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Clean Water. Changed Lives.
Clean Water. Changed Lives. Clean Water Projects 013659 $ Give Samaritan’s Purse is working in Jesus’ Name this World Water Day and throughout the year to provide clean water to people in need around the world. After Hurricane Melissa devastated Salomie’s community in southwestern Jamaica, the only clean water available was what she could gather from collected rain…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Edward Graham Encourages Volunteers Serving in Florida Panhandle
UPDATE (May 1, 2019): Our disaster relief response has concluded, with nearly 3,000 volunteers serving more than 1,200 homeowners. We praise God that 125 people came to faith in Jesus Christ during this response. We will also soon begin rebuilding homes in the Panhandle. Edward Graham, son of Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham, recently traveled…
Home Sweet Home
Samaritan’s Purse continues to work throughout western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee after Hurricane Helene, replacing mobile homes lost in the catastrophic floodwaters that struck the region nearly a year ago. Brenda Correa and her four children are the most recent recipients to unlock the doors to a brand-new, paid-in-full house provided by Samaritan’s Purse.…
Volunteer Teams Hard at Work in Texas
Two weeks have passed since Hurricane Beryl hit southeast Texas as a Category 1 hurricane, unleashing violent winds and torrential rains. The storm left widespread power outages and devastated communities in its wake. Samaritan’s Purse quickly deployed a Disaster Relief unit—a tractor-trailer filled with relief supplies and equipment—and mobilized volunteer teams to help hurting homeowners…
Crisis & Disaster Response
God Makes a Way Home
The mountains of North Carolina still bear the scars of Hurricane Helene more than a year later. The bare forests of winter make the scars more visible. Downed trees, cratered mountainsides, and homes tattered or still buried in the debris flows and flooding of October 2024. That’s when Scott and Meta lost their home, in…
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child 2024-25 Report
Operation Christmas Child Special Report Every Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift prayerfully packed in Jesus' Name is a tangible expression of God's love to a boy or girl in desperate need. We praise the Lord for how He is using thousands of volunteers and church partners to share the eternal hope of the Gospel through…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Volunteers in Florida Lead Dying Air Force Veteran to Christ
Robbie Bushway can tell you how God moves in mysterious ways—just ask him. His father, Bob, had hardened his heart for years, yet came to faith in Christ thanks to a violent hurricane. A 74-year-old Vietnam veteran, Bob was sick with lung disease and unwilling to evacuate when the fury of Hurricane Michael tore through…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse On the Ground in Flooded Southeast Texas
Update (Sept. 27): Samaritan’s Purse continues work in Vidor and Winnie, Texas. In Vidor, we have our Team Patriot volunteers serving for the first time on a disaster relief mission. Team Patriot is a brand-new initiative that offers Operation Heal Our Patriots couples—wounded military veterans and their spouses—an opportunity to serve U.S. homeowners after a…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Urgent Need: Bahamas Office Opening, Paid Positions Available
Samaritan’s Purse is urgently seeking highly qualified Christian men and women to serve the Lord in the Bahamas. As islanders face daunting challenges after Hurricane Dorian, now is the time to come alongside them, helping to rebuild and sharing the hope found only in Jesus Christ. “At Samaritan’s Purse we don’t run from disasters—we run…
Samaritan’s Purse Delivers Thanksgiving Meals in Western North Carolina
Felicia Honeycutt was miles from home at work when the worst of Hurricane Helene hit her community. It took three days for her to get home where she cares for an ailing husband in the Big Creek community of Yancey County, North Carolina. As residents enter Thanksgiving, now, more than two months into an ongoing…
