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…
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.…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Completes Work at Lenoir Field Hospital
Top healthcare executives from the region joined the Samaritan’s Purse team on Feb. 3 to honor the work accomplished during the deployment of our Emergency Field Hospital in Lenoir, North Carolina. Since Jan. 7, we operated a mobile respiratory care unit to assist six regional healthcare systems from a central location at Caldwell UNC Health…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter April 2025
Alert: Samaritan's Purse is rushing life-saving relief, including an Emergency Field Hospital, to Myanmar after a deadly earthquake. Give Read More Franklin Graham Update | February Franklin Graham Update | April State-of-the-Heart Care in Africa Dear Friend, I recently visited Tenwek Hospital in Kenya and met patients and staff at their brand-new cardiothoracic center built largely by Samaritan's Purse. Tenwek does more than half of…
Our Ministry
Today! Please Pray for the People of Afghanistan
Thousands of people, including up to 15,000 Americans, are desperately trying to escape from Afghanistan after the country’s fall to the Taliban. With the Taliban blocking access to the airport and all exit routes, this is a life-or-death situation for Christians and other religious minorities, and all those who worked with or for America over…
Media
Israel Response Photos
Israel Response 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. Israel, 2023 Franklin Graham meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Download Israel, 2023 Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's…
Construction Projects
First Home Dedicated as Samaritan’s Purse Rebuilds in Mayfield
Nine months ago, on the evening of Dec. 10, 2021, Tom Woodward sat in his single-wide mobile home, listening to the news about an EF4 Tornado that had set its target on Mayfield, Kentucky. “My son called me and said ‘Are you gonna stay and ride it out or are you gonna come over here…
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…
Operation Christmas Child
Franklin Graham Reflects on 25 Years of Sharing God’s Love Through Shoebox Gifts Delivered to the Ends of the Earth
Since 1993, Samaritan’s Purse has partnered with local churches around the world to deliver 157 million Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts to children in need in 160 countries. Each one—packed full of fun toys, school supplies, and hygiene items by a family or individual—is sent with prayer that the child who receives it will experience…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Edward Graham, Mike Pompeo Visit Samaritan’s Purse Work in Ukraine
This week, Samaritan’s Purse Chief Operating Officer Edward Graham and a U.S. delegation including former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo traveled to Ukraine to see the work of Samaritan’s Purse. While in the embattled nation, they also met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other high-ranking government officials. Graham and Pompeo visited Samaritan’s Purse…
