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Operation Christmas Child

Franklin Graham and Family Distribute Shoebox Gifts in Antigua

On Dec. 28-29, Franklin Graham and members of his extended family traveled to the Caribbean island of Antigua to distribute shoebox gifts to children in need. Two Operation Christmas Child outreach events took place on Friday at local churches and two more occurred on Saturday, blessing a total of 450 children. The Grahams continue the…

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Crisis & Disaster Response

Volunteers Ramp Up Tornado Relief Efforts in Alabama

March 13 Update: More than 1,000 volunteers so far have come out to serve homeowners in Jesus’ Name. Samaritan’s Purse continues the work in Alabama, and we’ve expanded our response just across the border into Georgia. We praise God that six people have received Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. — On the afternoon that…

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Crisis & Disaster Response

Armored Ambulances Provided to Magen David Adom

On Sept. 19, Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham was in Avshalom, Israel, on the Gaza border, to donate two armored ambulances to Magen David Adom (MDA), the nation’s emergency services system. These vehicles were given in memory of three individuals killed by Hamas. Members of the bereaved families of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was taken hostage…

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Operation Christmas Child

Wheaton College Students Partner with Operation Christmas Child in Ecuador

Students from Wheaton College traveled to Ecuador in December with Operation Christmas Child, coming alongside the local church to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ and joining in the joy as children pealed open their one-of-a-kind shoebox gifts. Samaritan’s Purse has long worked in Ecuador, first delivering gift-filled shoeboxes there in 1997 and in…

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Media

Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Responds in Israel

Released by Magen David Adom. Samaritan's Purse sponsors 21 ambulances, seven of them armored, for Magen David Adom, Israel's medical emergency system The vehicles will replace MDA ambulances destroyed by Hamas and put additional lifesaving vehicles into service Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel (November 15, 2023)—Standing Tuesday amid the ruined homes of Kibbutz Be’eri, where 100 residents…

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Our Ministry

Team Patriot

Samaritan's Purse Team Patriot Sign Up Join this Samaritan's Purse initiative to deploy alongside other Operation Heal Our Patriots couples to the front lines of disasters! In the aftermath of natural disasters, communities often look and feel like war zones. Survivors have been in a battle for their lives as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, fires, and other catastrophic…

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50 Years of Ministry

Good News and Great Joy for Children Around the World

The summer of 1993, Franklin Graham received a call from England asking if he would fill shoeboxes with gifts for kids in war-torn Eastern Europe. Familiar with the suffering there from his recent visits to the region, Franklin agreed. Around Thanksgiving, his office received another call from England asking about the gifts. Franklin remembered the…

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Operation Christmas Child

Bold Vision for the Pacific

Franklin Graham’s bold vision to deliver gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes in Jesus’ Name to every child on 1,000 Pacific islands—more than half a million kids—began in early 2019 and will continue until every child is reached. “I want to reach these islands for Christ,” Graham said when he visited the island nation of Kiribati…

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Operation Christmas Child

Good News and Great Joy Shared in Ethiopia

This week Edward Graham, COO of Samaritan’s Purse, joined with a local church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to distribute hundreds of gift-filled Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. Before opening their presents, girls and boys listened to a child-friendly presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. “I want these kids to know that they are loved and…

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Crisis & Disaster Response

Emergency Field Hospital Opens in Southern California

Updated Jan. 16: Our Emergency Field Hospital has opened in Lancaster and our medical team is treating patients. We expect a steady influx of patients to arrive over the next several days. — Jan. 13: Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham traveled to Los Angeles County to see final preparations before our Emergency Field Hospital opens.…

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