High blood pressure became a blessing in disguise for Prum and Naim, two impoverished women in Cambodia. They suffered from the condition until a Samaritan’s Purse project taught them how to manage their symptoms through lifestyle changes and medication. Our teams also addressed some of their acute needs for food, paving the way for their…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Visiting a Fulani Camp
Abby Anderson and her husband, Mark, moved to Nigeria in 2011 to manage the construction portion of the revitalization of a rural teaching hospital supported by Samaritan’s Purse. They recently finished their work, but before leaving Nigeria, they had an incredible experience. Recently, we had an amazing opportunity. We were invited to visit a Fulani…
Health & Medical Ministries
When Darkness Becomes Light
Ninahilo began to notice his vision going. “I was teaching children and I noticed that the writings were starting to disappear, and I saw fog until I couldn’t see,” he said remembering the change in April of last year. So he turned to traditional medicine, a spiritual and herbal practice that he believes conjures local…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Preaching Hope in a Weary Land
On the last day of classes in Bas-Uélé Province, Congolese pastor Bakutu Eyabawi Emmanuel was preparing his things for the trip 46 miles back home to the Soronga chiefdom—a three-day walk. He and dozens of other pastors were celebrating that they’d completed a months-long intensive portable Bible school hosted by Samaritan’s Purse in Niangara, Democratic…
Health & Medical Ministries
Special Medical Outreach Held in Western North Carolina
Note: A second free clinic will take place on June 21-22 in Marshall at the same location. All are welcome. For more information on volunteering, go to samaritanspurse.org/free-clinic. “Do I eat or do I go to the doctor?” Samaritan’s Purse physician Elliott Tenpenny explained the dilemma that many underinsured people face across the country. When…
Health & Medical Ministries
Cleft Lip Program Continues to Change Lives
Cleft lip and palate can be easily repaired in many nations, but the required surgeries often are not available in developing countries with inadequate healthcare. Children born with these medical issues often face a lifetime of ridicule and discrimination, especially in areas that associate the health condition with witchcraft or being “cursed.” That’s why Samaritan’s…
Discipleship, Education & Training
A Light in Niangara
Tiane’s life is very different now than it was a few months ago. Today, as she walks her village roads in the Niangara region of Democratic Republic of the Congo, she shares the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. She’ll do the same as she waits at the market, or meets with friends and family,…
Health & Medical Ministries
Chaplains Provide Spiritual Support at Kenya’s Kijabe Hospital
On one Sunday afternoon, Geoffrey Ndivo received an urgent phone call that he would have to go in to the hospital. A man and his wife had been in a serious car accident that took the lives of the man’s father, mother, and brother. The couple had been rushed to the emergency room in need…
Health & Medical Ministries
World Medical Mission History
About World Medical Mission World Medical Mission believes in treating the whole person. Our two-fold purpose is to minister to the physical needs of the sick and suffering while sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. The doctors are overworked. Equipment is broken. Supplies are running out. Not what you want to see when you walk…
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
Living Water for Niger’s Unreached People
During Niger’s dry season, Aminatou Ibran would wake early each morning to join the other village women on a nearly nine-mile trek to gather water for drinking, cooking, and watering livestock. At least that’s the way it was for many years. Recently though life has begun to change for Aminatou, 35, and the other desert-dwelling…
