Press Release COVID19 Italy Response 03-17-20
Samaritan’s Purse Completes Work in Arkansas
Samaritan’s Purse has completed work in Arkansas where an EF-3 tornado ripped a 20-mile destructive path through Jonesboro communities on Saturday, causing damage to hundreds of homes. A number of homes were completely destroyed and 22 people were injured as the city and surrounding neighborhoods took a direct hit. This was one of three tornadoes…
Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Medical Supplies to Alaska
The Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 aircraft landed in Alaska on Monday, April 6, with over 8 tons of supplies critical for the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. At the request of the governor’s office, we provided hospital beds, thermometers, and personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves, and gowns. These will be delivered to rural areas…
Diary of a Night at Our Central Park Hospital
6:30 PM: The night shift arrives at the emergency field hospital for their shift. Most of them have gotten just a few hours of sleep despite having gotten back to their rooms 11 hours ago. They’re tired but restless, a mixture of fatigue and adrenaline that keeps them tossing around in their beds. Even as…
Diary of Life and Death at Our Central Park Hospital
Mother’s Day 2020
Field Hospital Pledged for Rural Alaska
Samaritan’s Purse has committed one of our Emergency Field Hospitals to the town of King Salmon, Alaska, as a massive influx of commercial fishermen and fishery workers are expected to swell the area’s population this summer—bringing the ominous potential of a COVID-19 outbreak. “Many locals are frightened, remembering what happened when the Spanish flu came…
World Medical Mission
Responding to the Sichuan Earthquake
The Nanjing Union Theological Seminary was abuzz with a sense of history. Twenty years after Billy Graham had preached there, heralding the emergence of the Chinese church from the atheistic Cultural Revolution, Franklin Graham was in the pulpit, calling a new generation of Christian leaders to reach the world’s largest nation with the Gospel of…
Beauty for Ashes in Paradise
Paradise, California, is rising up out of the ashes. The 2018 Camp Fire that took 85 lives, destroyed more than 18,000 buildings, and forced 52,000 people from their homes will not have the last word. Through a partnership with North Valley Community Foundation and Paradise Alliance Church, Samaritan’s Purse is replacing 47 manufactured homes for…