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Crisis & Disaster Response

Restoring War-Torn Ethiopia

Restoring War-‍Torn Ethiopia Samaritan’s Purse is helping displaced people through our Hope for Tigray program. Ethiopia Projects 013235 $ Give Hope Though unnoticed by the world… God has not forgotten them. Just a few years ago, terrible violence overwhelmed a remote part of northern Ethiopia called Tigray. While the war is now over, the fight to survive continues.…

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Women's Programs

Mother’s Day Feature: A New Generation of Hope

It’s typically a long chain of tragic events that leads mothers and their malnourished babies to the pediatric ICU at ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. When they arrive, that’s when Dr. Michael Bryant first sees them and hope begins to grow. Dr. Bryant examines the poorly cut umbilical cord on a patient named Favor, who…

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Children's Ministries

Teaching Children God’s Word in Colombia

Four brothers migrated from Venezuela to Colombia with their mother three years ago in search of better living conditions. They were among many Venezuelans fleeing their homeland as it experienced an economic crisis, making food and medicine hard to come by. The family settled in Bucaramanga, located in northern Colombia, where migrants have built makeshift…

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Discipleship, Education & Training

Military Couples Honor the Fallen as 11th Summer Season Begins at Samaritan Lodge Alaska

Nine military couples from across the country arrived at Samaritan Lodge on Sunday to be greeted by flag-waving staff, volunteers, and town residents under clear blue skies. It was a picture-perfect start to the 17-week summer season. This marks the start of the ministry’s 11th year of seeing wounded veterans and their spouses grow in…

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Crisis & Disaster Response

Team Patriot Gets Wounded Veterans Serving Again

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brandon Price was performing a routine training session with the Afghan Army when his students suddenly turned on him and ambushed him and his squadron with gunfire. Brandon took two bullets to the chest plate and one to his leg, and as he was being treated by a medic, a remote-powered…

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50 Years of Ministry

Caring for Couples Suffering the Wounds of War

In 2012, the United States had only recently passed a tragic milestone in the War on Terror—more than 48,000 members of the U.S. Armed Forces had been wounded in defense of our freedom since the 9/11 attacks. Many of these brave men and women returned home with terrible physical and emotional scars. Samaritan’s Purse President…

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Hope, Healing, and Restoration During Week One of Operation Heal Our Patriots

Tammy Unruh didn’t want to come to Alaska. She had no interest in attending Operation Heal Our Patriots to work on her crumbling nine-year marriage to Mike, a retired sergeant who served in the army for 20 years. She didn’t think their relationship could be fixed. Even the thought of going fishing, hiking, or bear…

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Discipleship, Education & Training

Celebrating God at Work During Operation Heal Our Patriots Week One

The first week of the 2022 Operation Heal Our Patriots summer season (May 29-June 3) got off to a quick start and ended powerfully. On the very first night that military couples arrived at Samaritan Lodge, Marine Staff Sergeant Martin Lucero and his wife, Courtney, received Christ after 90 minutes of counsel with one of…

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Discipleship, Education & Training

Operation Heal Our Patriots Starts 12th Summer Season in Alaska

Memorial Day weekend marked the start of the Operation Heal Our Patriots 2023 summer season. Eleven military couples, from eight states and Puerto Rico, arrived on Sunday, May 28, at Samaritan Lodge Alaska where they were greeted by a flag-waving, enthusiastic crowd that included staff, volunteers, and local town residents. The patriots and their spouses…

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Crisis & Disaster Response

A Long But Blessed Road Home

Sadhia, Wilson, and Doreen—the three ‘miracle’ children of Tanzania—experienced an emotional rollercoaster ride this past weekend as they returned home after months of medical care in the United States. These three survivors of a deadly May bus crash were transported back to Africa in the same way they left the continent—via the Samaritan’s Purse DC-8…

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