The child was already in severe respiratory distress when she arrived at the hospital. The medical team at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya told the 3-year-old’s mother that they would do everything they could—but it didn’t look good. Dr. Russ White, chief of surgery at Tenwek, put a scope down the child’s throat three times and…
Inspired to Serve with Bold Faith in Fearful Times
June Stephens wedged a foot into the handle of the chainsaw and pulled the cord. The power tool buzzed to life. She was learning to safely cut down trees by practicing on a log positioned in the parking area of the Renaissance Orlando. As one of more than 1,200 attendees at the 2023 Sharing Hope…
Franklin Graham’s July 2023 Digital Update
Franklin Graham’s July 2023 Digital Update Franklin Graham provides an update on the work of God in Alaska through Operation Heal Our Patriots. Also read about Samaritan’s Purse relief efforts in flooded parts of Ukraine. July 2023 update
Our Ministry
A Growing Fleet for Our Global Mission
Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham and key staff members gathered with special guests on Sept. 26 to prayerfully dedicate our new Greensboro Airlift Response Center in North Carolina. The 64,000-square-foot facility will house our newly commissioned Boeing 757 freighter and our Douglas DC-8 combi jet, a long-range workhorse that’s flown more than 185 missions to…
Gift Catalog
Giving Clean Water
While most 13-year-olds were riding their bikes around the neighborhood or playing sports with their friends, Cooper Brezenski was dreaming of helping people without clean water access. Many communities around the world are desperate for clean water. They rely on the ponds and streams closest to them for drinking—even if it’s not clean. This is…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Samaritan’s Purse Provides Aid to More than 35,000 Armenians
When fighting erupted between the Caucasus nations of Azerbaijan and Armenia in September, more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled their homes in Nagorno-Karabakh in search of safety in Armenia. Suddenly living as refugees, they were left without basic necessities. Samaritan’s Purse saw their plight and began a response to help relieve their suffering on Sept.…
Our Ministry
Franklin Graham Dedicates New Midwest Ministry Center
Today, Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham welcomed hundreds of guests to our Midwest Ministry Center in Aurora, Illinois, to dedicate the new property to the Lord’s service. The 116,000 square-foot facility will serve as a staging area for our disaster relief operations in the region while also housing a permanent Operation Christmas Child processing center.…
Crisis & Disaster Response
God Is at Work in the Lives of Liberia Burn Patients
Burn survivors of a late December fuel tanker explosion in Totota, Liberia, may or may not remember much about the moments before their lives changed. One minute they were watching people poke holes in an overturned tanker to harvest the fuel. The next, they were on fire. At least 40 of their fellow residents died…
Crisis & Disaster Response
An Orange Wave of Help Arrives for Swannanoa
Steve struggled to keep his pickup truck driving straight on a road he couldn’t see. When the evacuation alert had sounded just minutes earlier, he had woken his 15-year-old son Aiden, and the pair had dashed out of their house. Now they were fighting to find safety as the flooding caused by Hurricane Helene swallowed…
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…
