When Hurricane Maria thrashed Dominica last year, its ferocious winds damaged 90 percent of the houses on the island. Thousands were completely destroyed. But the storm—the first Category 5 hurricane on record to strike the Caribbean island—didn’t just obliterate houses. It also ravaged entire industries, upending people’s ability to make a living and provide for…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Delivering Relief to the Hard-to-Reach in South Sudan
Despite many challenges, Samaritan’s Purse continues to carry out major programming from five field bases in South Sudan. Our relief efforts are focused on water and sanitation, healthcare, food assistance, nutrition, food security and livelihoods, and continuing partnerships with local churches. We’re there in Jesus’ Name and eager to share the Gospel. With a long…
Programas de alimentación
Samaritan’s Purse Provides Critical Food Assistance for South Sudanese
Food is scarce during South Sudan’s dry season when the land turns brown, dusty, and desolate. Residents and thousands of refugees become more vulnerable to starvation and sickness. “Dry season proves to be difficult in South Sudan,” said Collins Enabu, Samaritan’s Purse Deputy Country Director of Programs. “When people are unable to plant and harvest…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
Going from Farm to Market
Grown in the high altitudes and warm climates of South America, goldenberries are small, round fruits that can taste either tart or sweet. Learning how to plant and harvest these husk-encased yellow berries in the mountains of Bolivia has made the difference between husbands and fathers needing to seek out work far from home to…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
Livelihoods Training Boosts Income for Farming Family
Den was devastated when a drought ruined the rice fields he had worked so hard to cultivate. Den and his wife, Chreop, had no other way to support their four children, and they were buried under a mountain of debt. Feeling hopeless and desperate, Den and Chreop decided their only option was to migrate from…
Nuestro Ministerio
Children’s Ministry
You Can Help A Child in Need Join with Samaritan’s Purse in helping to meet the critical needs of children around the world in Jesus’ Name. In poverty and in crisis, children often suffer the most. Since Samaritan’s Purse was founded in 1970, we have helped countless suffering children caught in the midst of difficult circumstances,…
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equipo de respuesta para asistencia en caso de desastres
Learn More About Serving on a Samaritan's Purse DISASTER ASSISTANCE RESPONSE TEAM A Disaster Assistance Response Team provides relief to victims of disaster while ↓ water food shelter medical care war poverty famine disease natural disaster sharing the hope of Jesus Christ A DART provides water, food, shelter, and medical care to victims of war, poverty, famine, disease, and natural disaster while sharing…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Ayudamos a salvar vidas en Sudán
Each morning, long before daybreak, Nadia* would travel to the local market to sell tea and coffee to bleary-eyed residents just waking up in her town in southern Sudan. She had to rise quite early so she could finish her business before her school started. Though she’s now a mother of three, she was hungry…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Entrega de alimentos de emergencia a Ucrania
As the war in Ukraine continues well past 1,000 days, Samaritan’s Purse remains in the embattled nation where we have served since the beginning of the conflict. Our staff and partners are supplying bags of food to families near the frontlines in order to curb the ache of hunger and encourage them to persevere. In…
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Samaritan’s Purse Updates-TV Response
Equipping Families to Flourish and Grow in Faith Samaritan’s Purse livelihoods training in Liberia equips vulnerable families to live abundant lives, set on a firm foundation in Jesus Christ. Samaritan’s Purse is working in communities near Monrovia, Liberia, where mothers like Tutu rise each morning longing to give their children a future filled with hope…
