Instead of heading to the beach in shorts and flip-flops, University of Connecticut students spent their spring break in Waynesville, North Carolina, donning work clothes and orange U.S. Disaster Relief T-shirts. They were rebuilding a home damaged by Hurricane Helene. “I wanted to do something that was productive and that was contributing to the Kingdom…
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Estudiantes universitarios van al sur para servir durante sus vacaciones
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Reconstrucción en Tennessee
Samaritan’s Purse has started rebuilding homes that were lost to Hurricane Helene, including one for Kim Mitchum in Mountain City, Tennessee. The September 2024 storm flooded Mitchum’s home—damaging her belongings and leaving her with a black mold infestation that could not be stopped. When our U.S. Disaster Relief teams came to her aid with the…
Un nuevo hogar bendice a una pareja después que Helene trastocara sus vidas
Helene’s heavy rains poured on Mark and Mechelle Tipton’s Marshall, North Carolina, neighborhood, flooding their mobile home with up to 24 inches of water. They escaped through the back door and up the hill to safety. However, they lost many of their belongings—and their home—to last year’s historic storm. The nearby French Broad River flowed…
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Emergency Field Hospital Photos
Emergency Field Hospital These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: "Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse." These photographs are not for commercial use. Jamaica 2025 At maximum capacity, the Emergency Field Hospital staff can treat more than 200 patients and perform…
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Gratitud a Dios por un nuevo hogar en Burnsville
Lashasta Johnson’s Burnsville, North Carolina, home was unlivable after Hurricane Helene flung a tree through the roof and mold quickly spread through the dwelling due to significant water damage. She didn’t know what to do or who to turn to. Thankfully, she soon came into contact with Samaritan’s Purse and was quickly approved for a…
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.…
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Showing Them Jesus Cares
Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are ready to immediately respond in Jesus’ Name whenever natural disasters strike. We praise God for the volunteers who serve as the hands and feet of Jesus Christ in the aftermath of devastating storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, and wildfires. Watch the video at the top of the page to see how our…
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Más ayuda fluye hacia Vietnam
Navigating flooded neighborhood streets aboard rafts, Samaritan’s Purse teams distributed critical supplies to families left stranded by Typhoon Matmo’s destruction in the far north of Vietnam. The typhoon, another in a series of tropical cyclones to strike the Southeast Asian country this year, flooded already inundated regions—triggering mass power outages and raging floods that tore…
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What DART Means to Me
APPLY NOW FOR THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE RESPONSE TEAM Four years ago, when Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean, my wife and I were living on the island of Antigua. It was at this time when I first learned about the Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). We were amazed at the talent, speed, and godliness…
