The villagers all believed that Kawine, 12, was bewitched, cursed. Nyawika, her mother, recounted the day three years ago when it all started. Kawine was busy about the afternoon’s duties, and the other children were playing in the shade of a tree. Then suddenly Nyawika “heard the siblings crying for help so I ran to…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Pastors Prepare for Ministry in War-Torn Sudan
Sudan was enjoying relative peace three years ago when Pastor Damarcus started studying at Theological United Institute in the Nuba Mountains. This spring as he celebrated his graduation with friends and family and 56 fellow graduates, the country is again at war. All will now face the challenges of proclaiming the Gospel in a country…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Responding to South Sudan Flooding
The South Sudan government has declared a state of emergency due to severe flooding in about 30 counties in the east and northeast parts of the country. More than 900,000 people are affected, with Pibor and Maban being two of the hardest-hit areas. Hundreds of thousands are now considered internally displaced as their homes have…
Health & Medical Ministries
Cleft Lip Project Celebrates 10 Years in South Sudan
People in the village told the young mother to toss her newborn daughter into the nearby river. They said both the child and family were cursed and would always be despised. But Dakeech believed her daughter, Nyani, to be a precious gift from God. She refused to end Nyani’s life because she was born with…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Emergency Relief Arrives to Help the Starving in Sudan
Samaritan’s Purse has recently trucked nearly 12,000 metric tons of food for starving people in Kordofan, Sudan. The baskets of food, part of an emergency relief initiative, are going to families in overflowing displacement camps scattered across the remote region. We have provided food and other relief to assist more than 180,000 men, women, and…
Media
Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Emergency Supplies to Sudan
Samaritan's Purse Airlifts Emergency Supplies to Sudan Mass displacement crisis leaves hundreds of thousands of people in need of food and shelter Boone, N.C. May 5, 2024—Tomorrow, Samaritan's Purse will airlift more than 1,200 rolls of emergency shelter material to Sudan using its DC-8 cargo plane. The heavy-duty tarp will provide desperately needed shelter to…
Health & Medical Ministries
Restoring Sight in South Sudan
When Yinat went to his garden to gather sorghum he did not expect such an ordinary day would deal him such a dreadful incident. A spitting cobra lurking among the plants attacked and spit not once, but twice in Yinat’s eyes. That was 20 years ago, and Yinat hadn’t seen well ever since. He developed…
Discipleship, Education & Training
Livelihoods Project in South Sudan Empowers Young Adults
War, conflict, and violence have defined the lives of young adults in South Sudan. Their critical adolescent years were marked by uncertainty and fear, with little time to focus on anything other than day-to-day survival. “For the longest time they struggled to find hope,” said Geoffrey Eben, a Samaritan’s Purse staff member in South Sudan.…
Health & Medical Ministries
Restoring Sight in South Sudan
Chiray, 24, walked many hours, guided by a cousin, from his village to Mankien, South Sudan, because he’d heard there were doctors there who could help him to see again. He’d been blind for more than a decade. At 10 years old, Chiray began to lose his sight. For the longest time he’d blamed it…
Feeding Programs
Hundreds of Thousands Face Severe Hunger in Remote Sudan
Samaritan’s Purse is rushing food aid into southern Sudan. Hundreds of thousands of men, women, children, and newborns who have fled violent conflict in the north are now confronted with a faceless enemy: starvation. The remote region of Kordofan, Sudan, has swelled in population since conflict broke out in the country a year ago. This…
