Guam, the westernmost territory of the United States, is a rich blend of various cultures. Located in the north Pacific—about 1,500 miles east of the Philippines—Guam’s 168,000 citizens include the island’s native Chamorros, along with a melting-pot population from the Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Australia, the mainland U.S., Europe, and various other Micronesian islands.…
50 Years of Ministry
Deadly Earthquake in Nepal Triggers Massive Response
On April 25, 2015, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the central region of Nepal and affected more than 8 million people—almost one-third of the country’s population—damaging or destroying more than 500,000 homes. A second earthquake hit about two weeks later, triggering landslides and creating a new wave of fear and panic among Nepalis, many of whom…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse lleva por via aerea ayuda a los sobreviviente del Huracan de Acapulco, Mexico 11-06-23
Samaritan’s Purse Lleva Por Vía aérea Ayuda a Los Sobrevivientes Del Huracán De Acapulco, México Boone, Carolina del Norte, 6 de nov., 2023—El avión 757 de Samaritan’s Purse partió desde Greensboro, Carolina del Norte, durante la mañana del 2 de noviembre rumbo a la Ciudad de México, transportando 22 toneladas de suministros de emergencia para…
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Meeting Needs and Sowing Gospel Seeds in South Sudan
Meeting Needs and Sowing Gospel Seeds in South Sudan Provide Medical Care Helping Food and Water Help Improve Livelihoods Care for Victims of Trauma Provide Literacy Training Provide Leadership Training Helping in Jesus' Name Samaritan’s Purse is helping people recently displaced by violence, and many others, as we meet urgent needs across the country. There would be no breakfast…
Crisis & Disaster Response
DC-8 Aircraft Heads to Armenia with Relief Supplies
On Nov. 5, Samaritan’s Purse sent our DC-8 aircraft packed with winter relief supplies to Yerevan, Armenia. We will be delivering critically needed warm clothing to families who have fled the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the long-disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Since fighting broke out on Sept. 27, thousands of people have had to…
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child Is Bringing the Hope of the Gospel to 1,000 Pacific Islands
Rengesuul Yobech sat in the shade of a spacious open-air gymnasium at Peleliu Elementary School in Palau on a sweltering late-February afternoon earlier in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe. The school’s 76 students were assembled there, eager to receive gift-filled shoeboxes at the first Operation Christmas Child festive outreach event to take…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Emergency Field Hospital and Relief Supplies Airlifted to Hurricane-Hit Honduras
Update (Nov. 16): Distributions are underway in Honduras! Samaritan’s Purse is providing household water filters, emergency shelter material, and hygiene kits to area pastors to aid hurting families in their respective communities. The Emergency Field Hospital is also open and saw 20 patients on its first day! Please pray as Iota is predicted to make…
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Myanmar Earthquake Press Kit
Press Releases Fact Sheets & Bios Photos B-roll Myanmar Earthquake Response Samaritan’s Purse is responding to the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar and Thailand on March 28, 2025. This earthquake caused massive damage to infrastructure, killed more than 3,000 people, and injured countless more. In response, Samaritan’s Purse has deployed a Disaster Assistance…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Palisades Fire Victims Are Not Forgotten
Samaritan’s Purse COO Edward Graham recently visited Pacific Palisades, California, where January wildfires tragically destroyed thousands of structures. Since then, our U.S. Disaster Relief teams have helped over 700 Palisades homeowners recover personal property from the ashes. “We want people to know that they’re not forsaken. They’re not forgotten,” Graham said. “God loves them so…
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Love Arrives After the Storm
Among the ruined items Michael Dixon pulled out of his dresser—soaked certificates, destroyed books, precious photos—he discovered a small keychain. Holding it up to the sunlight streaming through his window, a smile crept onto his face. “Sevierville. 1991. Howard’s restaurant. Our honeymoon,” he said, gazing at the two-inch photo of him and his wife, Nancy,…
