Each day of work at Samaritan’s Purse is another opportunity to see lives and communities around the world transformed by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. From international projects and disaster relief to Operation Christmas Child and World Medical Mission, we do everything with the purpose of demonstrating God’s love to people in crisis situations
Glorifying God in Ethiopia
As first-time volunteers with World Medical Mission, Drs. Mark and Melisa Agness didn’t have any lofty goals when they arrived at Soddo Christian Hospital in Ethiopia last fall. They simply wanted to minister to patients and staff and make whatever difference they could. Not only did the experience exceed their expectations, but the California couple…
Send a Missionary Doctor
Samaritan’s Purse is raising up a new generation of medical missionaries through our Post-Residency Program. We offer two-year assignments for young Christian doctors who feel called by God to dedicate their careers to serving overseas. It costs about $100 a day to support a doctor and family on the mission field. That averages about $8…
Haiti Livelihoods Projects Help Jumpstart Income Opportunities
Striking out on your own to start a business can be challenging, especially when resources are limited. Samaritan’s Purse is helping church partners and community entrepreneurs in Haiti to develop income sources that are making a difference in the lives of families. Guided by our in-country livelihoods team, a number of Haitian churches have been…
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Serving Hurricane-Rocked Tampa
Dale and Tracey Wallace scrimped and saved for decades to buy their dream home on the harbor in Madeira Beach, Florida. They signed the papers and moved in 2013. “It was a year after I retired,” Dale said. “I don’t know how two retirees from county civil service could afford it, but she can squeeze…
Iron Souls and Tender Hearts
Can the significance of one human life be measured? How great is its value? One of the recurring themes throughout the 33rd Prescription for Renewal conference was the inherent, God-endowed worth and dignity of every person—from children developing in their mothers’ wombs to the social outcasts to the physically needy trapped in the ditches of…
Making a Lasting Impact
“An American missionary in Uganda was medevacked here with a broken hip. He’s in the ER now. Can you go see him?” Dr. John Newell had just arrived at Tenwek Mission Hospital in Kenya after two days of travel from North Carolina when he received news of the missionary’s medical situation. The orthopedic surgeon immediately…
Content with Little and with Much
The cesarean section was almost complete when the room went dark. Dr. Claudiu Cimpean, a visiting general surgeon from North Carolina, was assisting another surgeon with the operation. It was his first week as a volunteer at Macha Mission Hospital, a remote medical post in southern Zambia. Fortunately, they had delivered the baby a few…











