Hurricane Debby unleashed heavy rains and winds from Aug. 4-8, initially landing as a Category 1 hurricane in northern Florida and making its way up the East Coast as an intense tropical storm. Debby dumped historic amounts of precipitation, leading to widespread flooding that killed eight people. In response, Samaritan’s Purse has deployed to Savannah,…
Firefighter Receives Camper from Samaritan’s Purse
Howard and Lisa Ray’s mobile home was torn from its fastenings as several inches of water turned into a raging torrent in a matter of minutes, when Hurricane Helene swept through their Yancey County property in late September. Everything went by in a flash. Their home was bobbing through newly-formed rapids, and they surged forward…
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Un nuevo hogar lleno de alabanzas en el condado de Buncombe
Ronnie and Ginny Meadows’ mobile home in western North Carolina, was washed away by Hurricane Helene. It was the only home they had lived in during their married life—49 years and still counting. “We’ve been flooded a hundred times,” Ronnie said, noting that their former home stood on the street where he grew up. “But…
Habitante de la Cordillera Azul se muda a una casa nueva
Joe Sherwood had never experienced a disaster like Hurricane Helene, which ripped up his hometown of Vilas, North Carolina –a small town tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The powerful storm left the home he had built over five decades earlier in ruins. What began as a peaceful morning playing checkers on his iPad…
Ver los valles desde la cima de la montaña
A little over a year after Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee, hope is being rebuilt one home at a time. Samaritan’s Purse Chief Operating Officer Edward Graham stood atop the mountain where Vanessa Bowens had played as a child, praying one day she’d live in a home looking down over the…
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Samaritan's Purse dedica una nueva casa a un residente de Carolina del Norte
Brian Baker’s simple lifestyle surrounded by woodland solitude in western North Carolina was suddenly interrupted when aggressive wind and rain began pounding his tent walls. His home of 15 years–a traditional yurt measuring 27 feet in diameter–was not built to withstand wind speeds of over 100 mph. “I have experienced a couple of major floods,…
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Samaritan’s Purse – Give a Year-End Gift
Give a Year-End Gift Where Most Needed Where Most Needed - 012000 $ Give We Help in Jesus' Name SAMARITAN'S PURSE BRINGS PHYSICAL RELIEF AND HOPE TO HURTING PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD. Samaritan's Purse helps men, women, and children who are victims of war, poverty, disaster, and famine. We work in more than 100 countries,…
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Ayudando cuando los desastres ocurren en casa
U.S. Disaster Relief & Rebuild We respond quickly when natural disasters strike, deploying an army of volunteers to come alongside homeowners to bring relief and help rebuild in Jesus’ Name. Learn more about our work. Volunteer Opportunities Stay up to date on our deployments. Sign up for text alerts. Helping in Jesus' Name ® Ready to respond when disaster hits home. Many thousands of people find their…
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Agua limpia. Vidas transformadas.
Clean Water. Changed Lives. Clean Water Projects 013659 $ Give Samaritan’s Purse is working in Jesus’ Name this World Water Day and throughout the year to provide clean water to people in need around the world. After Hurricane Melissa devastated Salomie’s community in southwestern Jamaica, the only clean water available was what she could gather from collected rain…
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Press Release USDR Rebuilds 05-15-19
Samaritan's Purse Plans to Help More Than 310 Hurricane Victims Return Home International Christian Relief Organization is Helping Families Long-term in N.C., S.C. and Fla., Through Home Repair and Rebuild Programs BOONE, N.C., MAY 15, 2019 As the 2019 hurricane season approaches, Samaritan’s Purse continues to help families recover from last year’s storms. The international…
