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On Call – Summer 2024 – Putting People Back Together
Putting People Back Together World Medical Mission – A Ministry of Samaritan's Purse Summer 2024 Experiencing God's healing power in his soul has equipped a surgeon with the tools to transform lives in Africa. World Medical Mission Serve with Us Apply Now A specialist in cosmetic and facial plastic surgery, Dr. Jewel Greywoode has served on…
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
Water Leads to New Life in Liberia
Sylvester smiles at the overflowing bucket of clean drinking water that he just filled from the newest well in River Gee County, Liberia. Constructed at Nyantujah Elementary School, where his own children attend, the fresh water will change the lives of the students and the community. “I feel happy because the children at this school…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Reaping a Harvest in Liberia
Watta harvested more than 10,000 cucumber and bitterball crops this year in Liberia’s Lofa region. While those are impressive totals, she has even higher hopes for the pepper and corn crops that she’ll harvest in a few weeks. She’s learning how to farm better thanks to the Samaritan’s Purse RECAL program. The previously unfruitful soil…
Health & Medical Ministries
Their Lips Shall Praise You
Esther* had just given birth, yet she was being forced from her home and village with her newborn son James. Her father had looked on with anger at the deformed face of his grandson. He sent them both away from the village to save his family from the disgrace that would come upon them. “When…
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…
Operation Christmas Child
Shoeboxes Open Doors and Hearts for the Gospel in Liberia
For nearly 25 years a road divided the two sides of Nyiela, a community in western Liberia that had separated itself into Muslim and Christian parts of town. The sides didn’t talk much and they didn’t cross over, not even for clean water or medical care—not even during the Ebola crisis. Tribal conflicts added to…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse to Open Ebola Treatment Center in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
LATEST: The Ebola Treatment Center is now open (Jan. 17). Please read more here. Samaritan’s Purse will soon open a treatment center in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in response to an Ebola virus disease outbreak that has killed more than 300 people. This recent outbreak was declared Aug. 1 and is now…
Discipleship, Education & Training
God Brings Peace to a Troubled Family in Liberia
Patrick’s relationship with his younger brother, Moses, became tense in the throes of a domestic dispute. Moses accused Patrick of destroying his marriage and family, and rumors spread. The brothers’ five-year-long conflict divided their entire community of Tienpo Warliken in Liberia as friends and family took sides. As Patrick desperately tried to protect his reputation,…
Health & Medical Ministries
Restoring Sight in Liberia
Eleven-month-old Jerrylyn was abandoned as an infant and found covered by ants in a Monrovia dumpster. “Her eyes would turn very red and she could not keep from scratching them and crying,” Jerrylyn’s adoptive mother, Vera, shared. “When we would talk to her, she could not see us. She would look around when she heard…
