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…
Edward Graham viaja a las comunidades devastadas por el huracán en Florida
Edward Graham visited southwest Florida Tuesday where Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are working in flooded and wind-damaged communities ripped apart last week by Hurricane Ian. The powerful and deadly Category 4 storm claimed more than 100 lives and damaged thousands of structures, including hundreds of homes, on its destructive path traveling up the coast and across…
Nuestro Ministerio
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…
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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…
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Litein Hospital, Kenya
Litein Hospital Kenya Get Started Mission Organization Africa Inland Mission (AIM)/Africa Inland Church (AIC) Profile Litein Hospital provides primary and specialist care to a catchment population of 800,000 people across six counties in the South Rift region of Kenya. The hospital has 220 beds and a 10-bed casualty. The community of about 450 medical and…
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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Hurricane Helene Response Press Kit
Press Releases Fact Sheets & Bios Photos B-roll Hurricane Helene Response Samaritan's Purse is responding to Hurricane Helene in six locations across North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Every day, teams of volunteers are serving families in need by mudding out flooded homes, clearing debris, removing downed trees, and reminding them that they are not alone.…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Animales de carga donados a una organización de Carolina ayudan con el socorro por Helene
A February storm had softened the ground considerably and loosened the roots on an old poplar tree. Wind gusts finished it off. Mike and Michele Toberer were hours out of town when the timber fell and broke a large opening into a fence holding their mules. Three of them escaped into the highway. “That was…
