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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…
Wounded Veterans and Spouses Find God’s Healing through Operation Heal Our Patriots
When Army Sergeant Joe and Brittany Gray arrived at Samaritan Lodge Alaska on Sunday, July 21, they had been separated several weeks and were on the verge of getting a divorce. In fact, the very day they got there they had originally planned to go to dinner and discuss next steps—possibly giving up on their…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Los voluntarios ayudan en las comunidades inundadas de Washington
Jess Horn, his brother, and their aging parents were trapped in the top story of their home. A helicopter whirred outside the upstairs window as they prepared to crawl out to safety above the flooding. “Shingles were flying off the roof and everything from the helicopter blades. It was scary. My mother got out, and…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Un taller de fe y esperanza
Walter Lewis barely missed one great flood in Boone, North Carolina. That was 85 years ago—about five years before he was born. He did not escape a second great storm, Hurricane Helene, which hit late last year. More than eight decades ago, the 1940 flood triggered more than 2,000 landslides and caused 16 deaths. It’s…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Taken by the Sea
Kristine Wager is an intern with Samaritan’s Purse in the Philippines. Babatngon is a community near the sea on Leyte Island in the Philippines. Recently, the Samaritan’s Purse construction team helped with assessment of the damage caused by Typhoon Hagupit to see how we could help. More than 60 percent of homes in this community…
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Why Goats Are a Big Deal
Christmas Catalog Give a Dairy Goat MADELINE LIVES in an impoverished village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She struggled to provide for her children until she received goats from Samaritan’s Purse and training on how to care for them. These animals have now become a tangible source of blessing, as her original three…
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.…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
La vida cambió gracias a las abejas
Seangly and her husband farmed in Cambodia but after he became too sick to work, they fell behind on their bills. Money and other essentials became scarce. Seangly feared for her family’s future. “I was sad and concerned,” she said, “that one day our land and house will be confiscated.” Samaritan’s Purse came alongside Seangly…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
La vida es distinta a como era antes
For years, El Sara’s family lived under the strain of unmet needs. Paying debts felt overwhelming, and providing for her children’s education seemed impossible. “I didn’t know who to rely on. I didn’t know what to do,” she said. “I decided to pray to God.” In the midst of that uncertainty, Samaritan’s Purse came alongside…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
Las cabras lecheras mejoran la nutrición de las familias
Sister Guylaine’s goats bleat loudly as she walks among them pointing out how many there are now. They started with 25 goats last year, a gift from Samaritan’s Purse, and now there are ten more. She is one of the sisters who serve the community through Little Sisters of Evangelization church in Babonde, a community…
