Tornadoes swept across Middle Tennessee on Saturday, Dec. 9, causing extensive property damage, dozens of injuries, and at least six deaths. The most devastated areas are in Montgomery County, around Clarksville, and in Davidson County, around Hendersonville, Madison, and Gallatin. The National Weather Service rated the Clarksville storm as an EF3 tornado, with around 700…
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Disaster Assistance Response Team
Learn More About Serving on a Samaritan's Purse DISASTER ASSISTANCE RESPONSE TEAM A Disaster Assistance Response Team provides relief to victims of disaster while ↓ water food shelter medical care war poverty famine disease natural disaster sharing the hope of Jesus Christ A DART provides water, food, shelter, and medical care to victims of war, poverty, famine, disease, and natural disaster while sharing…
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Responding to Hawaii’s Wildfires
UPDATE (Aug. 15): Please see our latest story on the Maui wildfires, go to “Airlifting Relief Supplies.” UPDATE (Aug. 14): Sadly, the death toll continues to rise, reaching more than 95. The Maui fire is now the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over a century. Please pray for Samaritan’s Purse as we assess needs and prepare…
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Samaritan’s Purse Establishing Field Hospital in Mississippi as COVID-19 Cases Soar
Samaritan’s Purse is on the ground in southern Mississippi constructing an Emergency Field Hospital as the number of people hospitalized by COVID-19 is stretching the state’s capacity thin. “We are grateful for the opportunities that God has given us over the past year and a half to minister to communities impacted by COVID-19,” said Franklin…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Critical Relief Supplies to Haiti After 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake 8-15-2021
Samaritan's Purse Airlifts Critical Relief Supplies to Haiti After 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Boone, N.C., Aug. 15, 2021—Yesterday, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. It caused severe damage—destroying homes and trapping people in the rubble. High casualties are feared as search and rescue efforts continue. Samaritan's Purse immediately began to mobilize disaster response specialists and position relief…
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Press Release Emergency Field Hospital Deploys to Southern Haiti 8-17-2021
Samaritan’s Purse Ramps Up Medical Response; Emergency Field Hospital Deploys to Southern Haiti BOONE, N.C., Aug. 17, 2021—Today, at the request of the Haitian government’s Ministry of Health, Samaritan's Purse deployed an Emergency Field Hospital to southern Haiti. The international Christian relief organization sent the trauma hospital—complete with a laboratory, pharmacy, and an operating theatre.…
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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…
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Vice President Mike Pence Encourages Veterans and Homeowners in Louisiana
Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen rolled up their sleeves, slipped on work gloves, and helped remove broken tree limbs and other debris from the backyard of Scott and Faith Sawyer, whose home and property in Hammond, Louisiana, were badly damaged by Hurricane Ida. Pence also fired up a chainsaw and helped…
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Press Release Western North Carolina Communities Rally to Give Back Through Samaritan’s Purse Project, Operation Christmas Child
Western North Carolina Communities Rally to Give Back Through Samaritan's Purse Project, Operation Christmas Child Hurricane Helene-Devastated Churches and Families Share the Joy of Christmas with Kids in Need Worldwide Boone, NC. Nov. 19, 2024—Every Christmas season, hundreds of thousands of Americans pack gift-filled shoeboxes for children in need around the world. Samaritan's Purse delivers…
Strengthening Military Marriages Long After Alaska
Army Sergeant Brian Matters and his wife Rebecca left Alaska last year with hope. The week they spent there through Operation Heal Our Patriots helped lift a dark cloud from their lives. They even recommitted their marriage to God. Despite his years of faith in Jesus Christ, Brian had long struggled with doubt and hopelessness—especially…
