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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Scales Up North Carolina Response, Opening Emergency Field Hospital and Launching Airlift Operations
Samaritan’s Purse Scales Up North Carolina Response, Opening Emergency Field Hospital and Launching Airlift Operations Additional Medical Support to Provide Surge Capacity as Search and Rescue Efforts Continue BOONE, N.C., Oct. 2, 2024—Samaritan’s Purse has begun emergency airlift operations in western North Carolina to help people who have been cut off from access to basic…
A Shelter and a Refuge in Tigray
When Maaza* heard the violence would reach her village there was no time to think or plan. She fled more than 160 miles with her two children, finding shelter along the way in churches and schools. It’s been several months since she arrived in northwestern Tigray, a region in the northernmost area of Ethiopia where…
Proyectos de construcción
New Building Will Help Church Shine the Light of Jesus in Southwestern Alaska
A vessel crossed the Bering Sea in 1919 and traveled inland along the Yukon River to help start the first native-led church in the newly-established settlement of Mountain Village—a small community in southwestern Alaska. The ship’s name was Hope and it was carrying its namesake—the hope found only in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Over…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Serving God in Colombia
APPLY NOW FOR THE FALL 2021 INTERNSHIP SESSION I was absolutely thrilled after receiving the offer to be an intern in Cúcuta, Colombia. I had dreamed for two years of interning with Samaritan’s Purse, and I could not believe it was actually happening. As a recent graduate with degrees in Communication and Spanish, I could…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Bringing Life-Saving Support to Ethiopians Displaced by Conflict
Violent conflict in Ethiopia’s northernmost region of Tigray has sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing from their homes. Responding in Jesus’ Name, Samaritan’s Purse is working with local churches and other groups to identify and provide food for the most vulnerable families in their communities. Our teams and partners, including church partners, are distributing…
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Biography: Ruth Bell Graham
Ruth Bell GrahamBornJune 10, 1920Qingjiang, Kiangsu, ChinaDiedJune 14, 2007, age 87Montreat, North CarolinaParentsL. Nelson Bell (died 1973)Virginia Leftwich Bell (died 1974)Married William F. "Billy" Graham Jr. 1943ChildrenVirginia "Gigi" Graham, 1945Anne Graham Lotz, 1948Ruth Graham, 1950William "Franklin" Graham III, 1952Nelson Edman "Ned" Graham, 195819 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildrenEducationHigh school, International Mission School, Pyongyang, North KoreaWheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois,…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse provee ayuda a más de 35 000 armenios
When fighting erupted between the Caucasus nations of Azerbaijan and Armenia in September, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh in search of safety in Armenia. Suddenly living as refugees, they were left without basic necessities. Samaritan’s Purse saw their plight and began a response to help relieve their suffering on Sept.…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
El agua limpia genera esperanza
A full-scale invasion continues to devastate the Dnipro region of eastern Ukraine, where residents have tragically lost their jobs, property, and all they have worked for their entire lives. But perhaps the worst effects of the war came when the local hydroelectric plant was blown up by enemy forces, leaving people without access to one…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
Invernaderos ayudan a familias para aumentar cosechas, plantar semillas de fe
Felix and his wife, Sofia, were used to scraping together a living for their three children from the mountainous fields of Palca, Bolivia, despite harsh rainy seasons and frigid temperatures. The precarious conditions meant experiencing several lean months trying to make ends meet between harvests. When a Samaritan’s Purse agriculture project in the area gave…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Tornados fatales rugieron en Tennessee
Tornadoes swept across Middle Tennessee on Saturday, Dec. 9, causing extensive property damage, dozens of injuries, and at least six deaths. The most devastated areas are in Montgomery County, around Clarksville, and in Davidson County, around Hendersonville, Madison, and Gallatin. The National Weather Service rated the Clarksville storm as an EF3 tornado, with around 700…
