Anthony Anderson stood atop a pile of rubble as he recounted the long, terrifying hours of Hurricane Melissa’s landfall in southwestern Jamaica. That same pile, where he’d returned to salvage what he could, had been his home in Black River before the Category 5 storm reduced it to splinters and into a crushing prison where…
Franklin Graham dedica una casa nueva en Carolina del Norte
Hurricane Helene ripped through Bob and Edwina Tatum’s hometown of 200 people, swelling the once-peaceful stream behind the couple’s Minneapolis, North Carolina, house into a destructive river. The torrent swept away everything in its path, including the Tatums’ home of 46 years. The couple wasn’t sure where to turn for help or where they’d live…
Ayuda urgente para el norte de Etiopía azotado por la sequía
In rural Yakir Kebele, Welday* is among hundreds of villagers who watched their land turn to dust during a drought that has persisted for months in the Kola Tembien woreda of Central Tigray. Each day was a struggle to survive. The wells that had once sustained the community were now completely dry. Crops failed early…
Alimentos muestran el amor de Dios por las familias migrantes en Colombia
People have been arriving weary, hungry, and anxious at Samaritan’s Purse food distribution points in Colombia since 2018. Just across the river to the east, they struggled with a difficult life under socialism in Venezuela. There they faced rampant violence and deepening instability. Now in Colombia, they’ve found safety but work is hard to come…
Newsletter February 2026
El ganado trae esperanza a las familias de Kenia
As an ongoing drought plagued his rural village of Thakaye, Kenya, Martin* struggled to put food on the table for his wife and three children. There were limited economic opportunities in the area, and all of his livestock had died from disease. While he attempted to cultivate a small vegetable garden, he had only excess…
Newsletter April 2026
Ofrecemos abrigo durante el largo invierno en Ucrania
Heat, water, and electricity are in short supply right now in Kyiv. With energy grids damaged by continual air attacks, this year’s bitter winter has been harder than ever on suffering residents. To help alleviate this growing crisis, Samaritan’s Purse set up two warming centers outside of churches in the capital in late February. We…
Los voluntarios aún están sirviendo mientras las comunidades se recuperan de la tormenta invernal
April 2 Update: Our ice storm response has now finished in Louisiana. Our work in Mississippi will be ending soon (currently scheduled to complete on April 10). Check spovolunteer.org for more information. March 26: Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are still hard at work in Louisiana and Mississippi after late-January ice storms left communities with a mess…
Donación de $10 para caja de regalos
Give your $10 donation per shoebox online! Help cover the cost of collecting, processing, and shipping a gift-filled Operation Christmas shoebox to a boy or girl in need. A $10 donation per box also helps provide The Greatest Gift Gospel Booklets, which are written in the children’s language and distributed along with shoebox gifts, as…












