Operation Christmas Child
Boun and Flip-Flops
Boun & Flip Flops Please enable Javascript to watch this video Boun Thorne got a glimpse of God's love when she received an Operation Christmas Child shoebox gift as a child. Boun Thorne grew up in a boat village in the Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia. In the aftermath of a terrible situation, she moved…
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Newsletter February 2026
Franklin Graham Update | February Franklin Graham Update | February Helping the Cold and Hungry in Ukraine Dear Friend, February marks the fourth anniversary of the start of the conflict in Ukraine. The people there are suffering greatly. Many are without electricity and heat for long stretches each day; some have no power at all. This year's winter has been brutal—the coldest since the…
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Healing Hearts, Now and for Eternity For nearly 30 years, Samaritan’s Purse has arranged for critical congenital heart surgery for more than 1,600 boys and girls from over a dozen countries. Learn More Responding to a Major Winter Storm Samaritan’s Purse volunteers began serving homeowners Friday, Jan. 30, as we respond to hard-hit communities in Mississippi, Louisiana, and…
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Processing Center Seasonal Employment
Seasonal Employment Apply Now Questions? Contact Us Serve with Samaritan's Purse as an Operation Christmas Child seasonal employee and you will work with volunteers to help bring Jesus' love to children around the world. You will help facilitate the processing and preparing of millions of shoeboxes for distribution to children in need. You will be…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Homeowner Receives Christ as Volunteers Clean Up After Flooding
Samaritan’s Purse volunteer teams are at work in La Plata and Archuleta counties in Colorado after the remnants of two tropical systems brought torrential rainfall on Oct. 11. As levees broke upstream, water rushed down the mountains, carving channels through streets and neighborhoods. Hundreds of homes were affected. Dianne Paxton was forced to evacuate as…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Help Arrives for Families Fleeing Conflict in Cambodia
UPDATE MONDAY, JAN. 5: As the ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand holds, many displacement camps have shut down and people are beginning to return to their home villages. As a result, Samaritan’s Purse is no longer distributing relief items along the border, but is actively assessing and meeting the needs of local Cambodians through our…
Health & Medical Ministries
Saving the Lives of Heart Patients in Kenya and Beyond
An orphan named Kopokok was rushed to Tenwek Hospital from a drought-stricken corner of Kenya. His body was ravaged by rheumatic heart disease as well as a lack of food. Dr. Agneta Odera, a young Kenyan surgeon, hurried Kopokok into the operating room to receive a new heart valve. Kopokok was one of the first…
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Manar and a Teddy Bear
Manar and a Teddy Bear Several gifts in my shoebox have become decades-long reminders of God’s love. My name means beacon. I was born to Christian parents in a Middle Eastern country whose majority aren’t followers of Jesus, and my name was a testament to being a light for Christ. But for a kid who…
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Greta Van Susteren Christmas Special on Newsmax
Greta Van Susteren recently traveled to Jamaica to cover the relief work of Samaritan’s Purse on the island after Hurricane Melissa. She will be spotlighting the ministry of Operation Christmas Child as we delivered shoebox gifts to children in need. Her Christmas TV special aired at 4 p.m. ET on Christmas Eve and 4 p.m.…
Discipleship, Education & Training
A Hurting Marriage Begins to Heal from the Wounds of War
He’d been good with a gun since he started hunting at age 8 and was a hard-driving athlete during high school, so for Nick Hine the rigorous life of a Marine Corps scout sniper seemed like a good fit. He wasn’t interested in college just yet, so when he was 18 years old he joined…
