The rugged bush country of Zambia’s Northwest Province holds special meaning for Dr. Paul Osteen. At the foot of Mukinge Hill stands a nearly 70-year-old mission hospital complex, where patients flock to receive compassionate care as well as quality medical treatment. Mukinge Hospital has become a second home for the surgeon, a sacred place where…
Women's Programs
Hope’s Story: Spreading the Gospel through Business Training
Hope didn’t need to join the Ladies of Hope savings group in Nabuti, Uganda. She holds a bachelor’s degree in music and early childhood education, and her husband is a successful lawyer and a worship leader at their church. But when Hope learned about the savings group started by Samaritan’s Purse to help women in…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Franklin Graham Thanks Medical Team as Central Park Hospital Closes
Franklin Graham traveled to New York City today to thank Samaritan’s Purse staff members who have been working on the frontlines to care for COVID-19 patients at our Central Park Emergency Field Hospital. “I want to thank all of you for everything you’ve done. We give God the glory for it,” Graham said. “We are…
50 Years of Ministry
Serving on the Frontlines of COVID-19
Samaritan’s Purse has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by caring for critically ill patients, launching infection prevention and control projects around the world, and adapting existing projects to align with COVID-19 health guidelines. In spring 2020, we simultaneously operated two Emergency Field Hospitals in New York City and Cremona, Italy, both coronavirus hot spots in…
Health & Medical Ministries
Surgeries Help Restore Health and Hope in Malawi
Henry had supported his family for years by relying on the steady, rhythmic swinging of his hammer. Back and forth, up and down, the metalsmith swung the hammer and fashioned items to sell at the market near his village in Malawi. The only livelihood he’d ever known was snatched away the moment a car hit…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Growing School Gardens in South Sudan
Children living in impoverished villages in South Sudan often struggle to have enough food to eat. While school feeding programs are providing students with a meal during the school day, the meals lack vegetables, meaning micronutrients such as iodine, iron, and vitamin A are absent from a student’s diet. Samaritan’s Purse has stepped in to…
Health & Medical Ministries
Pray Without Ceasing
Written by Dr. Jennifer Smith, a Post-Resident serving at Hospital of Hope in Togo through World Medical Mission. “We have a new patient. A girl with a snakebite,” announced the night duty nurse. By this point, snakebites felt almost like cruise control. We had gone through a period where we would see, on average, two…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Sends Medical Team to Liberia After Fuel Tanker Explosion
Dozens were killed and scores more were burned when a gas tanker exploded late Tuesday, Dec. 26, in the central Liberian town of Totota. An estimated 40 people died and more than 80—at least—were injured, health officials said. About 20 of those injured were taken to ELWA (Eternal Love Winning Africa) Hospital in Paynesville, Monrovia,…
Health & Medical Ministries
From Despair to Hope: God Uses Surgeries to Change Lives in Malawi
Steven rushed to find shelter as the rain and wind intensified. What began as a gentle shower, quickly turned into a dangerous storm. When it started, the 14-year-old boy was playing soccer with his friends and gave no thought to the dark clouds that loomed overhead. He soon entered his friend’s house, a hut held…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Restoring Lives from Violence in Tigray
Years of war devastated the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia from 2020-22. Families were shattered and their futures were left uncertain. Samrawit was one of the countless women struggling against the odds to keep themselves and their children alive. It wasn’t always like this. She can remember many years of peace. She and her husband…
