Update (Feb. 26): A second Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 airlift departed Feb. 26 from Greensboro, North Carolina, carrying supplies for displaced people living in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. This flight will deliver additional relief supplies, including thousands of solar lanterns and more than a thousand rolls of tarp for repairing or constructing shelters. Our work…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Urgently Needed Food to Ethiopia
Ministerio Infantil
Sanación solo en Cristo
Victor loved the metal walker that his father, Richard, had crafted for him. It gave the 18-month-old the freedom and mobility that he otherwise wouldn’t have had to explore his thatched roof home and the surroundings of his Ugandan village. Richard had used what was available to piece the walker together, including bottle caps as…
Ministerio Infantil
Brindamos lugares seguros para los niños congoleños
Fidèle’s idleness had worn down his childhood joy. “At home, there is nothing to do—we just sit with nothing, and there is also hunger.” He is now learning to smile again. Several days a week, he leaves home early and walks dusty roads—in the dry season at least—to a little haven on a hill by…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Ayudamos a mejores prácticas de salud entre mujeres y niños sursudanés
Until just recently, sickness was simply a way of life in the many remote villages of Mayendit County, South Sudan. Waterborne illness, poor nutrition, and infections ran rampant among mothers and their children. This was true until women like Nydech, a mother of seven, was invited to join the Maternal, Infant, and Young Children Nutrition…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
2021 Marks Ten Years of Ministry to Military Couples
This summer marks the 10th season of Operation Heal Our Patriots, a program started by Samaritan’s Purse in 2012 to strengthen the marriages of America’s heroes. Wounded military veterans and their spouses come to Samaritan Lodge Alaska where they participate in Biblically based marriage enrichment classes and enjoy excursions into the pristine wilderness of Lake…
Media
Comunicados de prensa de la respuesta en Ucrania
Media Resources Media Requests Press Releases Fact Sheets B-roll Audio PSA Photos Ukraine Response Press Kit In response to the conflict in Ukraine, Samaritan's Purse is working in three countries where needs are dire—Ukraine, Poland, and Moldova. Disaster response specialists are providing medical care in four facilities across Ukraine and Moldova—including an Emergency Field Hospital…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Military Couples Start Fresh During Alaska Adventure
Mike Woodard’s muscular frame stands six-foot-four. During his time as a soldier in the U.S. Army, there’s no doubt the enemy should and would have feared him in close quarters. He served bravely in a 2011-12 combat tour to Afghanistan, though it came at great cost. He got blown up three times—once each by a…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Thanking God for Lives Transformed in Alaska
All he knew was darkness. The horrors of war had followed him home, and Marine Staff Sergeant Tre Tremillo was suffocating beneath layers of despair and anger. Images of death haunted him. His heart ached for fellow Marines still hospitalized with battle-related injuries. He mourned friends who had committed suicide. “I found myself sitting at…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Military Spouses Open Up About Trials, Triumphs, and God’s Redeeming Love
Sometimes the call came in the middle of the night, and her husband would be gone by morning. She often had no idea where, for how long, or when she would hear from him again. Courtney Keith began to fear an officer’s knock on her door—the signal that her husband had been killed on military…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Ministerio para matrimonios ayuda a familia de Marines en el tiempo perfecto
Samaritan’s Purse launched Operation Heal Our Patriots to minister to military service members wounded after 9/11. Our commitment to these couples starts with a week of Biblically based marriage classes and wilderness excursions in the pristine wilderness surrounding Lake Clark National Park. After they come home from what for many is a life-changing experience, Samaritan’s…
