Auta’s skin is dark and taut with valleys of worry and determination etched into her forehead. She is 58, and her husband died three decades ago. She sits on a small rock outside her home in a village in Niger, West Africa, and holds a wiggly granddaughter as she speaks. Around her, she sees a…
Newsletter July 2024
Recursos para medios de comunicación
Samaritan’s Purse Distributing Emergency Relief Items in the Abacos
The most terrifying moment for Rosie Meadows during Hurricane Dorian’s relentless thrashing wasn’t when glass exploded from the windows or when the sea churned to such heights that she thought a funnel cloud of ocean water was headed straight for her door. For Rosie, fear overwhelmed her when she heard the children crying and screaming.…
Edward Graham viaja a Louisiana para motivar las familias
Edward Graham traveled to see Samaritan’s Purse work in Louisiana on Labor Day, encouraging local families as they begin to clean up after Hurricane Ida and assuring them that our staff and volunteers are there to help in Jesus’ Name. “This is what Samaritan’s Purse volunteers do all over the world—when there’s disasters, we come…
Proveyendo de agua potable para Puerto Rico
Samaritan’s Purse has established four community water filtration systems in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Fiona, meeting the urgent needs of thousands in Naranjito, Maunabo, Guanica, and Yauco. As much as 20 percent of the island remains without regular water access. [Check out the video at top.] Our Disaster Assistance Response Team has also partnered with…
Team Patriot Volunteers Help Wounded Veteran Rebuild
Samaritan’s Purse Team Patriot volunteers handed Chris Holmes the keys to his brand-new home in Horry County, South Carolina on Feb. 7. The 58-year-old disabled Marine was one of thousands of homeowners whose lives and property were devastated by Hurricane Florence in 2018. Samaritan’s Purse provided Chris with a new mobile home to replace a…
Ayudando a los que ayudan en Louisiana
Hurricane Ida rapidly intensified into a Category 4 storm—leaving Heather and Jason Harper little time to evacuate their family of five from their home in Schriever, Louisiana. They knew they didn’t want to remain in their manufactured home, so they sought shelter in the nearby home of Heather’s mom, bracing themselves as heavy wind and…