On Nov. 14, staff members and friends of the ministry joined our Mission Aviation Services team to bid farewell and to celebrate all that God has done through our DC-8 cargo aircraft. In addition, our 767 plane was dedicated to God’s glory as it joined our fleet during an event that was held at our…
Our Ministry
Real Hunger
Trudy Petersen blogs from Yekepa, Liberia, where Samaritan’s Purse is working to expand the African Bible College University How many of us have overused the phrase, “I’m starving?” More accurately, how many of us have misused the phrase? Most people here have tea for breakfast, no lunch, and rice with a kind of soup poured…
Health & Medical Ministries
Preparing for Ebola Patients in Congo
A nurse named Ngabu is in a training room in Ituri Province, learning how to put on a hazmat suit. His younger brother is lying in an isolation ward somewhere he cannot visit. Ngabu hasn’t seen him since his brother was transported to the facility. He doesn’t know when he will. He saw two of…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Beekeeping Project Lifts Families in Kenya Out of Poverty
When Samaritan’s Purse staff met David, he was struggling to provide for his wife and two children in their poor village in Kenya. He worked hard as a farmer, but it wasn’t enough to keep the family out of poverty. “I had lost hope of educating my children,” David said, as he couldn’t afford their…
50 Years of Ministry
Serving on the Frontlines of COVID-19
Samaritan’s Purse has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by caring for critically ill patients, launching infection prevention and control projects around the world, and adapting existing projects to align with COVID-19 health guidelines. In spring 2020, we simultaneously operated two Emergency Field Hospitals in New York City and Cremona, Italy, both coronavirus hot spots in…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Emergency Field Hospital Opens in Southern California
Updated Jan. 16: Our Emergency Field Hospital has opened in Lancaster and our medical team is treating patients. We expect a steady influx of patients to arrive over the next several days. — Jan. 13: Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham traveled to Los Angeles County to see final preparations before our Emergency Field Hospital opens.…
Health & Medical Ministries
Cleft Lip Project Celebrates 10 Years in South Sudan
People in the village told the young mother to toss her newborn daughter into the nearby river. They said both the child and family were cursed and would always be despised. But Dakeech believed her daughter, Nyani, to be a precious gift from God. She refused to end Nyani’s life because she was born with…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Liberian Inmates Experience Freedom in Jesus Christ
In between sewing projects at Monrovia Central Prison, Garmai, 45, reads from Matthew’s Gospel. She has her own Bible now and the Word of God has become like food for her. The women in her sewing class have become like family. There has been a miracle in her life. It’s not clear exactly what crime…
Construction Projects
Brick by Brick
“The people from our community are hungry for the Word of God,” Pastor Eusebio said, standing on the unfinished second floor of his church in El Alto, Bolivia. The city of almost a million people spreads out around him in all directions, full of people he hopes will come to know the saving love of…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Responds to Ebola Outbreak in Uganda
Samaritan’s Purse is serving communities in Uganda, where more than 140 confirmed cases of Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever have been reported since the outbreak was declared in September. In Kampala and surrounding areas, we are providing healthcare workers with Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) trainings to bolster the capacity nationwide to care for Ebola patients and…
