UPDATE (March 6): The DC-8 landed safely in Poland and materials for the Emergency Field Hospital have been transported to Ukraine. The Samaritan’s Purse team is now in the process of setting up the facility on the outskirts of Lviv. Based on recent assessments, it has been decided to increase the capacity of our Ukraine…
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Emergency Field Hospital Airlifted, Now Being Set Up in Ukraine; Please Keep Praying
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Deploys Emergency Field Hospital to Ukraine
Samaritan's Purse Deploys Emergency Field Hospital to Ukraine Boone, N.C., March 3, 2022—As conflict in Ukraine escalates, Samaritan’s Purse is deploying an Emergency Field Hospital to the region to meet the critical medical needs. Disaster response specialists have been on the ground in Poland, Romania and Moldova since last week conducting rapid needs assessments and preparing…
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Samaritan’s Purse Receives First Patients at Emergency Field Hospital in Ukraine
Samaritan’s Purse Receives First Patients at Emergency Field Hospital in Ukraine Boone, N.C., March 14, 2022—Today, international Christian relief organization Samaritan's Purse accepted its first patients at the Emergency Field Hospital located on the outskirts of Lviv. The 58-bed unit was airlifted to Poland last week, then transported across the border to Ukraine. The Emergency…
Bringing Relief to Israeli Families
Samaritan’s Purse teams and ministry partners are offering various forms of relief to the Israeli people following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks that claimed more than 1,200 lives. We are providing 21 new ambulances, including seven that are armor-plated to guard against sniper rounds and other attacks. “Generations to come will remember this help,”…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Responds to Louisiana in the Wake of Hurricane Francine
Samaritan's Purse Responds to Louisiana in the Wake of Hurricane Francine The international Christian relief organization has deployed to hard-hit Louisiana communities to help families begin their recovery from the damaging storm BOONE, N.C., Sept. 13, 2024—Samaritan's Purse is responding to south central Louisiana after Hurricane Francine rapidly intensified into a category 2 hurricane unleashing…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Former Vice President Mike Pence Encourages Military Couples in Alaska
Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, joined Franklin and Jane Graham to support wounded veterans and their spouses at Samaritan Lodge Alaska this past week. “To be some small part of simply saying thank you, thanking them for their service, but also encouraging them to grow in their faith, to strengthen their…
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Newsletter August
Franklin Graham Update | August Kentucky Suffers Another Tragedy Dear Friend, More deadly storms have ravaged Kentucky. Eight months after tornadoes tore through the western end of the state, catastrophic summer storms have flooded mountain communities hundreds of miles to the east, taking at least 37 lives. The devastation is so overwhelming that officials are still trying to account for…
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Western Kentucky Rebuild photos
Western Kentucky Rebuild 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. Mayfield, Kentucky Since the devastating tornado of 2021, Samaritan's Purse staff and volunteers have been hard at work…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Coordinating Largest Civilian Airlift Operation in U.S. History
Samaritan’s Purse Coordinating Largest Civilian Airlift Operation in U.S. History BOONE, N.C., Oct. 11, 2024—Samaritan’s Purse has completed more than 210 helicopter and fixed-wing missions to deliver emergency relief supplies to some of the most isolated and hard-hit areas of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee in response to Hurricane Helene—with more airlifts going out…
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Samaritan’s Purse Responds to Hurricane Ian
SAMARITAN’S PURSE RESPONDS TO HURRICANE IAN; TWO DISASTER RELIEF UNITS AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT DEPARTS TOMORROW BOONE, N.C., Sept. 28, 2022—Samaritan's Purse is mobilizing disaster response specialists and tractor-trailers packed with relief equipment to areas currently being ravaged by Hurricane Ian. The international Christian relief organization will continue to closely track the storm and work with…
