An unprecedented swarm of deadly nighttime tornadoes tore through several states from Friday into Saturday leaving a long trail of death and destruction. Search-and-rescue efforts continue; more than 100 are feared dead. SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER States across the heartland of the country were battered by at least 50 tornadoes. The worst damage and highest…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
A Bountiful Harvest in Bolivia
The air is dusty and the land looks barren during the final months of the almost nine-month dry season in El Alto, Bolivia. Many of the young city’s nearly 1 million inhabitants have come here from the surrounding countryside in search of a better life. Instead of opportunity, though, many of them have found a…
Volunteers Clean Up in Hurricane-Rocked Southeast Texas
UPDATE: July 12 As our international hurricane response continues in devastated Caribbean communities, U.S. Disaster Relief volunteers are getting to work in Brazoria County this week in southeast Texas where Hurricane Beryl toppled large trees and dumped nearly a foot of rain. Our teams are cleaning up debris, cutting up trees, patching damaged roofs, and…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Finding Hope in a Heartbeat
Bethy and her husband Gustavo have been living on the streets of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, for weeks. Hurricane Eta’s heavy rains flooded their home, forcing them to seek temporary refuge elsewhere. “It was so scary,” Gustavo said. “We had to set an alarm every 25 minutes to wake up and see what the water…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Military Couple Finds a New Beginning in Christ
The first time Wayne Wilson learned how to drive, it was behind the wheel of a Humvee in Iraq. The 17-year-old had joined the Army to escape from an abusive home, going straight from high school into basic training. He graduated from Airborne School and was immediately deployed on his first combat tour in 2002.…
Rushing Relief Supplies to Flooded Southern Ukraine
The Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 departed in the early hours of June 9 from our hangar in Greensboro, North Carolina, carrying more than 40,000 pounds of relief supplies destined for flooded communities in southern Ukraine. “We are sending these life-saving supplies in Jesus’ Name and want to remind the people of Ukraine that they have not…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Relief Flown to Island Residents Cut Off by Hurricane Dorian
Samaritan’s Purse has established a base of operations in Marsh Harbour—working to bring emergency shelter material, clean water, and critical supplies to families who lost everything. Marsh Harbour, a small town of fewer than 10,000 people in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas, hit international news as Category 5 Hurricane Dorian made landfall there on…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Remembered by God
When Maria Gonzalez received the call that her house had been overtaken by floodwater, she fainted and collapsed to the floor, unable to process the devastation she felt. For 14 years, she and her husband, Roberto, had raised three children and created a refuge for their family within their treasured house in Sumas, Washington. While…
50 Years of Ministry
Samaritan’s Purse Rushes Relief After Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria
As southeast Texas communities braced or evacuated in advance of Hurricane Harvey’s lashing winds, devastating rain, and storm surge, Samaritan’s Purse positioned for a massive response in August 2017. The Category 4 storm killed more than 100 residents of Texas, battered coastal communities, and flooded Houston and its surrounding communities with more than 50 inches…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Volunteers at Work in Four States After Tornadoes Slash Through the South
Hundreds of Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are working hard across the South at our four disaster response sites in four different states. They are helping hurting homeowners after severe storms spawned dozens of deadly tornadoes in Louisiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Mississippi. More than 30 people died in these storms and hundreds of homes are damaged…
