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Press Release: Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Ebola Treatment Center to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Samaritan's Purse Airlifts Ebola Treatment Center to the Democratic Republic of the Congo BOONE, N.C., May 23, 2026—Tomorrow, Samaritan's Purse is airlifting an Ebola Treatment Center and personal protective equipment to help safeguard healthcare providers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in response to the deadly Ebola outbreak. Disaster response specialists— including an outbreak…
Health & Medical Ministries
Preparing for Ebola Patients in Congo
A nurse named Ngabu is in a training room in Ituri Province, learning how to put on a hazmat suit. His younger brother is lying in an isolation ward somewhere he cannot visit. Ngabu hasn’t seen him since his brother was transported to the facility. He doesn’t know when he will. He saw two of…
Operation Christmas Child
Liberia
As Africa’s oldest republic, Liberia was initially established on land that was purchased for slaves freed from the United States. More recently, it is known for its rainforest and a season of civil war in the 1990s. Samaritan’s Purse began hosting Operation Christmas Child outreach events for the nation’s children in 1998 and launched The…
Operation Christmas Child
Celebrating 50 Million Children Discipled
“Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God” (Mark 10:14). Children are precious to God. The Bible tells us that “children are a gift of the LORD” (Psalm 127:3) and that we are responsible to train them up “in the way [they] should…
