Sixty bare-chested men started running towards Dian and Sandee. The group’s leader was waving his rifle in the air and yelling. Among the throng was a man carrying a black cooking pot and more men brandishing their rifles in the air. The two women froze. But to their surprise, the horde ran past them and…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Field Hospital to Alaska
Samaritan’s Purse airlifted a 30-bed Emergency Field Hospital and critical medical supplies to King Salmon, Alaska, on June 1 in advance of a possible COVID-19 outbreak. The threat is expected to significantly rise this summer as more than 10,000 fishermen and cannery workers from around the world descend upon the Bristol Bay region. Many of…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Serving Venezuelan Migrants as They Face the Coronavirus Crisis
Samaritan’s Purse is providing medical care, hot meals, and trafficking prevention education at a migration transition center in Cúcuta, Colombia, for hundreds of Venezuelans deciding to return to their home country. They are returning because they find themselves homeless and jobless in the wake of the COVID-19 health crisis, which has led to the shutdown…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
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…
Crisis & Disaster Response
‘God Is Helping Me Fight for My Life’
When Adriana regained consciousness, she woke to a frantic husband and son. She recalled her throat swelling in the bathroom and then the terrifying moments just before she passed out. “My body would not relax for me. I went to the bathroom, and my throat started swelling,” Adriana said. “I couldn’t hear, and my son…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Battling Hunger in Tigray
As hundreds of thousands of people fled to more populated areas of Tigray last fall, there were many stories of suffering and hunger. Thousands of children and nursing and pregnant mothers were increasingly at risk of malnutrition. Some families were reduced to begging for food, and many simply went days or longer without eating. For…
Emergency Field Hospital Opens in Haiti
On Saturday, Aug. 21, Samaritan’s Purse opened an Emergency Field Hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti. The 36-bed unit is helping fill the gap in the local healthcare system after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked the country Aug. 14. The Samaritan’s Purse field hospital is complete with an operating theatre, pharmacy, laboratory, and three patient wards.…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Caring for Afghan Evacuees in Transition
The invigorating feel of a fresh haircut or a new dress. The fun of kicking around a soccer ball or flying a kite. The confidence of being seen by a medical professional. A Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) is providing all of these experiences and more to Afghanistan evacuees at a transit center…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Airlift Arrives with Life-Saving Medical Equipment in Ethiopia
Our Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 airlift has landed in Ethiopia with life-saving equipment and supplies to help hospitals devastated by recent violence. Armed conflict in one northern area of the East African nation has left medical facilities unable to provide critical services for some 350,000 people. Vulnerable people, including the sick, wounded, and even expectant mothers,…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Emergency Field Hospital Airlifted, Now Being Set Up in Ukraine; Please Keep Praying
UPDATE (March 6): The DC-8 landed safely in Poland and materials for the Emergency Field Hospital have been transported to Ukraine. The Samaritan’s Purse team is now in the process of setting up the facility on the outskirts of Lviv. Based on recent assessments, it has been decided to increase the capacity of our Ukraine…
