UPDATE (Aug. 29): Our Shasta County fire response concluded on Aug. 28. We praise God for 26 people who were saved during this deployment. We are thankful for all our local partners and for the 965 volunteers who served more than 240 homeowners. — The Carr fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in northern California,…
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Volunteer, 79, Served Hurting Homeowners in New York
When Shirley Reith’s husband died of cancer, she thought life was over for her, too. “I was just waiting for the years to pass and for me to pass as well,” she said. “I thought God was done with me.” Life changed two years ago when God called Shirley, who is 79 years old, to…
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Samaritan’s Purse extiende esperanza a las familias de Tennessee esta Navidad
A heartbreaking scene unfolded on Dec. 9 when twisters wreaked havoc in Middle Tennessee communities and claimed the lives of six people, including two young children. Scattered among the pieces of splintered homes were colorful Christmas decorations, which stood in stark contrast to the joy that the Christmas season usually brings. “It’s one of the…
Ministerio de Salud y Medicina
‘God Calls Us to Hard Places’
An 8-year-old Kenyan child with spina bifida stands upright and walks for the first time. A man whose name means “deformed” marvels at his reshaped mouth following cleft lip surgery in South Sudan. God’s healing power in the life of a toddler with a congenital heart condition leads to the planting of a church now…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Coordinating Largest Civilian Airlift Operation in U.S. History
Samaritan’s Purse Coordinating Largest Civilian Airlift Operation in U.S. History BOONE, N.C., Oct. 11, 2024—Samaritan’s Purse has completed more than 210 helicopter and fixed-wing missions to deliver emergency relief supplies to some of the most isolated and hard-hit areas of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee in response to Hurricane Helene—with more airlifts going out…
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Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Relief to Northern Mariana Islands After Powerful Typhoon
The strongest typhoon on record to hit the U.S. commonwealth of Saipan has devastated the island, affecting thousands of families and leaving nearly 800 homes damaged or destroyed. Samaritan’s Purse sent an airlift to Saipan with 30 tons of emergency shelter materials, solar lights, and medical supplies. A portion of these items are being transported…
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After Yutu’s Brutal Punch, Samaritan’s Purse Distributes Relief to Islanders
The Pacific island of Saipan has always been plagued by powerful storms but Typhoon Yutu packed more force than almost anyone expected. “It was like the end of the world for me and my family,” resident Marie Cris said of the late October typhoon. “The walls are concrete but you could feel the walls shake…
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Volunteers Begin Helping California Homeowners After Devastating Fire
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER IN CALIFORNIA There wasn’t much time to flee Paradise as the Camp Fire roared across Butte County, California. Residents reported harrowing escapes with their shoes heating up under them as they abandoned cars stuck on melting tires. Before it was fully contained, the Camp Fire burned more than 14,000 homes and…
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Samaritan’s Purse Volunteers at Work in Storm-Torn Southeast
Samaritan’s Purse teams are on the ground in Selma, Alabama, and Griffin, Georgia, after a violent and deadly storm system swept across the Southeast on Thursday night, Jan. 12. Two Disaster Relief Units—tractor trailers stocked with equipment and supplies—are in position in the two locations. Volunteers started work in both Alabama and Georgia on Sunday,…
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Samaritan’s Purse Responds to Storms in Marked Tree, Arkansas
The Marked Tree community recently sustained substantial tree and debris damage, and many are still without power with temperatures expected to reach triple digits. Samaritan’s Purse has deployed a disaster relief unit—a tractor-trailer filled with relief equipment and supplies—and will field volunteer teams to help homeowners with cutting fallen trees and debris removal. First Baptist…
