Sister Guylaine’s goats bleat loudly as she walks among them pointing out how many there are now. They started with 25 goats last year, a gift from Samaritan’s Purse, and now there are ten more. She is one of the sisters who serve the community through Little Sisters of Evangelization church in Babonde, a community…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Clean Water Offers Hope
A full-scale invasion continues to devastate the Dnipro region of eastern Ukraine, where residents have tragically lost their jobs, property, and all they have worked for their entire lives. But perhaps the worst effects of the war came when the local hydroelectric plant was blown up by enemy forces, leaving people without access to one…
Media
Biography: Ruth Bell Graham
Ruth Bell GrahamBornJune 10, 1920Qingjiang, Kiangsu, ChinaDiedJune 14, 2007, age 87Montreat, North CarolinaParentsL. Nelson Bell (died 1973)Virginia Leftwich Bell (died 1974)Married William F. "Billy" Graham Jr. 1943ChildrenVirginia "Gigi" Graham, 1945Anne Graham Lotz, 1948Ruth Graham, 1950William "Franklin" Graham III, 1952Nelson Edman "Ned" Graham, 195819 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildrenEducationHigh school, International Mission School, Pyongyang, North KoreaWheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois,…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Provides Aid to More than 35,000 Armenians
When fighting erupted between the Caucasus nations of Azerbaijan and Armenia in September, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh in search of safety in Armenia. Suddenly living as refugees, they were left without basic necessities. Samaritan’s Purse saw their plight and began a response to help relieve their suffering on Sept.…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Deadly Tornadoes Rumble Through Tennessee
Tornadoes swept across Middle Tennessee on Saturday, Dec. 9, causing extensive property damage, dozens of injuries, and at least six deaths. The most devastated areas are in Montgomery County, around Clarksville, and in Davidson County, around Hendersonville, Madison, and Gallatin. The National Weather Service rated the Clarksville storm as an EF3 tornado, with around 700…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Greenhouses Help Families Expand Crops, Grow Seeds of Faith
Felix and his wife, Sofia, were used to scraping together a living for their three children from the mountainous fields of Palca, Bolivia, despite harsh rainy seasons and frigid temperatures. The precarious conditions meant experiencing several lean months trying to make ends meet between harvests. When a Samaritan’s Purse agriculture project in the area gave…
Our Ministry
Board of Directors and Key Employees
Board of Directors Don Campion, President, Banyan Air Service Michael Cheatham, M.D., Orlando Health Medical Surgery Group Corey Furman, PharmD, President, Boone Drugs, Inc. Edward Graham, COO, Samaritan’s Purse Franklin Graham, President and CEO, Samaritan’s Purse; President and CEO, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Melvin Graham, President and CEO, Graham Enterprises Jeff Greene, Vice President, Hollar…
Operation Christmas Child
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Franklin Graham
Newsletter September 2023
Franklin Graham Update | September HELPING OUR NEIGHBORS COAST TO COAST Dear Friend, The wildfire on Maui was the deadliest inferno our nation has seen in more than a century. On the other side of the nation, Hurricane Idalia left a swath of damaged houses from Florida into Georgia. In both cases, survivors and communities need help to recover…
Construction Projects
Volunteering at Home and Abroad
Bob Stepp looked like a pro behind the controls of a John Deere backhoe that Samaritan’s Purse volunteers in Egbe, Nigeria, had nicknamed Old Yeller. He scooped up bucketfuls of rich, red African soil and dropped the loads into place to backfill the concrete spillway of a dam that is being repaired as part of…
