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Press Release: Franklin Graham Announces Deployment of Emergency Field Hospital to Black River, Jamaica, in Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa
Franklin Graham Announces Deployment of Emergency Field Hospital to Black River, Jamaica, in Aftermath of Hurricane Melissa BOONE, N.C., Nov. 1, 2025—Tomorrow, Samaritan’s Purse will launch its third airlift to Jamaica, scaling up the organization’s ongoing relief efforts to Hurricane Melissa—the largest storm in the country’s history. The 767 cargo plane will carry an Emergency…
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Press Release: Samaritan’s Purse Opens Emergency Field Hospital in Jamaica to Treat Hurricane Melissa Survivors
Samaritan’s Purse Opens Emergency Field Hospital in Jamaica to Treat Hurricane Melissa Survivors BOONE, N.C., Nov. 5, 2025—This morning, international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse opened its Emergency Field Hospital in Black River, Jamaica. This field hospital is providing critical medical care to families impacted by Hurricane Melissa after the local hospital was destroyed. The…
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Press Release: Friday: Samaritan’s Purse Dedicates New Boeing 767 and Retires Historic DC-8
Friday: Samaritan’s Purse Dedicates New Boeing 767 and Retires Historic DC-8 BOONE, N.C., Nov. 11, 2025—This Friday, November 14, international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse will ceremonially retire its Douglas DC-8 cargo aircraft and dedicate its new Boeing 767 at its Airlift Response Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event marks a new era for…
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Press Release: 18 Kentucky Families Receive New Homes from Samaritan’s Purse After Deadly 2022 Flood
18 Kentucky Families Receive New Homes from Samaritan's Purse After Deadly 2022 Flood BOONE, N.C., Dec. 4, 2025 —Three years ago, catastrophic flooding tore through eastern Kentucky—claiming more than 40 lives and leaving entire communities devastated. This Friday, just in time for Christmas, Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan's Purse, will be in Knott County to…
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Press Release: Samaritan’s Purse Deploys Disaster Response Teams in the Aftermath of Winter Storm
Samaritan's Purse Deploys Disaster Response Teams in the Aftermath of Winter Storm BOONE, N.C., Jan. 29, 2026—Samaritan's Purse has deployed three disaster response teams to hard-hit areas in Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee after a powerful winter storm system inundated the Southeast. Freezing rain and sleet caused dangerous levels of ice accumulation, resulting in extensive tree…
Preprinted Shoeboxes—Cardboard (Pack OF 50)
Our corrugated cardboard shoeboxes are durable and the slightly increased size allows for larger “wow” items like deflated soccer balls, dolls, and stuffed animals. Available in packs of 50, these boxes arrive flat and easily fold into shoeboxes to pack full of gifts. When folded, the interior dimensions of these shoeboxes are 12 x 7…
Operation Christmas Child
Hard-to-Reach Areas
The shoebox gift you packed online is a crucial part of showing God’s love to a child in a challenging region of the world. Millions of people in these places have not heard a clear presentation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Some may be openly hostile to the message. When caring Christian partners deliver…
Our Ministry
HÔPITAL BAPTISTE BIBLIQUE, TSIKO, TOGO
Hopital Baptiste Biblique Tsiko, Togo Also known as Karolyn Kempton Memorial Christian Hospital Get Started Hospital Website www.abwe.org/hopital-baptiste-biblique-togo Mission Organization Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) Service Requirements Three-week service minimum: family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics. Four-week service minimum: emergency medicine, neonatology, nurse practitioner, pharmacy, physical therapy, and physician assistant. French required for…
Our Ministry
Statement of Faith
Statement of Faith Samaritan’s Purse bases its ministry on the following statement of faith: 1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God revealing the love of God to the world. 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; John 3:16. 2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Shelter from the Storm
Rebekah Price is the information officer for Samaritan’s Purse in the Philippines. The sun was shining, but dark clouds hung in the sky as we bounced down the road to Atipolo. As is typical when traveling to communities in the Philippines outside of larger cities, the road alternated between concrete and gravel, with many areas…
