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Press Release Armenia October 12
Samaritan’s Purse Deploys Second Relief Flight to Armenia to Aid Displaced Families BOONE, N.C., Oct. 12, 2023—Today, Samaritan’s Purse deployed a second relief flight to Armenia containing more than 23 tons of emergency supplies to further assist families who have had to flee their homes because of the fighting. In less than a week since…
New Hearts, New Purpose in Mongolia
At first glance, Erdembayar seems like an ordinary 12-year-old boy. He enjoys participating in physical education class at school with his friends as well as riding horses and cooking Korean food, fried rice, and cakes. But up until three years ago, he didn’t have energy for any of these things. For years previously, Erdembayar had…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Airlifting Trauma Supplies to Israel
Update Jan. 29: Trauma kits have been distributed to partners in areas farther from medical services. Franklin Graham was in Israel and dedicated the new ambulances on Jan. 23 to God and in honor of fallen Israeli medics. Update Jan. 15: Our 757 landed safely. The trauma kits have been unloaded and warmly received by…
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Press Release: Samaritan’s Purse Deploys Disaster Response Teams in the Aftermath of Winter Storm
Samaritan's Purse Deploys Disaster Response Teams in the Aftermath of Winter Storm BOONE, N.C., Jan. 29, 2026—Samaritan's Purse has deployed three disaster response teams to hard-hit areas in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee after a powerful winter storm system inundated the Southeast. Freezing rain and sleet caused dangerous levels of ice accumulation, resulting in extensive tree…
50 Years of Ministry
Praise the Lord! 56,000 Answered the Call to Help an African Hospital
Dr. Lowell Furman and Franklin Graham went to Kenya to visit Tenwek Hospital. The facility was so badly overcrowded that there were sometimes three patients in a bed, and occasionally a fourth person on the floor underneath. Tenwek obviously needed new facilities, but Samaritan’s Purse had never taken on such an enormous project. In 1980,…
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Samaritan’s Purse Releases Free Kids’ Bible Game App
Samaritan’s Purse Releases Free Kids’ Bible Game App BOONE, N.C., Jan. 28, 2020 Christian parents now have a new resource to help their kids learn about the Bible based on a discipleship program that’s already leading millions of children to Christ all over the world. Samaritan’s Purse has released a mobile app, called Greatest Journey, that lets kids…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Hope Returning After Bushfires in Australia
Winds roaring like a jet engine woke Ean Newell in the dead of night just days following Christmas. Flames licked the tops of the trees on the horizon surrounding his Mogo, New South Wales, home and the resulting heat rose exponentially as the blaze barreled toward him with shocking speed. “I saw [the fire] coming…
50 Years of Ministry
Caring for Women of War-Torn Bosnia
The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee from their homes. It was an especially terrifying ordeal for pregnant women who crossed the border into Croatia, completely empty-handed and alone. Hearing their stories, Franklin Graham was moved with compassion and wanted to meet the needs of these women who…
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OCC Special Report Pacific Islands Story
Special Report A Project of Samaritan's Purse Children on Remote Pacific Islands Respond to the Gospel A new Operation Christmas Child initiative is bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ to isolated island nations. Some communities in the Marshall Islands are so isolated that the only way to reach them is by boat. On Lib…
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Press Release Mississippi Flooding 2-19-20
Samaritan's Purse Responders on the Ground in Mississippi After Historic Flooding BOONE, N.C., Feb. 19, 2020 Tractor Trailer Stocked with Tools and Relief Supplies Deployed from Dallas Warehouse Samaritan’s Purse is on the ground in Mississippi after days of heavy rainfall saturated communities along the Pearl River—creating widespread devastation and displacing hundreds of families. Immediately…
