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Southeastern Winter Storm Response Press Kit
Press Releases B-roll Photos Southeastern Winter Storm Response A powerful winter storm system impacted more than half of the United States in late January, leaving communities facing historic snow and ice accumulation in bitterly cold temperatures. Samaritan's Purse is responding throughout the Southeast and has deployed three disaster response teams across Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana.…
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Michigan Tornado Response Press Kit
Press Releases B-roll Photos Michigan Tornado Response Samaritan's Purse is responding in Three Rivers, Michigan and the surrounding communities after a powerful storm unleashed a deadly tornado on Friday, March 6th, 2026. Within 24 hours after, Samaritan's Purse disaster specialists were on the ground in the hardest-hit areas to conduct assessments - soon, volunteers from…
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Press Release: Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Ebola Treatment Center to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Samaritan's Purse Airlifts Ebola Treatment Center to the Democratic Republic of the Congo BOONE, N.C., May 23, 2026—Tomorrow, Samaritan's Purse is airlifting an Ebola Treatment Center and personal protective equipment to help safeguard healthcare providers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in response to the deadly Ebola outbreak. Disaster response specialists— including an outbreak…
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DRC Ebola Outbreak Response Press Kit
Press Releases Fact Sheets & Bios Photos B-roll DRC Ebola Outbreak Response An Ebola outbreak was identified in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in late May. As cases of Ebola climb, Samaritan’s Purse is responding in Jesus’ Name. The international Christian relief organization deployed a disaster assistance response team to the hard-hit nation to…
Operation Christmas Child
Shoebox Adventure Quiz!
Shoebox Adventure Quiz! Every Shoebox Has a Story.How Do They All Start? More than 220 million children in the past 30-plus years have received a gift-filled shoebox given in Jesus' Name. Each one of these boys and girls has a unique story of God at work in their lives. We invite you to embark on…
Nuestro Ministerio
MEDIA ALERT: Samaritan’s Purse Doctors, Nurses Train this Week in North Carolina to Fight Ebola (Press Release)
THURSDAY – FRIDAY: Disaster Response Specialists Participate in North Wilkesboro Training in Preparation for Ebola Deployment BOONE, N.C., Jan. 9, 2018 –Dozens of medical personnel from across the country are converging in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, training to fight the deadly Ebola virus ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Forty medical and nonmedical staff…
Operation Christmas Child
Press Release Operation Christmas Child December 20, 2022
THIS WEEK: Volunteers Send Christmas Joy to Children Overseas Boone, N.C.—Area volunteers are celebrating the collection of gift-filled shoeboxes that will send a message to children around the world: God loves you, and you're not forgotten! Thousands of volunteers contributed to Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan's Purse by packing shoeboxes filled with fun…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
Meet the People of Guidan Gado
Auta’s skin is dark and taut with valleys of worry and determination etched into her forehead. She is 58, and her husband died three decades ago. She sits on a small rock outside her home in a village in Niger, West Africa, and holds a wiggly granddaughter as she speaks. Around her, she sees a…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Helping Caribbean Farmers Get Back to Work
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…
