The cesarean section was almost complete when the room went dark. Dr. Claudiu Cimpean, a visiting general surgeon from North Carolina, was assisting another surgeon with the operation. It was his first week as a volunteer at Macha Mission Hospital, a remote medical post in southern Zambia. Fortunately, they had delivered the baby a few…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Los voluntarios trabajan duro en Maui
UPDATE (Aug. 18): Samaritan’s Purse teams began serving in Kula yesterday at the home of Paul and Marina, who lost the house they were renting in the blaze. During the day as volunteers worked, an additional fire popped up in the woods on the property and they extinguished the flames. The team also cut down…
Samaritan’s Purse Second Airlift Rushing Aid to Displaced Armenians
UPDATE: OCT. 13 Our DC-8 cargo plane left North Carolina on Thursday on its second flight to Armenia to provide further assistance to families who have fled Nagorno-Karabakh. On board are 23 tons of emergency supplies that will provide much-needed relief to families and support overwhelmed local resources. These flights would not have been possible…
Media
Press Release Armenia October 7
Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Relief Supplies to Help Families Fleeing to Armenia BOONE, N.C., Oct. 7, 2023—Today, Samaritan’s Purse airlifted more than 30 tons of emergency relief supplies to help families impacted by a new wave of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia. On September 19, violence erupted in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, forcing approximately 100,000 people to…
Operation Christmas Child
Se trata de compartir el amor de Dios con los niños
For more than 20 years, the Pacific Southwest District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod has been packing shoebox gifts for children in need around the world. But, almost 10 years ago, they took their involvement with Operation Christmas Child to new heights, packing thousands of boxes each year through their association of schools across California,…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter November 2023
Franklin Graham Update | November Franklin Graham Update | November OUR BROKEN WORLD NEEDSTHE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL Dear Friend, The whole world has been horrified by the recent terrorist massacre in Israel. At Samaritan's Purse, we always stand with Israel, and we have a team on the ground right now working through local churches to help those who are suffering and grieving. The…
Catálogo de donaciones
Respirar una nueva vida
As a general surgeon for the past 10 years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dr. Warren Cooper has performed operations of every description and complexity. That includes everything from repairing broken bones to craniotomies. However, one of the more difficult procedures he has undertaken at Nyankunde Hospital involves the removal of foreign objects…
Nuestro Ministerio
Year-End Giving 2023
2023 Year in Photos Where Most Needed 012000 $ Give We praise God for what He has done through Samaritan's Purse in 2023. We ministered in Jesus' Name to desperate people around the world, rushing relief to victims of violent conflict, natural disasters, disease, and poverty. From an earthquake in Turkey to war in Ukraine, from wildfires…
Agua, salubridad e higiene
Agua potable restaura comunidades en Ucrania
Many in Ukraine turn a faucet but no water flows. Since war broke out over two years ago, constant shelling has decimated water systems across the country. “Our city is now like a desert town without water,” Ivanna* said, a resident in the south of Ukraine. In Ivanna’s region, water used to be plentiful—until the…
Ministerio de Salud y Medicina
De la desesperanza a la esperanza: Dios usa cirugías para cambiar vidas en Malawi
Steven rushed to find shelter as the rain and wind intensified. What began as a gentle shower, quickly turned into a dangerous storm. When it started, the 14-year-old boy was playing soccer with his friends and gave no thought to the dark clouds that loomed overhead. He soon entered his friend’s house, a hut held…
