Update (Nov. 4, 2021): Since this article was originally published, Grace Baptist Church of Wild Peach, Texas, has continued to exceed its shoebox-packing goals. In 2020, despite the global outbreak of COVID-19, the church packed 12,617 shoeboxes—117 over their goal. They also saw God’s provision regarding their $9 donation per shoebox gift that year. “We…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Proveemos sistemas de agua para México
Samaritan’s Purse donated four water filtration systems to Mexico’s military in a special ceremony in Santa Lucía on March 20. The devices were used during our response to Hurricane Otis that damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes in and around Acapulco and left families in the region without access to clean drinking water. It was…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Nueva casa sorprende a propietaria
On Sept. 27, 2024, the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused untold destruction across western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. More than 100 individuals died in North Carolina alone. In addition, the storm left thousands of people homeless, including Thanh Bui of Swannanoa, a town just east of Asheville. Floodwaters forced her and her son, Quintin,…
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Newsletter August 2025
Franklin Graham Update | August Franklin Graham Update | August Feeding the Desperate in Gaza Dear Friend, During His ministry, Jesus cared about hurting and hungry people. The Bible says he had "compassion on the multitude" because they had "nothing to eat" (Matthew 15:32). Today, Samaritan's Purse is working in His Name to help feed innocent civilians caught in the ongoing crossfire in Gaza.…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Brindamos socorro a los sobrevivientes del tifón en Vietnam
Samaritan’s Purse is on the ground in northwestern Vietnam after Typhoon Wipha struck the region in late July and continued to bring heavy rainfall into early August. We are also preparing to respond to Typhoon Kajiki as it recently made landfall in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital. This most recent storm claimed multiple lives and added to…
Proveemos ayuda después de las tormentas de primavera
Samaritan’s Purse staff and volunteers are providing relief in Slidell, Louisiana, after an April 10 EF2 twister struck the community and surrounding eastern St. Tammany Parish with winds up to 140 mph. Our Disaster Relief Unit #5 packed full of chain saws, rakes, wheelbarrows, and other tools to aid in cleanup left our Southwest Ministry…
Samaritan’s Purse Rushes Aid to Typhoon Survivors in Vietnam
Samaritan’s Purse teams are on the ground rushing much-needed relief to storm-battered areas of north-central Vietnam in the wake of Typhoon Kajiki’s late August landfall. Kajiki is the second typhoon to hit the region in as many months. Whipping winds ripped apart houses while torrential rains pummeled the region, triggering flash floods and deadly landslides…
U.S. Disaster Relief Responses: Contact Information for Homeowners
Samaritan’s Purse has bases in the southeast, midwest, and on the west coast where we are serving homeowners in need in the wake of recent storms and fires. Please contact us and our church partners at the numbers listed below if you’re in need. West Coast Fires Santa Cruz, California Felton Bible Church 5999 Graham…
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Hospitales Móviles de Emergencia son movilizados por primera vez
Samaritan’s Purse first deployed its Emergency Field Hospital in April 2016 after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated Ecuador, killing more than 600 people and injuring more than 6,000 others. It was the deadliest earthquake to strike the nation since 1987. We airlifted the mobile hospital to Ecuador on the inaugural flight of our DC-8 cargo plane.…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Animales de carga donados a una organización de Carolina ayudan con el socorro por Helene
A February storm had softened the ground considerably and loosened the roots on an old poplar tree. Wind gusts finished it off. Mike and Michele Toberer were hours out of town when the timber fell and broke a large opening into a fence holding their mules. Three of them escaped into the highway. “That was…
