As a general surgeon for the past 10 years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dr. Warren Cooper has performed operations of every description and complexity. That includes everything from repairing broken bones to craniotomies. However, one of the more difficult procedures he has undertaken at Nyankunde Hospital involves the removal of foreign objects…
Health & Medical Ministries
They No Longer Call Her Cursed
Editor’s Note: Joni Byker, Country Director for Samaritan’s Purse Liberia, recently visited ELWA hospital where Samaritan’s Purse surgical teams provided corrective surgery to cleft lip/palate patients in Monrovia, Liberia. She wrote this moving account. The work that we are able to do here in Liberia is not without its challenges. Daily we are faced with…
Discipleship, Education & Training
The Heart of a Chaplain
In 2009, the Rev. Mark Sukulao lay in a hospital bed in Zimbabwe, very ill, discouraged, and in almost constant pain. This hospital was the third one he had been admitted to in less than two months, and now he was facing another surgery. Many anxious thoughts churned through the pastor’s mind. What was God’s…
Health & Medical Ministries
Restoring Sight in Liberia
With one hand outstretched and the other gripping a walking stick, Morry stumbled forward as a nurse led him to the operating room. Before surgery, Morry offered the same prayer he’s repeated for the last seven years: “God, please make my eyes free again.” Morry was among the 181 patients who recently received surgery during…
Health & Medical Ministries
Sight Restored, Spiritual Eyes Opened in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Joseph is wearing a big smile that’s verging on laughter as he rests under the sun cover in Isiro, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He’s beginning to see shapes and faces for the first time in years. Cataracts had taken his sight long before, adding to Joseph’s other physical challenges, including hearing impairment and…
Operation Christmas Child
Guinea
Guinea is located on the West African coast and borders five other nations. It is known for its three major rivers as well the possession of a significant portion of the world’s bauxite, the main ingredient in aluminum. Iron, gold, and diamonds are also harvested here. In 1999, Samaritan’s Purse began hosting Operation Christmas Child…
Operation Christmas Child
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second largest country in Europe after Russia and is known for its agricultural production. Samaritan’s Purse began distributing gift-filled shoeboxes there in 1996 and launched The Greatest Journey, our follow-up discipleship program, in this nation in 2010. Samaritan’s Purse has also been actively providing food,…
Operation Christmas Child
Egypt
A meeting point between North Africa and the Middle East, Egypt is known for its landmarks of the pyramids and the Great Sphinx. The country also strategically connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea through the Suez Canal. In Biblical times, it was the location where the people of God were subject to slavery. Today,…
