Operation Christmas Child
Emmanuel and a Harmonica
Emmanuel & a Harmonica Please enable Javascript to watch this video A musical instrument communicates to a young musician the depth of God's care for him. Emmanuel grew up in Uganda where his father led a ministry. All seemed right with the world until, on a trip to the United Kingdom, his father had visa…
Operation Christmas Child
Moises and a Soccer Ball
Moises & Soccer Ball Please enable Javascript to watch this video A shoebox gift teaches an orphaned boy that God loves him. Moises grew up in an orphanage in El Salvador. As he watched other kids occasionally get visits from their families, he questioned whether or not he was lovable. “If I wasn’t good enough…
Operation Christmas Child
Schimea & Yellow Racecar
Schimea & Yellow Racecar Please enable Javascript to watch this video A shoebox gift teaches a boy that God was his Father and He could be trusted. When Schimea was a young boy growing up in the Ivory Coast, his father was a pastor and his mom helped him in ministry. But sadly, one day…
Operation Christmas Child
Treasures in the Trash
Koshe dumpsite in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, contains mountains of trash. Some families who live near it are left to scale its slopes daily in search of salvageable items to provide for their sons and daughters. What toys these precious ones have were once on the trash heap. Samaritan’s Purse recently delivered Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes…
Operation Christmas Child
A Sign of God’s Love
The Gospel message wasn’t clear to Zahira until it was presented to her in her own language—a dialect of sign language the Cuban girl uses in the Dominican Republic. At age 14 she was invited to an Operation Christmas Child outreach event led by a local church that has a ministry to the Deaf community.…
Gift Catalog
7 Ways to Give on Giving Tuesday
1. Care for Mothers and Babies Your gift will help us operate birthing centers, educate women on nutrition, make home visits, and meet other urgent needs. As our Christian workers build relationships with these young families, God gives us opportunities to share the wonderful truth about Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Due to local…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Livelihood Projects Open Doors for Women in Cambodia
Phally worked tirelessly but still couldn’t provide for her seven children on the wages she earned as a day laborer. Two of her daughters had to quit school to go to work. The family’s dreams of a better life were fading away. “We struggled to make ends meet, facing the bitter realities of poverty and…
Franklin Graham
Newsletter March 2025
Franklin Graham Update | March Franklin Graham Update | March God Opens a Channel of Peace Dear Friend, Samaritan's Purse has been working in Sudan for decades, and I've been there many times. The country is once again in chaos, devastated by two years of civil war. Millions have fled the fighting. A failed harvest plus the sudden arrival of 700,000 displaced people has…
Our Ministry
A Flourishing Garden of Faith in Liberia
A Flourishing Garden of Faith in Liberia A Flourishing Garden of Faith in Liberia In her desperation, Tutu cried out to God. He answered through a Samaritan’s Purse urban gardening project, which is now blessing her and others in need. “Some days we didn’t have food to eat. The children would be crying from hunger.” Hunger beat down like the sun…
Bringing Medical Care to Sudan’s Displaced Women and Children
Wrapped head to toe in a loose, floral fabric, Amira takes the hospital bucket from beside her cot and steps outside the pediatric ward to do some washing. The ward is one of eight tents that make up the Samaritan’s Purse Emergency Field Hospital, which has been operating since Christmas Day beside the government hospital…
