Our Ministry
Help Prevent Human Trafficking
Help Prevent Human Trafficking Human Trafficking/Exploitation 013964 $ Give Samaritan's Purse works in Asia, South America, and Africa to help protect those who are most vulnerable to trafficking and slavery. Stay informed about our work. Sign up for email updates Human trafficking is a global crime that shatters the lives of the world's most vulnerable…
Operation Christmas Child
The Greatest Journey Photos
The Greatest Journey These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: "Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse." These photographs are not for commercial use. Children engage in Lesson 2 of The Greatest Journey discipleship course at a church in Grenada. A teacher…
Operation Christmas Child
God Uses Shoebox Gifts to Grow a Church in Cambodia
Gift-filled shoeboxes are packed for children, but they influence entire families and communities. They even help start and grow churches, like Seed of Faith in Cambodia. When their Pastor Ponleu* got involved with Samaritan’s Purse and hosted Operation Christmas Child outreach events, the Good News of Jesus Christ began changing the boys and girls who…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Livelihood Projects Open Doors for Women in Cambodia
Phally worked tirelessly but still couldn’t provide for her seven children on the wages she earned as a day laborer. Two of her daughters had to quit school to go to work. The family’s dreams of a better life were fading away. “We struggled to make ends meet, facing the bitter realities of poverty and…
Our Ministry
Mid-Year Report
Mid-Year Impact Report July 2021 Thank You COVID-19 U.S. Disaster Relief Tigray Conflict Response Bahamas Global Work Thank You Following the example set by the Good Samaritan, Samaritan's Purse provides help to people who are suffering and living in desperate circumstances. We seek them out in communities torn apart by tornadoes, on difficult migrant trails snaking…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Combating Human Trafficking
Chey Dee couldn’t find work in her small Cambodian village so she started looking for a job in Thailand. During her search, the 17-year-old met a man who promised a good job if she paid him 1,900 baht. She decided to go with him, even though it meant an illegal border crossing into Thailand. After…
Operation Christmas Child
Shoebox Distribution Photos
Shoebox Distribution These photographs are available for news media outlet use in coverage of Samaritan's Purse-related stories. If your news outlet uses a photograph, please credit: "Courtesy of Samaritan's Purse." These photographs are not for commercial use. Excited boys in Grenada unpack a pump for the soccer ball one received in his shoebox gift. A church…
Operation Christmas Child
The Love Behind a Shoebox Gift Surprised a Girl in Cambodia
Boun Thorne grew up in a boat village in the Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia. In the aftermath of a terrible situation, she moved at age 10 to a safe house where she received Bible teaching and an Operation Christmas Child shoebox—her first gift ever! When Boun inquired why someone would send her a gift,…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Unraveling Letters in Cambodia
Consonants and vowels on a page often darkened Srey Rat’s outlook. The 12-year-old girl from Cambodia struggled to understand the basic components of reading and quickly fell behind in her third-grade class of 25 students. She fell behind in every other subject as well. Rather than endure her failures and the jeering of her peers,…
Operation Christmas Child
Discipling the Next Generation In Cambodia
Sann* seeks to follow Christ and actively works to multiply the number of believers around him. That’s been true of his life since he graduated from The Greatest Journey at age 10. But much of the young evangelist’s life before that was filled with pain. Wanting to spare him the troubles of a fractured home,…
