, were badly damaged by Hurricane Ida. Pence also fired up a chainsaw and helped…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Tendemos puentes después del huracán Helene
Hurricane Helene damaged the bridge that Tina Palmer used every day to get to her Deep Gap, North Carolina, home on the other side of a creek. Since the September 2024 storm, she has been afraid to even walk over the faltering structure, much less drive across it. Samaritan’s Purse U.S. Disaster Relief recently came…
