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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…

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Construction Projects

Hurricane Harvey Victim Happy to Be Home Again

Ever since Hurricane Harvey flooded Rodney Turner’s Houston home with a foot-and-a-half of rainwater almost a year ago, he’s been sleeping on his parents’ living room couch. A coat hook on the back of a door served as his closet. All of his furniture was ruined by the flooding, and flooring and drywall throughout the…

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Crisis & Disaster Response

Hope on the Other Side of the Storms

New Testament Baptist Church of Philipsburg, St. Maarten, is one of 52 churches Samaritan’s Purse helped rebuild after Hurricane Irma’s Category-5 winds ripped through the island on September 6, 2017. The church lost the roof to their sanctuary in the storm, but this congregation of roughly 100 people celebrated the completion of repairs with three…

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Responding to Oklahoma City Tornadoes

A powerful storm spawning multiple strong tornadoes barreled through Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Sunday, Nov. 3, damaging or destroying at least 300 homes. The twisters toppled power lines and trees as it carved a destructive path through residential areas. VOLUNTEER IN OKLAHOMA Samaritan’s Purse deployed a Disaster Relief Unit—a tractor-trailer filled with relief supplies and…

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Discipleship, Education & Training

Extending Disaster and Trauma Training to Dominica

Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Dominica on September 18, 2017. The Category 5 storm directly affected 90 percent of the population, causing $1.37 billion in damages. The island is not only vulnerable to hurricanes, but also tropical storms, landslides, floods, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. Samaritan’s Purse surveyed church leaders in Dominica in 2018 and…

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Our Ministry

Mid-Year Report

Mid-Year Impact Report July 2021 Thank You COVID-19 U.S. Disaster Relief Tigray Conflict Response Bahamas Global Work Thank You Following the example set by the Good Samaritan, Samaritan's Purse provides help to people who are suffering and living in desperate circumstances. We seek them out in communities torn apart by tornadoes, on difficult migrant trails snaking…

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Crisis & Disaster Response

Celebrating God at Work through North American Ministries

When Samaritan’s Purse volunteers deploy to a disaster site, they wear orange shirts, joining forces with the Billy Rapid Response Team chaplains, who minister in blue shirts. Whether it be after a hurricane, tornado, flood, wildfire, or ice storm, the two sets of volunteers work side by side in Jesus’ Name to help storm victims…

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Crisis & Disaster Response

Pray for Hawaii Recovering from Tropical Storm Lane

UPDATE (9:03 a.m. ET Tuesday): Lane became a tropical depression late Sunday and headed west from the islands. Please continue in prayer for those affected in Hawaii. Damage was not nearly as severe as initially expected. This is expected to be the final update for Lane. UPDATE (7:51 a.m. ET Sunday): Tropical Storm Lane continues…

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Crisis & Disaster Response

Franklin Graham: There Is Strength in Togetherness

UPDATED (Sept. 14, 9:30 a.m.) Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham was interviewed on Fox News Thursday and asked for an army of volunteers to respond in the wake of Hurricane Florence. The Category 1 storm made landfall on the coast of North Carolina today, and its effects will continue through the weekend. Samaritan’s Purse will…

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Operation Christmas Child

Shoebox Packers Go From Devastation to Celebration

She peered through a busted window into the church basement and saw that floodwaters from Hurricane Helene had left a muddy mess. The Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift items that First Baptist Church of Damascus, Virginia, had collected during the year were now wet and filthy. Jaz, age 11, saw something that gave her hope—a…

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