UPDATE (Dec. 22): Samaritan’s Purse is wrapping up our hurricane response in Honduras after providing critical physical aid and spiritual encouragement to suffering people over the past six weeks. Our medical staff treated more than 3,700 patients through the Emergency Field Hospital and mobile medical teams. We also partnered with local churches to distribute more…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Hurricane Harvey Recovery: One Year Later
Rockport, Texas, resident Calistro Torres decided to weather out Hurricane Harvey, and as it made landfall he witnessed it rip through his roof, tear up his walls, churn up his floors, and toss around furniture. Praise God the 72-year-old survived the onslaught. In the aftermath, our volunteers arrived at Torres’ house to remove debris and…
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Franklin Graham Encourages Residents and Volunteers in Hurricane-Hit Town
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR HURRICANE FLORENCE RESPONSE Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham traveled to hard-hit New Bern, North Carolina, today, thanking volunteers for their service and encouraging and praying with storm-weary homeowners. He visited multiple home cleanup sites in the afternoon, personally greeting volunteers and asking them a little about themselves. He thanked…
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Hurricane Beryl Response
Overview Articles & Podcasts Photos Videos Help Hurricane Devastated Caribbean Islanders Hurricane Relief 013779 $ Give After four early-July DC-8 airlifts to the islands followed by many weeks of work, Samaritan's Purse continues to treat patients and provide water and relief items in multiple locations. We are also giving grants to churches for ministry and…
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Emergency Field Hospital Treating Hurricane Survivors in the Bahamas
Update (10:54 a.m., Sept. 11): Samaritan’s Purse treated more than 90 patients on the first full day of operations at our Emergency Field Hospital (Sept. 10). Please continue to pray for the people of the Bahamas and for our medical team members who are working long days caring for people in Jesus’ Name. Lucinda Haven,…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Hurricane Sally Recovery Continues in Alabama
Riding out Hurricane Sally through the foreboding darkness of night was terrifying for Marilyn and Steve Hobbs and their neighbors in Foley, Alabama. “You lay awake and you hear all the wind and the noise. You wait a little bit, and then you hear something else hit the house,” Marilyn said. “And you do this…
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Press Release Hurricane Delta Relief 10-12-2020
Samaritan’s Purse Continues to Aid Gulf Coast Families in the Wake of Hurricane Delta International Christian Relief Organization Responds in Four Louisiana Locations BOONE, N.C., OCT. 12, 2020—Weeks after responding to Hurricanes Laura and Sally, Samaritan's Purse continues to aid Gulf Coast families in the wake of Hurricane Delta. The Category 2 storm struck a…
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Samaritan’s Purse Provides Aid to 351,000 Hurricane Maria Victims in Puerto Rico (Press Release)
"Disaster Response Specialists Preparing to Aid Victims of Carr Fire"—Franklin Graham SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept. 5, 2018 — In the year since Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico, international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse has helped some 351,000 hurricane victims—more than 10% of the island’s population. “Our team has been on the…
Health & Medical Ministries
Mobile Medical Care for Monrovia’s Poorest
Dorithy stood in the heat holding her grandson, Charles, who hadn’t stopped coughing since the fire. She was welcomed inside by our nurses. The grandmother, seeking care for the 1-year-old boy, had lost her house two weeks before. She watched it go up in flames, triggered by faulty electrical wiring. Dorithy and Charles were among…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Breaking Bread and Bringing Hope
In Niger, the statistical odds are stacked against girls. Consistently ranked at the bottom of the human development index, Niger also has one of the highest birth rates in the world. Facing cultural and economic pressures, parents often allow their daughters to marry at a young age. Nearly three in every four girls will be…
