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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…

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Operation Christmas Child

After Overcoming Leukemia, Shoebox Recipient Disciples Others

Laying in a hospital bed in Panama City, Panama, Maykel only had a few days to live—or so the doctors told his parents when they informed them he had Stage 3 leukemia. Their precious son, only 11 years old, had recently heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ when he received a gift-filled Operation Christmas Child…

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Crisis & Disaster Response

God Answers Prayers in Storm-Wrecked Jamaica

Derick emerged from cover to survey the storm he had just survived. Hurricane Melissa had churned for hours over Black River, Jamaica, and from what he could see, his community was in ruins. The once-lush tropical forests had been stripped of all color, while aluminum roofs and household possessions were strewn across the streets. Aluminum…

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Crisis & Disaster Response

Samaritan’s Purse Volunteers Working in the Wake of Major Winter Storm

UPDATE (Feb. 4): We have now also opened a base of operations in New Albany, Mississippi, to serve those hard hit by the winter storm. Volunteers are welcome to begin serving as the hands and feet of Jesus at this location on Feb. 6. Samaritan’s Purse volunteers began serving homeowners Friday, Jan. 30, as we…

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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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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…

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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…

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Crisis & Disaster Response

What DART Means to Me

APPLY NOW FOR THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE RESPONSE TEAM Four years ago, when Hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean, my wife and I were living on the island of Antigua. It was at this time when I first learned about the Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). We were amazed at the talent, speed, and godliness…

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Operation Christmas Child

Gospel Light Drives Away the Darkness for a Boy and His Father in Togo

Tchao Beleyi used to be haunted by nightmares of people chasing him down to beat him. “When I would sleep, in my dreams, I would see people following me, pursuing me,” he said. His 9-year-old son Kevin was also troubled. “He used to steal money from us,” Tchao said. “If he saw money lying around,…

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Our Ministry

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.…

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