Since their emergence in northeastern Nigeria in 2002, militants in the terrorist organization Boko Haram have set about the task of remaking West Africa into their own image. Seeking to eliminate differing ideologies, they have killed thousands of people of various backgrounds. Often overlooked are the faces of those that survive. Throughout Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon,…
Catálogo de donaciones
Una lista diferente de deseos de Navidad
As many children eagerly prepare their wish lists for what they want for Christmas, a family in Kansas is deciding what they want to give. Two years ago, Eric and Melissa Dannefer of Abilene showed their three young daughters the Samaritan’s Purse gift catalog and asked each of them to choose one item to help…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Colombia: Reducing the Spread of COVID-19
Samaritan’s Purse is providing primary medical care as well as hygiene training to migrant communities along the Colombia-Venezuela border in an effort to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19. We are offering this relief through our local team of doctors, nurses, and a pharmacist, in coordination with the International Organization for Migration. Our mobile medical…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Suministrando alimentos de emergencia en Vietnam durante la pandemia
As the COVID-19 health crisis continues across the globe, Samaritan’s Purse remains on the frontlines in the effort to help alleviate suffering during this challenging time. Our teams in Vietnam recently worked with local partners to provide more than 5.5 metric tons of food for families struggling to make ends meet because their income source…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
Una cosecha abundante en Bolivia
The air is dusty and the land looks barren during the final months of the almost nine-month dry season in El Alto, Bolivia. Many of the young city’s nearly 1 million inhabitants have come here from the surrounding countryside in search of a better life. Instead of opportunity, though, many of them have found a…
Programas de alimentación
Cientos de miles sufren hambre extrema en el recóndito Sudán
Samaritan’s Purse is rushing food aid into southern Sudan. Hundreds of thousands of men, women, children, and newborns who have fled violent conflict in the north are now confronted with a faceless enemy: starvation. The remote region of Kordofan, Sudan, has swelled in population since conflict broke out in the country a year ago. This…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
La ayuda de emergencia llega para socorrer a los hambrientos en Sudán
Samaritan’s Purse has recently trucked nearly 12,000 metric tons of food for starving people in Kordofan, Sudan. The baskets of food, part of an emergency relief initiative, are going to families in overflowing displacement camps scattered across the remote region. We have provided food and other relief to assist more than 180,000 men, women, and…
Operation Christmas Child
Pensando local y globalmente con Operation Christmas Child
Ben Smith knows the power of a good story and the difference it can make in people’s lives. Hearing stories about how Operation Christmas Child helped bring the Gospel to children around the world fueled his involvement in the Samaritan’s Purse project from the very beginning. As a child, he packed shoebox gifts with his…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
Programa de ganadería ayuda a familias vulnerables en Níger
Laiha’s oldest child was 5 years old when her husband died. She was left to raise their three children alone on the outskirts of Abalak in western Niger. Each day brought anxiety about whether she could provide for her family. “Life has been hard for me,” she said. “Even basic things like feeding my family…
Operation Christmas Child
Recursos para imprimir
Printable Resources Print Items Shoebox Labels Logos Print Items Click Images to Enlarge Gift Suggestions 8.5" x 11" (2 pages) A detailed list of recommended items for shoebox gifts, based on gender. ⇣ Download PDF (457 kb) Promotional Insert 5.5" x 7.5" A description of how to pack a box and the journey of a shoebox for…
