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Fact Sheet: U.S. Disaster Relief
U.S. Disaster Relief In addition to its international relief efforts, Samaritan's Purse mobilizes staff and equipment and enlists thousands of volunteers to provide emergency aid to victims of tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, floods and other natural disasters in the United States. After an initial response, Samaritan’s Purse often stays behind to rebuild and restore houses for…
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Programa para aprendices
“The Apprenticeship Program taught me about selfless service, team unity, and expanding the Kingdom.” Madeline Chilton Texas A&M University, Non-Profit Management Program Management Discover the Apprenticeship Program The Apprenticeship Program equips participants with the needed skills and experience to begin a fulfilling career within Samaritan’s Purse, all while offering a full-time salary and benefits. The goal of…
Proyectos de construcción
Primera casa dedicada que Samaritan’s Purse reedifica en Mayfield
Nine months ago, on the evening of Dec. 10, 2021, Tom Woodward sat in his single-wide mobile home, listening to the news about an EF4 Tornado that had set its target on Mayfield, Kentucky. “My son called me and said ‘Are you gonna stay and ride it out or are you gonna come over here…
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Samaritan’s Purse Responds to Hurricane Ian
SAMARITAN’S PURSE RESPONDS TO HURRICANE IAN; TWO DISASTER RELIEF UNITS AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT DEPARTS TOMORROW BOONE, N.C., Sept. 28, 2022—Samaritan's Purse is mobilizing disaster response specialists and tractor-trailers packed with relief equipment to areas currently being ravaged by Hurricane Ian. The international Christian relief organization will continue to closely track the storm and work with…
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Litein Hospital, Kenya
Litein Hospital Kenya Mission Organization Africa Inland Mission (AIM)/Africa Inland Church (AIC) Profile Litein provides primary and specialist care to a catchment population of 800,000 people across six counties in the South Rift region of Kenya. A.I.C. Litein Hospital has 220 beds and a 10-bed casualty. The community of about 450 medical and nonmedical staff…
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DART Newsletter April 2024
DART Newsletter Greetings DART Members, Do you remember the WWJD bracelets? If you are an American and were serious about Jesus in the 1990s, you probably wore one. Despite their commercialism, the message they bore—"What Would Jesus Do?”—posed a thoughtful question, which brings to mind a Scripture that has captured my attention. It's the story…
Proyectos de construcción
Un hito para Mekoryuk
It’s never been an easy feat to construct a large building on Nunivak Island, Alaska. It still isn’t. That’s why this year’s work on the new Mekoryuk Covenant Church—which will be completed by Samaritan’s Purse volunteers over four months—is such a milestone for the Native Alaskan community. Before planes, the Bering Sea’s shallow and shifting…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse Responding to Wildfires in California and Oregon
Samaritan’s Purse is responding in California and Oregon as an ongoing rash of deadly fires has engulfed much of the West Coast, killing more than 30 people. Our staff and a Disaster Relief Unit—a tractor trailer filled with relief supplies and equipment—were deployed Sept. 12 from our West Coast Ministry Center in Fullerton, California, to…
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In the Wake of Hurricane Laura, Veterans Become an Answer to Prayer
As Hurricane Laura’s 150 mile-per-hour winds threatened to batter the coastline of Louisiana, Rafe David and his wife Mary were prepared to stay in their Lake Charles home of 25 years. The couple had evacuated for major storms like Rita and Ike over the years only to return home to minor damage. They expected the…
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Louisiana Homeowner Grateful for God’s Grace
Cary Castile wasn’t expecting to be displaced for weeks when he evacuated from Louisiana to Texas ahead of Hurricane Laura in August 2020. And, when he did return to his Lake Charles home, he said the widespread devastation broke his heart. “Almost the entire city was damaged. The power lines were down. It was a…
