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Samaritan's Purse Deploys Team to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
As cases of Ebola climb in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Samaritan's Purse is responding in Jesus' Name. A Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) is deploying to the hard-hit nation.
The initial team will include an outbreak specialist; an infection, prevention and control specialist; an engineer; and medical personnel. This highly-trained team will begin to coordinate a medical response in the region and support local mission hospitals in establishing effective infection, prevention, and control protocols.
As Samaritan's Purse coordinates with government officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the organization is also readying an Ebola Treatment Center for possible deployment this month. Personal protective equipment would be sent to increase the safety of our staff and local medical personnel at the ministry's partner hospitals. We have a large country office team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo working to provide many kinds of relief and ministry to people in need.
“Samaritan's Purse has been on the frontlines of fighting Ebola for more than a decade, and we aren't going to stop now. We are going to do everything we can to help save lives,” said Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse. “We want people to know that God loves them, and they are not alone.”
Samaritan's Purse has a long-history of responding to infectious diseases, including Ebola, cholera, diphtheria, and COVID-19.
During the height of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014, Samaritan's Purse opened an Ebola Treatment Center—giving hands-on patient care—and combatted infection rates by providing hygiene training and prevention education across affected communities. Through a massive public education campaign, which included thousands of church leaders, Samaritan's Purse provided potentially life-saving information to more than 1.6 million people.
Just a few years later, in January 2019, Samaritan's Purse established an Ebola Treatment Center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, caring for more than 600 patients and continuing to educate communities on best practices to help stop the spread of the disease.
Please be in prayer for our country staff and DART as we respond to this 2026 outbreak. Pray for all the people affected in central and eastern Africa and for an end to the spread of this virus.
