Watta harvested more than 10,000 cucumber and bitterball crops this year in Liberia’s Lofa region. While those are impressive totals, she has even higher hopes for the pepper and corn crops that she’ll harvest in a few weeks. She’s learning how to farm better thanks to the Samaritan’s Purse RECAL program. The previously unfruitful soil…
Programas de Mujeres
Una ayuda segura en momentos de angustia
When Marie* fled her village with her five children, there was no time for the 34-year-old widow to explain to her young ones why they had to leave their home so quickly. Violence and insecurity have rolled like a storm through eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in recent years, and an estimated 1.7…
Proyectos de construcción
Proyectos de construcción en beneficio de la zona rural de Alaska
Robert Mobley says it’s difficult to anticipate what you’ll find at the edge of the world, which is where he felt like he landed several summers ago in Kipnuk, Alaska, near the Bering Sea. The beauty, remoteness, and great need were surprising at first, but that’s also what has kept Robert returning to the 49th…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
Congoleños vulnerables aumentan su poder
In rural parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), living with a disability can be extremely difficult—even putting food on the table is a challenge. Recently, though, Samaritan’s Purse agriculture and livelihoods teams have been working hard in eastern DRC to train some local farmers in how to more efficiently grow flourishing gardens. “These…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
Growing Faith and Local Gardens in Northwest Liberia
For the first time in her life, Teter Washington learned the importance of churning up the soil before applying fertilizer, and she’s learned the technique of growing plants in bags filled with water and nutrients. These simple improvements to her farming practices have produced higher quality and higher quantity harvests. And this increase in her…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter October
Franklin Graham Update | October Helping Survivors of Hurricane Ian Dear Friend, Ian was the deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. since Katrina, taking more than 100 lives and leaving entire towns uninhabitable. Not only were barrier islands devastated by the fierce Category 4 storm, but so were working-class neighborhoods and modest retirement villas farther inland on the Florida Peninsula.…
Edward Graham Volunteers in Louisiana with Team Patriot
Edward Graham traveled this week to southwest Louisiana to encourage Samaritan’s Purse teams as they come alongside hurting homeowners. Many communities in the Bayou State are still struggling to recover after powerful hurricanes pummeled the area in recent months. Hurricane Delta slammed ashore as a Category 2 storm in early October and hit just a…
Franklin Graham anima a los propietarios de Mississippi, devastado por tormentas
For many Mississippi homeowners who experienced the deadly night-time tornadoes that ripped through the state on March 24, the storms added to the ongoing storms of life they’ve been facing already. Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham along with his wife, Jane Graham and son, Edward Graham, visited Rolling Fork where they met Liz Estes. Liz,…
Animales, agricultura y sustento
El negocio de la bendición
For families living in the slums of Cambodia, life is anything but easy. Collecting plastic and growing vegetables in urban ponds are traditional ways that residents have generated limited income. With new construction across the country forcing the poorest people to relocate, even those opportunities are dwindling. As a consequence, rates of domestic violence, gambling,…
¡Jaque mate!
While preparing for a mission trip to El Salvador, Dr. Heidi Moore prayed fervently that God would use her skills to minister to the children she would encounter there. Sure, the pediatrician knew she could impact lives through her medical expertise. And speaking Spanish—at least the basics—was also a bonus. But she never imagined God…
