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Fact Sheet: Aviation
Samaritan's Purse Aviation Since 1975, Samaritan’s Purse has used aircraft to transport doctors and relief workers along with tons of food, medicine, shelter materials, blankets, and other items to aid victims of war, natural disasters, disease, famine, and poverty. To support the global work of Samaritan's Purse, the aviation arm of the ministry operates 28…
Sifting for Hope and Memories After Colorado Wildfires
Standing on the ash heap of what was once her home, Karla Bennett fought back tears as she said, “Your home is like your mother’s embrace, and we miss that. You can be somewhere with four walls, but it’s not the same as what you’ve put around you every day—it’s all gone.” For Karla and…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Launches Spanish Website
Samaritan's Purse Launches Spanish Website to Inform, Encourage, and Mobilize Hispanic Community Boone, N.C., Feb. 1, 2022—Samaritan's Purse launched an official Spanish website to reach and engage Spanish-speakers in their heart language. Now, you can stay up-to-date on the global work of Samaritan's Purse in Spanish via SamaritansPurse.org/ES. Samaritan's Purse maintains an active presence in…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Volunteers at Work in Storm-Torn Southeast
Samaritan’s Purse teams are on the ground in Selma, Alabama, and Griffin, Georgia, after a violent and deadly storm system swept across the Southeast on Thursday night, Jan. 12. Two Disaster Relief Units—tractor trailers stocked with equipment and supplies—are in position in the two locations. Volunteers started work in both Alabama and Georgia on Sunday,…
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Rushing to Greenfield, Iowa, After Deadly Tornado
Southwestern Iowa is reeling after a tornado leveled rural communities and killed multiple people on May 21. The twister tore through homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars, and toppled power lines. Thousands across the state are without power. This devastating tornado is another in a long line of deadly and destructive storms to hit…
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Samaritan’s Purse Responds to Colorado Floods
A series of storms coming off the Pacific rolled through Colorado over the past several days, dumping a historic amount of rainfall in the southwest corner of the state. The rains prompted hundreds of evacuations as rivers overflowed their banks and levees were breached. Scores of homes flooded. These downpours came as the remnants of…
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Samaritan’s Purse Concludes Response to New Mexico’s McBride Fire
UPDATED MAY 3 Our response to the McBride Fire has concluded now as we celebrate God’s work through our teams who served as the hands and feet of Jesus to so many hurting families. During the more than two week response to a community near Ruidoso, New Mexico, nearly 100 volunteers joined our efforts in…
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Responding in Storm-Damaged South Dakota
Samaritan’s Purse is bringing relief to areas around Brookings County, South Dakota, after a derecho packing 107-mph winds tore through residential areas in the eastern part of the state. One of our disaster relief units—a tractor-trailer filled with relief supplies and equipment— arrived in South Dakota Sunday night, May 15. VOLUNTEER IN SOUTH DAKOTA Volunteers…
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Helping Heartland Communities Recover After Deadly Tornadoes
Rhett Salisbury pushed with all his strength against the bedroom door to protect his family as an EF3 tornado slammed into Minden, Iowa. He and his wife, Faith, and their three young kids ran for cover as debris whipped violently through their home. “I held onto my kids for dear life—they were screaming and crying.…
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Newsletter August
Franklin Graham Update | August Kentucky Suffers Another Tragedy Dear Friend, More deadly storms have ravaged Kentucky. Eight months after tornadoes tore through the western end of the state, catastrophic summer storms have flooded mountain communities hundreds of miles to the east, taking at least 37 lives. The devastation is so overwhelming that officials are still trying to account for…
