Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders helped homeowners in Benton County by serving alongside Samaritan’s Purse on June 2. The county is reeling after seven tornadoes hit the area on May 26, ranging in intensity from EF1 to EF3. “It’s amazing to have an organization like this show up in Arkansas, bring their resources, their time,…
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…
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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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…
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Press Release Franklin Graham and Samaritan’s Purse Dedicate 14 Ambulances to Fallen Medics in Israel Today
Franklin Graham and Samaritan's Purse Dedicated 14 Ambulances to Fallen Medics in Israel Today International Christian Relief Organization Providing Life-Saving Medical Support, Trauma Supplies, and Food Relief to War-torn Israel Boone, N.C. Jan. 23, 2024—Today, Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse, dedicated 14 new ambulances in Israel, which are being provided to Magen David Adom…
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Press Release Franklin Graham dedicates new Samaritan’s Purse airlift response center in Greensboro
Media Alert: Franklin Graham dedicates new Samaritan's Purse airlift response center in Greensboro The facility and a new 757 cargo plane expand the international Christian relief organization's capacity to respond to disasters BOONE, N.C., Sep. 21, 2023—Samaritan's Purse President and CEO Franklin Graham will dedicate the organization's new Greensboro Airlift Response Center on Tuesday, Sept.…
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…
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Press Release: Franklin Graham Announces Deployment of Emergency Field Hospital to Black River, Jamaica, in Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
Franklin Graham Announces Deployment of Emergency Field Hospital to Black River, Jamaica, in Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa BOONE, N.C., Nov. 1, 2025—Tomorrow, Samaritan’s Purse will launch its third airlift to Jamaica, scaling up the organization’s ongoing relief efforts to Hurricane Melissa—the largest storm in the country’s history. The 767 cargo plane will carry an Emergency…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Edward Graham Visits Winter Storm-Damaged Louisiana
Samaritan’s Purse COO Edward Graham visited West Monroe, Louisiana, communities on Wednesday, February 11, to encourage homeowners and volunteers in the wake of a damaging winter storm that left communities without power and properties filled with trees and debris. Graham also spent time with players of the University of Louisiana Monroe (ULM) football team volunteering…
