About one out of every 100 babies has a heart defect that surgeons can routinely repair. Unfortunately, many of them are born in poor or remote places where their families cannot access the cardiac care they urgently need. Through our Children’s Heart Project, Samaritan’s Purse transports boys and girls from places like Bolivia, Mongolia, and…
Health & Medical Ministries
A Week in the Ward
April Perry, an Advanced Practice Nurse at Duke University Medical Center, just finished a one-week stint working at a Samaritan’s Purse cholera treatment center in Haiti. April has worked in Haiti for over 10 years, promoting public health initiatives in urban slums and rural villages with Luke’s Mission. April also has traveled to Uganda and…
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…
Health & Medical Ministries
The Power of Being Present
Anyone who has survived medical school knows the experience can feel like a perpetual marathon—a grueling four years of mental and physical weariness—followed by another round of three to seven years of residency training. So when Dr. Daniel Dyer needed a break from the books, he looked for a place where he could put his…
Operation Christmas Child
Evangelism. Discipleship. Multiplication.
Evangelism. Discipleship. Multiplication. Sending Good News and Great Joy Discover how Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts lead to evangelism, discipleship, and the multiplication of believers and churches even to the ends of the earth. “I want every child to know there is a God who loves them.” Franklin Graham, President, Samaritan’s Purse Evangelism The Gospel is shared with…
Discipleship, Education & Training
‘We’re Treating the Whole Person’
Lying in his bed at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya, a man named Geoffrey reflected on his wayward life as he recuperated from an illness. He had been struggling with drinking and wondered if there was hope for change and a brighter future. He had heard about Jesus Christ and His promise of new life for…
Operation Christmas Child
Operation Christmas Child 2018 Special Report
Operation Christmas Child Special Report Praise God for More Than 10.6 Million Shoeboxes in 2018! “Millions of children are coming to the Lord Jesus Christ through Operation Christmas Child and The Greatest Journey. These young disciples are sharing their faith, and the Gospel is transforming families and communities around the world.” —Franklin Graham President, Samaritan’s Purse “Declare His glory among…
Media
Fact Sheet: Children’s Heart Project
Children's Heart Project Purpose To provide life-saving surgery for children with congenital heart defects from countries where appropriate treatment is extremely limited or nonexistent. Samaritan's Purse identifies children in need of surgery; finds doctors and hospitals willing to donate their services; provides roundtrip airfare; coordinates with host families; and arranges for a medical transporter to…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Dairy Project Feeds into School Meal Program
When schoolchildren in Chuma, Bolivia, are served yogurt packs for breakfast, they are often made with ingredients from Samaritan’s Purse agricultural projects cultivated in their own community. What’s more, Samaritan’s Purse helped a cooperative of local farmers establish a community production center where they process and package the yogurt. The yogurt making started with our…
Our Ministry
2020 Special Report
Special Report A Project of Samaritan's Purse In 2020, A Ray of Hope & Joy Broke Through the Clouds of Fear and Darkness "I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I…
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