After floodwaters washed through Aretha Robertson’s neighborhood, an army of Samaritan’s Purse volunteers showed up at her Wisconsin home to help salvage mementos and remove waterlogged belongings. “From the second that they stood on my grass, it felt warm,” she said. “It made me feel like it was going to be OK.” Aretha had faced…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Scales Up North Carolina Response, Opening Emergency Field Hospital and Launching Airlift Operations
Samaritan’s Purse Scales Up North Carolina Response, Opening Emergency Field Hospital and Launching Airlift Operations Additional Medical Support to Provide Surge Capacity as Search and Rescue Efforts Continue BOONE, N.C., Oct. 2, 2024—Samaritan’s Purse has begun emergency airlift operations in western North Carolina to help people who have been cut off from access to basic…
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Press Release: Samaritan’s Purse Opens Emergency Field Hospital in Jamaica to Treat Hurricane Melissa Survivors
Samaritan’s Purse Opens Emergency Field Hospital in Jamaica to Treat Hurricane Melissa Survivors BOONE, N.C., Nov. 5, 2025—This morning, international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse opened its Emergency Field Hospital in Black River, Jamaica. This field hospital is providing critical medical care to families impacted by Hurricane Melissa after the local hospital was destroyed. The…
Cleanup Continues After Hurricane Debby
Hurricane Debby hit Florida and barreled up the East Coast two weeks ago, unleashing unprecedented rainfall and catastrophic flooding that eventually left some communities underwater. Samaritan’s Purse has responded in Debby’s wake in Savannah, Georgia, and Sarasota, Florida, to help homeowners in both cities recover from the devastating storm. Edward Graham, COO for Samaritan’s Purse,…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Coming Home for Christmas in Paradise
As the community of Paradise, California, grieves in the wake of the Golden State’s deadliest wildfire, local churches have come together to reach out to residents with the love of Jesus Christ. In partnership with other area congregations and Samaritan’s Purse, Paradise Alliance Church hosted close to 4,000 local people for three special Christmas Eve…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Emergency Food Airlifted and Distributed to Families in Gaza
UPDATE (Aug. 15): Early this morning our Samaritan’s Purse 757 and DC-8 cargo planes took off with over 88,500 pounds of nutritional peanut-based food product packets for families in Gaza. These are our sixth and seventh airlifts in just the last month. Please continue praying for our teams on the ground as they work to…
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Press Release Alabama Tornado 3-4-19
Samaritan’s Purse Sends Disaster Response Teams to Alabama After Deadly Tornadoes BOONE, N.C., March 4, 2019 Samaritan's Purse, an international Christian relief organization, has deployed staff, volunteers and a tractor-trailer stocked with tools and supplies to tornado-ravaged Alabama. The powerful storm spawned multiple twisters, killing at least 23 people and leveling entire neighborhoods. It is…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter January 2025
Franklin Graham Update | January Franklin Graham Update | January Medical Mission of Mercy Dear Friend, A TERRIBLE CIVIL WAR CONTINUES TO RIP SUDAN APART. Rival factions, armed and supported by foreign powers, are committing horrible crimes against the people as they wrestle for control of the country. In some areas, people are starving. In other areas—where there is relative peace—basic services are…
Operation Christmas Child
Colombian, Venezuelan Children Receive Shoebox Gifts at Easter
On Easter weekend, April 19-20, hundreds of children in the Colombia-Venezuela border city of Cúcuta, Colombia, heard about Jesus’ love for them through Operation Christmas Child. Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, joined one of our church partners in Cúcuta to present the Gospel and hand out Operation Christmas…
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2023 Spring Storms Disaster Response
Overview Articles & Podcasts Photos Videos Responding to Spring Storms U.S. Disaster Relief 013622 $ Give Volunteer Helping Homeowners After Spring Storms Hit Central States Storms spawning waves of tornadoes hit the central states on consecutive weekends in late March into April. Samaritan’s Purse initially responded to seven locations across four of the central states—Arkansas, Indiana,…
