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…
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Press Release: Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 Makes Final Flight from Greensboro, Delivering Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes to Hurricane-Ravaged Jamaica
Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 Makes Final Flight from Greensboro, Delivering Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes to Hurricane-Ravaged Jamaica BOONE, N.C., Dec. 4, 2025 —This Friday, December 5th, the last U.S.-registered DC-8 will embark on its final mission—carrying 9,200 shoebox gifts to Jamaica. These Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes are packed with toys, school supplies, and personal care items…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Hurricane Ida: Contact Phone Numbers for Louisiana Homeowners
Samaritan’s Purse has three bases in Louisiana from which we are serving homeowners in need after Hurricane Ida. Please contact us and our church partners at the numbers listed below if you’re in need. Houma, Louisiana Covenant Church (formerly First Baptist) 4863 W. Park Avenue Houma, LA 70364 Assistance Phone: 504-756-1335 Metairie, Louisiana Saints Community…
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El secretario Scott Turner ve la respuesta en curso al huracán Helene
Scott Turner, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, joined Samaritan’s Purse staff and volunteers in North Carolina on March 11 to see our continued Hurricane Helene relief efforts. Secretary Turner visited homeowners in Buncombe County (Asheville area) who are still suffering from the storm’s catastrophic strike. “We’re here to learn, to…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Huracán Ian: números de contacto para propietarios en Florida
Samaritan’s Purse has three bases of operations in Florida deploying volunteers to serve homeowners in need after Hurricane Ian. If you need help, please contact us and our church partners at the numbers listed below. Fort Myers Citygate Ministries 1735 Jackson Street Fort Myers, FL 33901 Assistance Phone: 239-944-0119 Englewood Calvary Baptist Church 75 Pine…
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the Pacific Islands
Many people think of the Pacific Islands as paradise, populated with luxurious hotels located oceanfront on pristine white sandy beaches. And some are. But hundreds more are home to people who struggle daily just to survive, including over half a million children. Starting in 2019, Samaritan’s Purse began distributing gift-filled shoeboxes to children who live…
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…
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Celebrando 200 millones de bendiciones
Elizabeth Groff is on a special journey to help pack the 200 millionth Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift since the Samaritan’s Purse project began in 1993. Elizabeth, who received a shoebox gift years ago as a lonely child in an orphanage in Ukraine, is currently traveling to different U.S. drop-off locations and processing centers with…
Agua, salubridad e higiene
Agua potable y una higiene apropiada salva vidas en el mundo entero
Where most of us live it’s easy to assume we’ll wake up with enough water to bathe, to cook, and, most important, to drink. But this is not the case for hundreds of millions of people. Many families and communities around the world can’t count on a water supply for next month, or next week,…
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Samaritan’s Purse Heads to Deep South Texas After Flooding
Samaritan’s Purse has deployed to the far south of Texas along the Mexican border to respond to widespread flooding in the Rio Grande Valley. These were the state’s worst floods since Hurricane Harvey last August. One of our disaster relief units—a tractor-trailer filled with equipment and supplies—is now in place in Texas after being dispatched…
