UPDATED as of April 26, 2019 Just over the border from Venezuela, in Cucuta, Colombia, hundreds of desperate men, women, and children come to the Center of Hope each week to find physical and spiritual relief. Some of these Venezuelan migrants have moved to Cucuta, some are passing through, and some will travel back to…
Ministerio de Salud y Medicina
Cleft Lip Surgeries Change Lives in Myanmar
“My mom told the midwife to kill the baby,” Thin said. Thin’s mom feared her grandson would not grow up as a normal child because of his cleft lip. She didn’t know how he would eat since he couldn’t breastfeed and worried he would be teased when he got older. Neither Thin nor her mom…
Programas de Mujeres
A Mother’s Hope
GIVE NOW Prenatal and Maternity Care - 013717 $ Give Give Mothers Hope Before Samaritan's Purse came to Aye's remote, impoverished village in Myanmar her daughter was often sick. The young mother didn't know how to cook healthy meals for her toddler and only fed her rice and water. She also lacked knowledge about proper…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Venezuelan Walkers Find Christian Welcome High in the Andes
Hundreds and even thousands of Venezuelan migrants cross into Colombia each day, leaving behind chaos and deprivation. They’re hoping to find safety and economic opportunity in their neighbor nation or other countries farther south, such as Ecuador and Peru. But the journey is demanding, dangerous, and filled with uncertainty. Who knows how they’ll handle the…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse Responds to the US-Mexico Border Crisis
As waves of desperate migrants arrive on the sweltering border between Mexico and Texas, Samaritan’s Purse is working on both sides of the Rio Grande to help them in the Name of Jesus Christ. “Some of these people have been traveling for months and they have been through so much,” said Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Samaritan’s Purse Continues To Help Migrants and Ministry Partners at US-Mexico Border
Many migrants are exhausted from travel in the heat, and they arrive at the Texas-Mexico border in need of rest, a shower, clean clothes, and a hot meal. Many have traveled for days or weeks from South America and even from as far away as West Africa. Both our North American Ministries staff and volunteers…
Programas de Mujeres
Women in Cambodia Support their Families by Raising Healthier Chickens
Porleang and her husband Pheap are farmers in Cambodia’s Kratie Province. Like many families in their village, they had a few chickens and planned to sell them at the local market. However, they did not know how to properly care for the chickens, and they died of disease. Porleang was so discouraged that she considered…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
God’s Blessing Through Beekeeping
When Isatu’s husband died from Ebola back in 2016, she was left alone to raise her children and manage a household. Her story is not uncommon in Liberia where the ravages of war and a deadly virus have left families without fathers or mothers—or both. Often families also lack money to handle everyday expenses. This…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Relief Distributed, the Gospel Shared Following Earthquakes in the Philippines
Three earthquakes of at least 6.3 magnitude hit the Philippines in the fall of 2019, leaving more than 25 people dead and tens of thousands displaced. In response, Samaritan’s Purse delivered emergency relief supplies in late November to 6,459 people in the province of Cotabato and parts of Mindanao. At a total of seven different…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Hungry Families Rely on Food Distributions in South Sudan
Roda has lived in a refugee camp in South Sudan for eight years and food scarcity is still a burden for this mother of six. No one in Roda’s family is working and her husband left the family about four years ago. She is grateful for the food she receives each month through Samaritan’s Purse…
