Samaritan’s Purse recently taught sexual abuse prevention to children, ages 12 to 16, at six secondary schools in Lao Cai province, located along Vietnam’s northern border. With sex trafficking common in this area, boys and girls were grateful for the resources to learn how to guard against harm. During this training, a student named Quang*…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Haiti Livelihoods Projects Help Jumpstart Income Opportunities
Striking out on your own to start a business can be challenging, especially when resources are limited. Samaritan’s Purse is helping church partners and community entrepreneurs in Haiti to develop income sources that are making a difference in the lives of families. Guided by our in-country livelihoods team, a number of Haitian churches have been…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Seeds of Love and Hope
Jean Tisu was finally able to walk in peace as he strolled the rows of beautiful cabbages in his high rubber boots. “The life of a displaced person due to war is not good at all,” Jean said. “We were chased away from our homes. When we arrived here, we had a hard life.” Jean…
Our Ministry
Meeting Needs and Sowing Gospel Seeds in South Sudan
Meeting Needs and Sowing Gospel Seeds in South Sudan Provide Medical Care Helping Food and Water Help Improve Livelihoods Care for Victims of Trauma Provide Literacy Training Provide Leadership Training Helping in Jesus' Name Samaritan’s Purse is helping people recently displaced by violence, and many others, as we meet urgent needs across the country. There would be no breakfast…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Restoring a Home in Ukraine
How do you make a house a home without its roof and windows? One Ukrainian family no longer has to worry, thanks to repairs provided by Samaritan’s Purse and our local partners. Katerina* and her two children, Ionna*, 14, and Denys*, 8, are grateful to be in their home again, even in a country still…
Our Ministry
Hearts Healed, Lives Transformed: Bat-Ulzii’s Story
Hearts HealedLives Transformed A Pastor in Mongolia Receives Two Lifesaving Heart Surgeries Bat-Ulzii had never heard about God until he benefited from Children’s Heart Project as a teenager. Now, he is discipling young adults in their faith. Bat-Ulzii tended to be an angry child who was often bullied, because he was physically weaker than other…
Our Ministry
Offering Clean Water in Jesus’ Name
Offering Clean Water in Jesus' Name Give Clean Water Samaritan’s Purse thanks God for the many lives transformed as we provide clean water and share the Good News of Jesus Christ across the globe. From refugee camps in South Sudan to impoverished villages in the Philippines, people must have clean water in order to survive. That's why…
“This Is God’s Mercy Flight”
On Sunday, May 15, our DC-8 cargo jet left Poland on a special mission to bring 28 Ukrainian refugees to Toronto where they will be able to reunite with family, friends, and other sponsors arranged by Samaritan’s Purse. These families fled from the horror of the conflict continuing to rage inside Ukraine, and they are…
Operation Christmas Child
A Young Girl Comes to Faith and Family Follows
When Athena was 8 years old, she received a gift-filled shoebox through Operation Christmas Child. Living in an impoverished area of the Philippines, the young girl had never received such a present. Athena began to learn about how much God loves her when she read The Greatest Gift, a Gospel story booklet Samaritan’s Purse developed…
Health & Medical Ministries
Healed Hearts Together
A young Bolivian mother was introduced to Children’s Heart Project, a medical ministry of Samaritan’s Purse, when her young daughter was in critical need of medical attention. Fatima Ramos Cardozo and her daughter, Maria, suffer from the same heart disease: atrial septal defect, a heart defect in which there is a hole in the heart’s…
