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Press Release: Franklin Graham Announces 13th Samaritan’s Purse Relief Flight for Gaza
Franklin Graham Announces 13th Samaritan’s Purse Relief Flight for Gaza Departing from Greensboro, North Carolina, at 9:00 a.m. ET tomorrow morning BOONE, N.C., Oct. 24, 2025—Samaritan’s Purse is sending a major airlift of food and relief supplies to families in Gaza who continue to suffer two years after the start of the war. Franklin Graham,…
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Press Release: Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 Makes Final Flight from Greensboro, Delivering Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes to Hurricane-Ravaged Jamaica
Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 Makes Final Flight from Greensboro, Delivering Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes to Hurricane-Ravaged Jamaica BOONE, N.C., Dec. 4, 2025 —This Friday, December 5th, the last U.S.-registered DC-8 will embark on its final mission—carrying 9,200 shoebox gifts to Jamaica. These Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes are packed with toys, school supplies, and personal care items…
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Southeastern Winter Storm Response Press Kit
Press Releases B-roll Photos Southeastern Winter Storm Response A powerful winter storm system impacted more than half of the United States in late January, leaving communities facing historic snow and ice accumulation in bitterly cold temperatures. Samaritan's Purse is responding throughout the Southeast and has deployed three disaster response teams across Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana.…
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Michigan Tornado Response Press Kit
Press Releases B-roll Photos Michigan Tornado Response Samaritan's Purse is responding in Three Rivers, Michigan and the surrounding communities after a powerful storm unleashed a deadly tornado on Friday, March 6th, 2026. Within 24 hours after, Samaritan's Purse disaster specialists were on the ground in the hardest-hit areas to conduct assessments - soon, volunteers from…
Operation Christmas Child
Shoebox Adventure Quiz!
Shoebox Adventure Quiz! Every Shoebox Has a Story.How Do They All Start? More than 220 million children in the past 30-plus years have received a gift-filled shoebox given in Jesus' Name. Each one of these boys and girls has a unique story of God at work in their lives. We invite you to embark on…
Our Ministry
MEDIA ALERT: Samaritan’s Purse Doctors, Nurses Train this Week in North Carolina to Fight Ebola (Press Release)
THURSDAY – FRIDAY: Disaster Response Specialists Participate in North Wilkesboro Training in Preparation for Ebola Deployment BOONE, N.C., Jan. 9, 2018 –Dozens of medical personnel from across the country are converging in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, training to fight the deadly Ebola virus ravaging the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Forty medical and nonmedical staff…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Meet the People of Guidan Gado
Auta’s skin is dark and taut with valleys of worry and determination etched into her forehead. She is 58, and her husband died three decades ago. She sits on a small rock outside her home in a village in Niger, West Africa, and holds a wiggly granddaughter as she speaks. Around her, she sees a…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Helping Caribbean Farmers Get Back to Work
When Hurricane Maria thrashed Dominica last year, its ferocious winds damaged 90 percent of the houses on the island. Thousands were completely destroyed. But the storm—the first Category 5 hurricane on record to strike the Caribbean island—didn’t just obliterate houses. It also ravaged entire industries, upending people’s ability to make a living and provide for…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Delivering Relief to the Hard-to-Reach in South Sudan
Despite many challenges, Samaritan’s Purse continues to carry out major programming from five field bases in South Sudan. Our relief efforts are focused on water and sanitation, healthcare, food assistance, nutrition, food security and livelihoods, and continuing partnerships with local churches. We’re there in Jesus’ Name and eager to share the Gospel. With a long…
