UPDATE (July 6): The three Tanzanian children severely injured in a May bus crash and then transported to the U.S. for medical attention are recovering well. They sustained 17 fractures among them and required operations to deal with injuries suffered in the horrific crash. After being airlifted from Africa by the Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 aircraft,…
Crisis & Disaster Response
UPDATED: Three Child Survivors from Tanzania Bus Crash Recovering Well in U.S.
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Bring Relief When Disaster Hits Home
Responding to Hurricane Helene Volunteer Now Give Learn More Samaritan’s Purse immediately responded in Jesus' Name after Hurricane Helene left a 500-mile trail of devastation from the Gulf Coast of Florida to the mountains of North Carolina. We continue to help homeowners from three relief bases in western North Carolina, with work stretching into Tennessee.…
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Tennessee Tornadoes
Samaritan's Purse Help Tornado Victims in Tennessee Give × U.S. Disaster Relief U.S. Disaster Relief - 013622 $ Give Volunteer Facebook Twitter email Samaritan's Purse volunteers worked in multiple hard-hit areas across Middle Tennessee. Facebook Twitter email Tornadoes tore through the Volunteer State leaving behind a long path of destruction and killing at least 24 people…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Military Couples Celebrate Renewal in Christ
Mike Beaulieu experienced a life-changing encounter with God during a week of marriage training in Alaska through Operation Heal Our Patriots. His faith and resolve to live for Christ were strengthened like never before. “Everything feels great when you leave Alaska, but the battle isn’t over,” he said. “Alaska course corrected me back toward God’s…
Motorcyclists Support Veterans at 10th Annual Warrior Ride
The 10th annual High Country Warrior Ride, held May 15, raised significant financial support for Operation Heal Our Patriots, the Samaritan’s Purse ministry to military couples with a spouse wounded in combat operations after 9/11. “We want these warriors to know that God loves them. And that’s the message that Samaritan’s Purse is all about.…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Serves Christmas Eve Meal in Mayfield, Kentucky
This Christmas Eve Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse staff members served up a heapin’ helpin’ of roast turkey, baked ham, and all the trimmings to the hurting community of Mayfield, Kentucky. With the hearty meal, Graham offered a message about the hope found only in the Lord Jesus Christ and assured the audience that God…
Construction Projects
New Cardiothoracic Center Opens at Kenya’s Tenwek Hospital
On Oct. 24, Samaritan’s Purse, the people of Kenya, and Tenwek Hospital celebrated the grand opening of a new cardiothoracic surgical center in Bomet, north of Nairobi. World Medical Mission, a medical arm of Samaritan’s Purse, has been sending doctors to Tenwek for decades. In 1981, Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham raised funds for a…
Operation Christmas Child
Edward Graham Joins Celebration for New Church in the Mountains of Mexico
La Laguna village in remote Mexico, home to the Nahuatl people, was once unreached with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. No one in the mountain community had ever heard the name of Jesus. No one had ever been told that God loves them or how they could have a personal relationship with the Living Savior.…
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Press Release Governor Kristi Noem Joining Franklin Graham on Samaritan’s Purse Airlift Mission to Deliver Winter Clothing in Western North Carolina
Governor Kristi Noem Joining Franklin Graham on Samaritan’s Purse Airlift Mission to Deliver Winter Clothing in Western North Carolina BOONE, N.C., Nov. 1, 2024—Samaritan’s Purse is airlifting winter clothing into one of the hardest-hit areas of North Carolina this afternoon. Franklin Graham, the president of the international Christian disaster relief and evangelism organization, and South…
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Edward Graham Travels to Louisiana to Encourage Families
Edward Graham traveled to see Samaritan’s Purse work in Louisiana on Labor Day, encouraging local families as they begin to clean up after Hurricane Ida and assuring them that our staff and volunteers are there to help in Jesus’ Name. “This is what Samaritan’s Purse volunteers do all over the world—when there’s disasters, we come…
