Elizabeth Groff is on a special journey to help pack the 200 millionth Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift since the Samaritan’s Purse project began in 1993. Elizabeth, who received a shoebox gift years ago as a lonely child in an orphanage in Ukraine, is currently traveling to different U.S. drop-off locations and processing centers with…
Programas de Mujeres
Helping Babies Breathe in Niger
Cindy Uttley is a Samaritan’s Purse community health advisor. I recently had an opportunity to visit Niger and train nurses and physicians in Helping Babies Breathe, which focuses on newborn resuscitation. It was a privilege to lead participants through the skills necessary to help every baby breathe within the first minute of life. In step…
Proyecto de Ayuda para Crisis & Desastres
Hundreds of Migrants Receive Christ Along the US-Mexico Border
As migrants face harrowing circumstances along the U.S.-Mexico border, Samaritan’s Purse has worked to minister to them in Jesus’ Name. Our months-long response on the U.S. side recently wrapped up after working together with ministry partners in Del Rio and Laredo, Texas. We helped operate respite centers for those cleared by authorities to enter the…
Nuestro Ministerio
Volamos hacia una nueva era para la aviación de Samaritan's Purse
On Nov. 14, staff members and friends of the ministry joined our Mission Aviation Services team to bid farewell and to celebrate all that God has done through our DC-8 cargo aircraft. In addition, our 767 plane was dedicated to God’s glory as it joined our fleet during an event that was held at our…
Veterans Day: Celebrating God’s Work in Military Families
In 2014, Army Staff Sergeant Petey Beam and his wife, Kyra, arrived at Samaritan Lodge Alaska for Operation Heal Our Patriots with their marriage in shambles. Their week got off to a rough start the first morning during kayaking class. “We were the only couple sitting in our kayak screaming at each other,” Kyra said.…
Operation Christmas Child
Áreas de difícil acceso
The shoebox gift you packed online is a crucial part of showing God’s love to a child in a challenging region of the world. Millions of people in these places have not heard a clear presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Some may be openly hostile to the message. When caring Christian partners deliver…
Nuestro Ministerio
La aviación de Samaritan’s Purse
RushingHelp and HopeWorldwide Stay Informed About Our Work Sign up to receive email updates on the work of Samaritan's Purse, prayer alerts, and volunteer opportunities. Sign Up Now The Samaritan's Purse aircraft fleet, which includes our DC-8 cargo jet, enables us to respond to disasters with great speed, quickly bringing emergency supplies and teams anywhere in the…
Bringing Medical Care to Sudan’s Displaced Women and Children
Wrapped head to toe in a loose, floral fabric, Amira takes the hospital bucket from beside her cot and steps outside the pediatric ward to do some washing. The ward is one of eight tents that make up the Samaritan’s Purse Emergency Field Hospital, which has been operating since Christmas Day beside the government hospital…
Agua, salubridad e higiene
Toilets: A Critical Need in the Philippines
When a natural disaster strikes, the most immediate needs that often come to mind are food and shelter. What some may not immediately consider is the need for proper sanitation to prevent illness. Florita Abitona, 67, and her family know how quickly life can change in a natural disaster. When Super Typhoon Haiyan (known locally…
Discipulado, educación & entrenamiento
Se predica esperanza en una tierra cansada
On the last day of classes in Bas-Uélé Province, Congolese pastor Bakutu Eyabawi Emmanuel was preparing his things for the trip 46 miles back home to the Soronga chiefdom—a three-day walk. He and dozens of other pastors were celebrating that they’d completed a months-long intensive portable Bible school hosted by Samaritan’s Purse in Niangara, Democratic…
