Operation Christmas Child
Press Release Operation Christmas Child Seasonal Job and Volunteer Opportunities 10-10-23
Seasonal Job and Volunteer Opportunities Available at Operation Christmas Child Processing Centers BOONE, N.C.—Boone, North Carolina is home to one of eight Processing Centers for Operation Christmas Child, a project of the international Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse, that sends millions of Christmas gifts to children in need around the world. Right now, Operation Christmas…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Helping Burn Patients in Armenia as Crisis Continues
Edik had lost hope that he would ever walk again. On the day of the explosion, he had walked 12 miles with his cousin, Valeri. They stopped to fill their fuel cans, the last task to complete before leaving Nagorno-Karabakh. “Suddenly, we were thrown to different places. I was in some kind of pit. Once…
New Hearts in Mongolia
Odgerel is a healthy 3-year-old who likes to run and play on the monkey bars. It’s hard to imagine that two years ago she was fighting for her life. Her mother, Tsatsaa, first noticed something was wrong when she was 8 months old and her skin had a blue discoloration. Odgerel was almost 1 1/2…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Striving Toward a Restored Acapulco
Pastor Eusebio Angelito and his wife, Catalin, nervously waited for the monster storm that was predicted to hit on Oct. 25—another hurricane, but a big one named Otis that was quickly building in strength. The last truly shocking Pacific cyclone to hit the state of Guerrero was Hurricane Pauline in 1997, a Category 4 event.…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Delivering Winter Supplies to War-Weary Ukrainians
Tetiana* and her family faced plummeting temperatures in Ukraine with a wood stove, but sadly, no fuel to fill it. The forests nearby had all been riddled with explosives from an earlier occupation by enemy forces, so gathering wood in the usual ways was out of the question. Unexploded ordnance was everywhere. “We could not…
Health & Medical Ministries
Bringing Care to South Sudan’s Far Reaches
The villagers all believed that Kawine, 12, was bewitched, cursed. Nyawika, her mother, recounted the day three years ago when it all started. Kawine was busy about the afternoon’s duties, and the other children were playing in the shade of a tree. Then suddenly Nyawika “heard the siblings crying for help so I ran to…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Operation Heal Our Patriots 2023 Special Report
2023 Special Report
Crisis & Disaster Response
Comforting Others as He Has Been Comforted
Dmytro* knows war all too well. As a citizen of Ukraine, battles have come to his doorstep, bringing pain and difficulty. Over the years, he’s had to say goodbye to comrades, freedoms, and a sense of normalcy so often that loss seems to be the recurring theme in his life. Yet, now, thanks to training…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Helping to Save Lives in Sudan
Each morning, long before daybreak, Nadia* would travel to the local market to sell tea and coffee to bleary-eyed residents just waking up in her town in southern Sudan. She had to rise quite early so she could finish her business before her school started. Though she’s now a mother of three, she was hungry…
Health & Medical Ministries
Malawi’s Young and Old Find Healing and Hope
The lack of sophisticated healthcare leaves many Malawians without hope for a better future. But that all changed for Jephither, a seasoned village chief, and Ireen, a young single mother, when Samaritan’s Purse World Medical Mission Specialty Teams brought advanced healthcare to their remote area earlier this year. For decades, Jephither has leaned on the…
